Michael Colgan

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Michael Colgan

Michael Colgan is a highly prominent Irish theatre director and film/television producer, best known for his 33-year tenure as the Artistic Director of the famous Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, from 1983 until 2017. Born in 1950, he is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential Irish theatre producers of his generation.

Known For

Donovan's BrainDonovan's Brain · 1953
Donovan's Brain
★ 6.21953
MovieScience FictionHorror
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
The ActorsThe Actors · 2003
The Actors
★ 5.62003
MovieComedyCrime
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his character. He meets Barreller who he discovers owes someone he's never met a considerable sum of money. Seeing an opportunity to make some fast money, O'Malley convinces hapless extra, Tom, to meet Barreller as the debt collector.
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film · 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
★ 10.02003
MovieDocumentary
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".
Battle TaxiBattle Taxi · 1955
Battle Taxi
★ 5.61955
MovieDramaWar
In the Korean war, the commander of an Air Rescue helicopter team must show a hot-shot former jet pilot how important helicopter rescue work is and turn him into a team player.
Not INot I · 2000
Not I
★ 5.82000
Movie
A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not really happen to her.
Krapp's Last TapeKrapp's Last Tape · 2000
Krapp's Last Tape
★ 7.42000
MovieDramaTV Movie
In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He isolates memories of value, fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death 'when all my dust has settled'. One part of 19 parts for series "Beckett on Film" featuring filmed versions of Beckett plays, some screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and some on Channel 4 television in the UK in June 2001.
PlayPlay · 2001
Play
★ 7.12001
MovieDramaFantasy
The land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his mistress and his wife.
CatastropheCatastrophe · 2001
Catastrophe
★ 6.42001
Movie
An autocratic Director (Harold Pinter) and his Assistant (Rebecca Pidgeon) put the final touches to the last scene of some kind of dramatic presentation, which consists entirely of a man (John Gielgud) standing still onstage.

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Krapp's Last TapeKrapp's Last Tape · 2000
Krapp's Last Tape
★ 7.42000
MovieDramaTV Movie
In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He isolates memories of value, fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death 'when all my dust has settled'. One part of 19 parts for series "Beckett on Film" featuring filmed versions of Beckett plays, some screened at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and some on Channel 4 television in the UK in June 2001.

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