Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake, itself based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute's adaptation is a comical, avant-garde kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream.
Cast
Martin J. Kelley
Finnegan
Jane Reilly
Anna Livia
Peter Haskell
Shem
Page Johnson
Shaun
John V. Kelleher
Commentator
Ray Flanagan
Young Shem
Maura Pryor
Young Iseult
Jo Jo Slavin
Young Shaun
Ray Alan
Celebrant
Joseph Alderman
Celebrant
Ray Allan
Celebrant
Virginia Blue
Celebrant
Sean Brancato
Celebrant
Joan Campbell
Celebrant
Paddy Croft
Celebrant
Leonard Frey
Celebrant
Eileen Koch
Celebrant
Joseph Maher
Celebrant
Janis Markhouse
Celebrant
Kevin O'Leary
Celebrant
Luke J. O'Malley
Celebrant
Herbert Prah
Celebrant
Jan Thompson
Celebrant
Virginia J. Wallace
Celebrant
Carmen P. Zavick
Celebrant
Crew
Mary Ellen Bute
Treatment, Director, Script, Editor, Producer
Mary Manning
Treatment
Romana Javitz
Script
Ted Nemeth
Script, Director of Photography, Associate Producer
James Joyce
Novel
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Catherine Pichonnier
Editor
Paul Ronder
Editor
Yoshio Kishi
Editor
Albert Tompkins
Editor
Elliot Kaplan
Original Music Composer
Lew Waldeck
Dialogue Editor
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