Movie: The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin

Top 6 Billed Cast

Raoul Coutard
Raoul Coutard

Self

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard

Self

Peter Lennon
Peter Lennon

Self

Sean O’Faoláin
Sean O’Faoláin

Self (Archive Footage)

John Huston
John Huston

Self (Archive Footage)

Gavin Millar
Gavin Millar

Voiceover Interviewer (Archive Footage)

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    This documentary reunites director Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic documentary on Ireland in the Sixties. Rocky Road to Dublin was screened for only a few weeks at a single Dublin theatre.

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    2004-10-11

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