Finian's Rainbow (film) Finian's Rainbow (film) Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 Irish-American musical film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark. The screenplay by E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy is based on their 1947 stage musical of the same name. It is a fantasy about an Irishman and his daughter who steal a leprechaun's magic pot of gold and emigrate to the United States, where they become involved in a dispute between rural landowners and a greedy, racist U.S. Senator. The film was nominated for several Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and a Writers Guild of America
A Home at the End of the World (film) Media Award for Outstanding Film in Wide Release but lost to "Kinsey". Dallas Roberts was nominated for the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Performance, and Colin Farrell was nominated for the Irish Film Award for Best Actor. A Home at the End of the World (film) A Home at the End of the World is a 2004 drama film directed by Michael Mayer and starring Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, and Sissy Spacek. The screenplay by Michael Cunningham was adapted from his 1990 novel of the same name. Bobby Morrow's life in suburban Cleveland has been tinged with tragedy