The Field

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The Field ★★★½ 1990 (PG-13)

After an absence from the big screen, intense and nearly over the top Harris won acclaim as an ironwilled peasant fighting to retain a patch of Irish land he's tended all his life, now offered for sale to a wealthy American. His uncompromising stand divides the community in this glowing adaptation of John B. Keane's classic play, an allegory of Ireland's internal conflicts. 113m/C VHS, DVD . GB Richard Harris, Tom Berenger, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker, Frances Tomelty, John Cowley, Sean McGinley, Jenny Conroy; D: Jim Sheridan; W: Jim Sheridan; C: Jack Conroy; M: Elmer Bernstein.

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