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With Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov, Agostina Belli. With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
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- Drama
- Yves Boisset
- 1980-12
Purple Taxi is an outstanding movie, full of mood, atmosphere, ambiance, plus some of the greatest Irish scenery. The acting is superb by Ustinov, Noiret, Rampling, the actor who plays Rampling's brother, and Astaire.
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One of the tracks on Chieftains 4, recorded in 1975, was a piece called Mna na hEireann, which means Women of Ireland. It was written by Sean O Riada and arranged by Moloney. It was to become an Oscar winner for The Chieftains after it caught the attention of film director Stanley Kubrick. He used Women of Ireland on the soundtrack of his film, Bar...
Tristan and Isolde was the first film the band played on and was notable, among other things, for the way Moloney blended the uilleann pipes with a symphony orchestra. The story wasn’t the Wagner version. It was based on the original Irish story from the 9th century. Unfortunately, the film, which starred Richard Burton, was never released but the ...
In 1977, The Chieftains provided the music for the joint French-Irish film, The Purple Taxi (Un Taxi Mauve) which was directed by Yves Boiset and based on a novel of the same name by Michel Deon. It starred Peter Ustinov and Charlotte Rampling, and was entered into the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1982, the Irish TV company, Radio Telefis Eireann joined forces with their counterparts in French television to produce a film called The Year of the French, based on the novel by Thomas Flanagan. The Chieftains provided the music for the soundtrack with a score written by Paddy Moloney. The band also appeared as musicians in the film. They were...
The band won a Genie Award, the Canadian equivalent to an Oscar, for their music on the soundtrack of a film called The Grey Fox starring Richard Farnsworth. The film told the story of the train robber Bill Milner.
In 1986, the National Geographic produced a film called, Ballad of the Irish Horse. The film recounted the history of horses and horse breeding in Ireland. The Chieftains provided the soundtrack with Paddy Moloney again composing and arranging most of the tracks.
The Chieftains played some of the music on the soundtrack to The Gangs of New York, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo diCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis and Cameron Diaz. The film told the story of battles between Irish immigrants who formed into gangs in New York in the middle of the 19th century. Incidentally, the film also featured music...
This film, released in 1995, starred Minnie Driver and Chris O’Donnell. It was set in Ireland and told the story of a group of university friends. It was based on a novel by the Irish writer, Maeve Binchy. It feature two tracks by The Chieftains – Dublin, and You’re The One.
Rob Roy was set in the Highlands of Scotland and told the story of the Scottish folk hero who terrorised the local nobility. The film starred Irish actor Liam Neeson, John Hurt and Jessica Lange, and featured a Chieftains track called O’Sullivan’s March.
The Chieftains performed the full soundtrack for this retelling of the old pirate story. The soundtrack included some of The Chieftains’ own compositions which they still perform as part of their concert repertoire. The tracks include, Loyals March, Setting Sail, French Leave and Treasure Cave.
The Purple Taxi (French: Un taxi mauve, lit. 'A mauve taxi') is a 1977 French-Irish-Italian film directed by Yves Boisset, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Michel Déon. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
Yves Boisset directs a two hour drama, about a group of emotionally mixed up people living in rural Ireland. If you told me this was by Yves Boisset, at first I'd have thought you were having me on and ask you why there still aren't any subtitles for Nothing to report by him instead.
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Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. Filmed in Ireland, with Boisset not the only French director of his generation to be seduced into making a mystery movie with a whimsical flavour, this is one of the worst French...
