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Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

Synopsis

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".

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Check the Gate - Putting Beckett on Film

Type: Featurette • Published 2024-06-13

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Alan Moloney

Self - Producer

Joe Mulholland

Self - Executive Producer (RTE)

Stephen Brennan

Self - Lucky ("Waiting for Godot")

John Crowley

Self - Director ("Come and Go")

Paola Dionisotti

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

Atom Egoyan

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

Sean Foley

Self - Man ("Act Without Words I")

Michael Gambon

Self - Hamm (archive footage)

John Gielgud

Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")

Enda Hughes

Self - Director ("Act Without Words II")

John Hurt

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

Jeremy Irons

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

Neil Jordan

Self - Director ("Not I")

Garrett Keogh

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Pat Kinevane

Self (archive footage)

Pearse Lehane

Self - Interviewer

Gary Lewis

Self (archive footage)

Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Self - Director ("Waiting for Godot")

Release History & Theatrical Window

4K UHD / Blu-ray Debut

February 5, 2003

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Pearse Lehane
Screenplay & Story: Samuel Beckett, Pearse Lehane
Original Title: Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Country of Origin: Ireland, United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 52m
Production Studios: Emdee 2000 Productions, Ambrose Video Publishing, RTÉ, Channel 4 Television, Screen Scene, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Pearse Lehane

Screenplay & Story

Samuel Beckett, Pearse Lehane

Film Editing

Isobel Stephenson

Producers

Larry Masterson, Alan Moloney, Michael Colgan

Department Leadership Roster

Pearse Lehane

Director

Samuel Beckett

Writer

Pearse Lehane

Writer

Larry Masterson

Producer

Isobel Stephenson

Editor

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Universal — Suitable for all audiences.

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Beckett on Film (2000) project

Titles from and related to the "Beckett on Film" (2000) project: '19 Films X 19 Directors'. +documentary: "Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film". +US broadcast series (featuring 8 of the films): "Stage on Screen: Beckett on Film". ______________________________________________________________________ Forums, for all links+info: [link here](https://images4.imagebam.com/20/dc/0d/ME1CEVOC_o.jpg) (or see link in title comment "Catastrophe")

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