Ronnie Drew

Ronnie Drew

Born: September 16, 1934
Died: August 16, 2008
in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.

Movies for Ronnie Drew...

The Dubliners: 50 Years Celebration Concert in Dublin
Title: The Dubliners: 50 Years Celebration Concert in Dublin
Character: Himself - The Dubliners
Released: November 14, 2012
Type: Movie
A time to remember and celebrate the founders of this great group of troubadours, who started it all back in 1962: Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciarán Bourke and Barney McKenna. These were the originals who lit the flame 50 years ago, and set fire to the world of folk music. For the filming of this DVD, hundreds of old photographs were assembled; audio and video clips were retrieved from the archives to capture the spirit of the group down through the decades. Projected performances from the past played an integral role in this celebration concert. The atmosphere was electric, with music, stories and poetry flowing from reservoirs of memory — a unique collaboration between the original group and the current line-up, a perfect party to celebrate 50 years.
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Ronnie Drew: September Song
Title: Ronnie Drew: September Song
Released: May 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The name of the documentary comes from Drew's recording of "September Song", the Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson song made popular through recordings by a number of artists. With the founding of his revolutionary folk band, The Dubliners in 1962, Ronnie Drew has become synonymous with his native Dublin. September Song (2008) is an intimate portrayal of the legendary singer in which he recalls growing up in his granny's house in Dun Laoghaire, the founding of The Dubliners in O'Donoghue's pub on Merrion Row, his days of touring the world, the poignant loss of his wife of forty years, and his own battle with cancer. Featuring interviews with son Phelim, daughter Cliodhna and friends and fans Bono, Billy Connolly and Damien Dempsey.
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The Pogues: Poguevision
Title: The Pogues: Poguevision
Released: October 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Thirteen examples of The Pogues unique brand of hellraising folk, ranging from punky takes on traditional Irish songs like 'Dirty Old Town' to the Shane MacGowan penned originals which offered romanticised visions of life viewed through the bottom of a bottle.
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Luke Kelly - The Performer
Title: Luke Kelly - The Performer
Character: himself
Released: February 5, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary about the work of Luke Kelly, legendary folk singer with the Dubliners, who died in 1984. Kelly's influence on balladeers has been wide-reaching. Here, his famous contemporaries - like Donovan and Ralph McTell - discuss his art, and the key moments of his development in music. Includes 19 rarely seen live performances, and further contributions by the Dubliners, Damien Dempsey, Paddy Reilly, Jim McCann, Mary Black, Phil Coulter and George Murphy.
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Dubliners Live from the Gaiety
Title: Dubliners Live from the Gaiety
Character: Himself
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Legends in concert Legendary concert of the Dubliners 40 years Reunion Includes a series of fascinating candid interviews with these larger than life characters
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Puckoon
Title: Puckoon
Character: Pearse
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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Borstal Boy
Title: Borstal Boy
Character: Customs man
Released: March 22, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.
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O'Donoghue's Opera
Title: O'Donoghue's Opera
Character: Larry
Released: March 7, 1998
Type: Movie
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
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The Dubliner's Dublin
Title: The Dubliner's Dublin
Released: June 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Irish Folk Band, The Dubliners, guide us through the history of Dublin.
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The 1916 Easter Rising: Beneath a Dublin Sky
Title: The 1916 Easter Rising: Beneath a Dublin Sky
Character: Ronnie Drew
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Every Irish rebellion has generated its own collection of songs. At Noon on the 24th of April 1916 the Easter Rising began - a defining moment in Irish history. This commemorative DVD pays special tribute to all Patriots who put their nation's freedom first.