For the silent film, see Fools of Fortune (1922 film).
Fools of Fortune
Directed by
Pat O'Connor
Screenplay by
Michael Hirst
Based on
Fools of Fortune by William Trevor
Produced by
Sarah Radclyffe
Starring
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Iain Glen
Julie Christie
Cinematography
Jerzy Zielinski
Edited by
Michael Bradsell
Music by
Hans Zimmer
Production companies
Channel Four Films
PolyGram
Working Title Films
Distributed by
Palace Pictures
Release date
22 June 1990 (1990-06-22)
Running time
109 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
£2.5 million
Box office
USD$83,490[1]
Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.[2]
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in a Musical for the Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha. Mastrantonio was born in the DuPage County suburb of Lombard, Illinois, to Frank A. Mastrantonio...
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formed Old Quay Productions, which presented an assortment of plays such as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Odd Couple and many others. Masterson...
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Zimmer has composed and produced over one hundred soundtracks and film scores. Of them, about 50 soundtracks and songs were nominated for awards. He has won...
six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime...
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included roles in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx in 1970, My Left Foot in 1989, Far and Away in 1992, The Secret of Roan Inish in 1994, Angela's...
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public. In 1990, he had a minor role in the Pat O'Connor-directed film FoolsofFortune, about a Protestant family caught up in a conflict between Irish republicans...