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Frankie Starlight is a 1995 drama–romantic war film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The screenplay was written by Ronan O'Leary and Chet Raymo, based on the internationally best-selling novel The Dork of Cork by Raymo.
Nov 22, 1995 · Frankie Starlight: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. With Corban Walker, Niall Toibin, Owen Roe, Gabriel Byrne. A writer with dwarfism shares the story of his unconventional, though not altogether bad, upbringing as his mother struggled to raise him in the mid-20th century with help from a surrogate father.
Set in a post-World War II Ireland, this is the story of Frankie and his mother Bernadette who, as an 18-year-old girl, left France smuggled aboard a troop ship in return for sexual favors. Put ashore in Ireland, the penniless Bernadette gives birth to Frankie.
Nov 9, 2014 · Video Detective. 130K subscribers. Subscribed. 20. 4.3K views 9 years ago. Frankie Starlight Trailer 1995 Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Matt Dillon, Anne Parillaud,...
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Frankie Starlight is a 1995 drama–romantic war film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The screenplay was written by Ronan O'Leary and Chet Raymo, based on the internationally best-selling novel The Dork of Cork by Raymo.
Nov 22, 1995 · The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.
Frankie Starlight. La Femme Nikita's Anne Parillaud plays the woman who gives birth to a boy with dwarfism in WWII Ireland. Frankie Starlight, as he is known, comes to write a book about her experience. 35 1 h 40 min 1995.
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 1995. The most unusual melodrama of the season mixes a French stowaway, an Irish dwarf, and a carefree Texan to astronomically touching results. FRANKIE STARLIGHT is the story of a small man (Corban Walker) who finds fame (becomes a star?) after his astronomy-themed autobiography becomes a bestseller.
Elmer Bernstein Music. Critics reviews. Based on the novel The Dork of Cork by Chet Raymo, this heartwarming film is built around writer Frank Bois’s recollections of his mother’s tumultuous life and his own struggle to cope with dwarfism.
