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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2010, 04:54:57 PM »

Orson Welles had a horrific "irish" accent in Lady from Shanghai.
WELLES spent a great deal of time living and working in Ireland, long before making LADY FROM SHANGHAI.  I think your ear just doesn't know the difference.   Wink

Faith and Begorrah... No one mentioned John Wayne in the Quiet Man.  Wasn't he supposed to be Irish?
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No.  JOHN WAYNE played an American in that film.   Lookingup  (Seents pruszuv us!)
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« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2010, 04:59:26 PM »

I've never seen The Quiet Man. I was just taking his word for it that he was playing an Irishman. However, I still stick to my point at Genghis Khan. I mean, really? John Wayne as Genghis Khan? What kind of casting was that?

One of my favorite old films was one called Odd Man Out with James Mason. Very good film. Most of the cast were Belfast people, so the accents are spot on. James Mason did an admirable job at faking it as well.
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« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2010, 01:32:38 AM »

Val Kilmer's accent in The Ghost and The Darkness wavers in and out, just like the stains on my undies.  Buggedout Buggedout
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« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2010, 03:02:54 AM »

Tommy Lee Jones' accent in Blown Away is also a bit shaky.
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« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2010, 09:38:27 AM »

Some great replies. The moral of the story all along was that Irish accents are not easy to pull off well, and yet people, and filmmakers and actors, seem to think the portrayal of an Irish character is an easy thing to pull off. It isn't. Not that the Irish are the only people to be caricatured in flims, far from it, but they are right up there near the top of the list.
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« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2010, 06:02:35 PM »

Julia Roberts In The Movie MARY RILEY


I'm Not Even Sure Why They Had Her Character Have An Accent In The First Place Because The Character In The Book Isn't Mentioned Having One
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« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2010, 09:19:51 PM »

Julia Roberts In The Movie MARY RILEY
I'm Not Even Sure Why They Had Her Character Have An Accent In The First Place Because The Character In The Book Isn't Mentioned Having One
Well she was supposed to be a maid working in an upper class London household at the end of the 19th century... the accent would have been likely if not a given.
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« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2010, 07:40:36 AM »

Some great replies. The moral of the story all along was that Irish accents are not easy to pull off well, and yet people, and filmmakers and actors, seem to think the portrayal of an Irish character is an easy thing to pull off. It isn't. Not that the Irish are the only people to be caricatured in flims, far from it, but they are right up there near the top of the list.

Yeah, I must admit, I suck at doing an Irish accent. I just end up sounding Chinese.
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« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2010, 04:42:43 PM »

Did Anyone See The Movie DEATH TO SMOOCHIE


In The Movie Robin Williams' Character Disguises Himself As An Irish Charity Worker , I Thought His Accent Was A Bit Too Over The Top ....But I Think That Actually Made It Funnier
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« Reply #24 on: February 16, 2010, 03:58:17 PM »

Some great replies. The moral of the story all along was that Irish accents are not easy to pull off well, and yet people, and filmmakers and actors, seem to think the portrayal of an Irish character is an easy thing to pull off. It isn't. Not that the Irish are the only people to be caricatured in flims, far from it, but they are right up there near the top of the list.

Yeah, I must admit, I suck at doing an Irish accent. I just end up sounding Chinese.

That was funny. Cheers
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« Reply #25 on: February 16, 2010, 04:44:13 PM »

The brothers in The boondock Saints.. Sean Patrick Flanery    is slightly better than Norman Reedus.
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« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2010, 06:19:44 PM »

I hear people say that the accents in Boondock Saints were bad. I thought they were not the greatest, but I've heard much worse. It sounded to me like they were trying for Belfast accents. Not good, but they did at least sound like they were trying to get it right rather than just resorting to the usual cartoon accents.
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