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Longing to have a baby, a sterile 1930s Bostonian hires a man to impregnate his wife.Longing to have a baby, a sterile 1930s Bostonian hires a man to impregnate his wife.Longing to have a baby, a sterile 1930s Bostonian hires a man to impregnate his wife.
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Thomas Downey
- Torrey Harrington
- (as Tom Downey)
Frank Toste
- Frank
- (as Father Frank Toste CSC)
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- TriviaThe screenwriter, Rick Ramage, said the song "Elenor Rigby" by The Beatles was a catalyst in developing the story.
- GoofsThe narration of this movie is supposed to be Father McKinnon telling the story to Hannibal Thurman, yet there are parts of the story that Hannibal is in which would certainly not have to be told to Hannibal by McKinnon. If that isn't bad enough, there is a part of the narration (right after Roger agrees to be the surrogate father) that McKinnon says "Hannibal knew that.........." even though it is Hannibal he is talking to.
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Father Michael McKinnon: You're probably the one person in the world Arthur Barret respects enough to fear, loves enough to kill for.
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Composed and Arranged by Sonny Kompanek
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Entertaining, nicely filmed, inaccurate.
Kenneth Branagh, as expected, performed very well. What was difficult to absorb as "possible" were the Catholic religious elements depicted. They were wrong and inaccurate. For example, the Mass vestments were not correct. The conversations and characterizations of the pastor and the young priest, for that period of time (Boston in the late 30s, early 40s) were off key, to say the least. The plot was interesting, but the film was too long, and there was too much "symbolism", and the "next move" was always predictable. With such a fine cast, and a great story, the producers and the directors should have taken time to be more accurate and correct about details. Another example of the lack of care was the scene where the young priest is seen administering "Anointing of the Sick" [formerly called "Extreme Unction"] to a corpse about to be buried. This never happens and is actually forbidden in the RC Church. Dead people cannot receive "sacraments." Attention must be paid. Details, details, details. The truth is in the details. However, I did enjoy it. I think most people would find this film interesting and entertaining.
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- Also known as
- Shakespeare's Sister
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- Gross US & Canada
- $147,773
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $61,560
- Mar 29, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $147,773
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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