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Bibframe Work

Title
The field
Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Contribution
Sheridan, Jim, 1949- (direction writing)
Harris, Richard, 1930-2002 (cast)
Hurt, John, 1940-2017 (cast)
Bean, Sean (cast)
Subject
Tenant farmers--Ireland--Drama (LCSH)
Land use, Rural--Ireland--Drama (LCSH)
Land tenure--Ireland--Drama (LCSH)
Irish Americans--Ireland--Drama (LCSH)
Widows--Ireland--Drama (LCSH)
Ireland--Rural conditions--Drama (LCSH)
Genre Form
Motion pictures (LCGFT)
Sociological films and programs (MIM)
Historical re-creations (MIM)
Adaptations (LCGFT)
Drama (LCGFT)
Features (MIM)
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: CGB 4466-4472 (ref print) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
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Summary
In 1930s Ireland, Bull McCabe has farmed for most of his life a field belonging to a wealthy widow, who one day decides to sell the plot. Bull is outraged since he has transformed the field from a rocky lot to a lush swath and believes the field is his in accordance with tribal codes that predate modern law. Feared and respected throughout the countryside, Bull announces his intention to claim the field in a public auction, but the widow declares never to sell to him. An Irish-American from Boston returns to his ancestral village with a plan to pave Bull's field for a road to lucrative limestone deposits. Bull rails against him and when the American refuses to give way, Bull enlists his son, Tadgh, in a plan to drive him off. This has fatal consequences and destroys everything Bull holds dear
Duration
PT110M
Authorized Access Point
The field