Tricky Movie Trivia and Movie Reviews

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This collection of movies features the Irish in one way or another and is the perfect way to get in the mood for St. Patrick’s Day. The movie quotes below come from films that are a mixture of the dark side of Irish life, the silly and the epic. So get a glass of your favorite beverage and throw in some green food coloring; then put your feet up and take your pick from these Irish movies:

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Darby O’Gill and the Little People
1959
Starring Albert Sharpe and Sean Connery
93 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Oh singin’s no sin, and drinkin’s no crime, if you have one drink only, just one at at a time. ”

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Angela’s Ashes
1999
Starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle
145 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“If I were in America I could say “I love you, dad”, the way they do in the films. But in Limerick they’d laugh at you. In Limerick you are only allowed to say you love God, and babies, and horses that win. Anything else is softness in the head.”

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Cinderella Man
2005
Starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti
Rated PG-13 for intense boxing violence and some language
144 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“They ought to put your mouth in a circus. ”

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Million Dollar Baby
2004
Starring Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank
Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language
132 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Girlie, tough ain’t enough.”

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High Spirits
1988
Starring Peter O’Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D’Angelo, Jennifer Tilly and Peter Gallagher
99 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“You’re a ghost, I’m an American. It would never work out.”

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Gangs of New York
2002
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly and Liam Neeson
Rated R for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language
167 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Burn him; see if his ashes turn green.”

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Michael Collins
1996
Starring Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Aidan Quinn and Stephen Rea
133 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
Kitty Kiernan (Julia Roberts): “Is it true, Mick, that all of the women in America wear trousers?”
Michael Collins (Liam Neeson): “Absolutely! Shameless hussies, the lot o’ them.”

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Gone With the Wind
1939
Starring Clark Gable, Viven Leigh and Leslie Howard
226 minutes (copyright length), 238 minutes (restored US DVD version)

Memorable quote from the movie:

“It will come to you, this love of the land. There’s no gettin’ away from it if you’re Irish.“_____

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Circle of Friends
1995
Starring Chris O’Donnell and Minnie Driver
Rated PG-13 for sexual content
103 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“You mustn’t mess me about. I know I may look like a rhinoceros, but I’ve got quite a thin skin really.”

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And because you know we had to:

Leprechaun
1993
Starring Warwick Davis and Jennifer Aniston
Rated R for horror violence and language; Rated PG-13 for terror violence (edited version)
92 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Help. Help. It’s happening. The attack is on. O’Grady farm. Uh, send help. The leprechaun is attacking. Army, navy, guns, marines, and we’re gunna need some medicine.”

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