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"Angela's Ashes" quotes

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Based on the best-selling autobiography by Irish expatriate Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Lime

Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Frank McCourt, Laura Jones, Alan Parker
Production: N/A
Genre: biography, drama
Year: 1999
MetaScore: 54/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: $13,042,112
Released: 21 Jan 2000
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 12 nominations total

18 video clips

NarratorYoung FrankAngela MccourtYoung MalachyTheresaOlder FrankMiddle FrankMiddle MichaelMiddle MalachyMrs. LeibowitzAunt Aggie
It was of course a miserable childhood - Angela's Ashes 00:18 It was of course a miserable childhood Hey Eugene look at my bum Ooh Malachy stop showing your bum - Angela's Ashes 00:08 Hey Eugene look at my bum Ooh Malachy stop showing your bum What is it - Angela's Ashes 00:12 What is it Forgive me Father for I have sinned - Angela's Ashes 00:06 Forgive me Father for I have sinned If I could work I'd be in the English factories - Angela's Ashes 00:10 If I could work I'd be in the English factories Look That's the Baby Jesus - Angela's Ashes 00:12 Look That's the Baby Jesus In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Toast - Angela's Ashes 00:07 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy... If I were in America I could say I love you Dad - Angela's Ashes 00:19 If I were in America I could say I love you Dad Lord you might be scrawny - Angela's Ashes 00:08 Lord you might be scrawny It's poor I am - Angela's Ashes 00:24 It's poor I am You're never to let anybody slam the door in your face again - Angela's Ashes 00:07 You're never to let anybody slam the door in your face... That was the first time my dad ever kissed me - Angela's Ashes 00:10 That was the first time my dad ever kissed me What are you going to call him Angela - Angela's Ashes 00:19 What are you going to call him Angela I wouldn't give the English the steam off my pish - Angela's Ashes 00:04 I wouldn't give the English the steam off my pish You drank the money Da You drank the money - Angela's Ashes 00:06 You drank the money Da You drank the money I hit my mother - Angela's Ashes 00:04 I hit my mother You're wearing me dead mother's dress - Angela's Ashes 00:04 You're wearing me dead mother's dress He's fatter than the Baby Jesus - Angela's Ashes 00:04 He's fatter than the Baby Jesus

Cast

Angela McCourt - Emily Watson
Malachy (Dad) - Robert Carlyle
Young Frank - Joe Breen
Middle Frank - Ciaran Owens
Older Frank - Michael Legge
All Cast