Recently, I was forwarded a YouTube link to a 1970 comedy that is something of an oddity among Hollywood depictions of Ireland and the Irish. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in The Bronx stars Gene Wilder in the title role, as an oddball Dubliner whose unusual occupation – the collection of horse manure for sale as fertiliser – triggersContinue reading “‘New Hollywood’ in Dublin: Notes on the Production of Quackser Fortune”
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That’s a WRAP!
If Wild Mountain Thyme is succesful in reestablishing the West of Ireland as a viable Hollywood film location, expect the WRAP fund to see competition emerge from other regions of Ireland.
