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The Ghost of Richard Harris

Out of the Past 2023 / The Ghost of Richard Harris / Ireland, United Kingdom 2022

The Ghost of Richard Harris The Ghost of Richard Harris

Synopsis

“At least if I died tomorrow, you knew that I was here.” One of the many disarming statements voiced by the singular Irish actor, poet and singer Richard Harris (1930 - 2002), of whom it’s easy to speak in superlatives. Forty inimitable years full of fabulous and controversial moments from his private and professional life, dating from Harris’s iconic roles in the dramas This Sporting Life and Red Desert, to the wisdom, tenderness and dignity with which he imbued his Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator and Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films. Seasoned filmmaker Adrian Sibley adopts an original approach to address the conventions of the documentary portrait, among others, assisted by Harris’s sons, Jared, Jamie and Damian.

Karel Och

About the film

108 min / Color, Black & White, DCP

Director Adrian Sibley / Dir. of Photography Eoin McLoughlin / Music Gareth Averill / Sound Aza Hand / Editor Gretta Ohle / Producer Adrian Sibley, David Collins, George Waud / Production Samson Films / Coproduction Bright Yellow Films, Groove International / Sales Abacus Media Rights

About the director

Adrian Sibley

Adrian Sibley (United Kingdom). Selected filmography: The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill (2014, doc.), The Road to Palmyra (2018, doc),​ The Ghost of Richard Harris (2022, doc.).

Contacts

Abacus Media Rights
2 John Stree, WC1 2ES, London
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 798 537 4452
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Adrian Sibley
Film Director

Mike Downey
Producer

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