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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Documentary

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

February 5, 2003
52m
TMDB10.0· 1

Follows the "Beckett on Film" project, which produced film adaptations of writer Samuel Beckett's nineteen stage plays. The documentary features excerpts from the "Beckett on Film" versions of "Not I", "Krapp's Last Tape", "Endgame", "What Where", and "Waiting for Godot".

Cast
Alan Moloney

Alan Moloney

Self - Producer

Joe Mulholland

Joe Mulholland

Self - Executive Producer (RTE)

Stephen Brennan

Stephen Brennan

Self - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot")

John Crowley

John Crowley

Self - Director ("Come and Go")

Paola Dionisotti

Paola Dionisotti

Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)

Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Self - Director ("Krapp's Last Tape")

Sean Foley

Sean Foley

Self - Man ("Act Without Words I")

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Self - Hamm (archive footage)

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")

Enda Hughes

Enda Hughes

Self - Director ("Act Without Words II")

John Hurt

John Hurt

Self / Self - Krapp ("Krapp's Last Tape")

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Self - Reader / Self - Listener ("Ohio Impromptu")

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

Self - Director ("Not I")

Garrett Keogh

Garrett Keogh

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pat Kinevane

Pat Kinevane

Self (archive footage)

Pearse Lehane

Pearse Lehane

Self - Interviewer

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Self - Director ("Waiting for Godot")

Rosaleen Linehan

Rosaleen Linehan

Self - From "Happy Days"(archive footage)

Marcello Magni

Marcello Magni

Self (archive footage)

David Mamet

David Mamet

Self - Director ("Catastrophe")

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)

Sean McGinley

Sean McGinley

Self (archive footage)

Barry McGovern

Barry McGovern

Self - Vladimir ("Waiting for Godot")

Tom McGurk

Tom McGurk

Self - Journalist

Conor McPherson

Conor McPherson

Self - Director ("Endgame")

Anthony Minghella

Anthony Minghella

Self - Director ("Play")

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Self - From "Not I"(archive footage)

Johnny Murphy

Johnny Murphy

Self (archive footage)

Damien O'Donnell

Damien O'Donnell

Self - Director ("What Where")

Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

Self - Ru (archive footage)

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon

Self - From "Catastrophe" (archive footage)

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Self

Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

Self - M

Patricia Rozema

Patricia Rozema

Self - Director ("Happy Days")

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

Self (archive footage) (segment "Play")

Alan Stanford

Alan Stanford

Self - From "Waiting for Godot" (archive footage)

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Self - W2 (From "Play")

Charles Sturridge

Charles Sturridge

Self - Director ("Ohio Impromptu")

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Self - Clov (archive footage)

Michael Colgan

Michael Colgan

Self - Producer

Crew
Pearse Lehane

Pearse Lehane

Director

Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Writer

Pearse Lehane

Pearse Lehane

Writer

Larry Masterson

Larry Masterson

Producer

Videos
Check the Gate - Putting Beckett on Film
Featurette

Check the Gate - Putting Beckett on Film

YouTube
Jun 13, 2024
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Movie Info
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget (USD)N/A
Revenue (USD)N/A
Popularity0%
Produced by
E2P

Emdee 2000 Productions

AVP

Ambrose Video Publishing

RTÉ

RTÉ

IE

Channel 4 Television

Channel 4 Television

GB

Screen Scene

Screen Scene

IE

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

IE

Released in

Ireland

United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

English