A Hungry Feeling: The Life and Death of Brendan Behan.

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FilmPublisher number: 11457489 | KanopyPublisher: First Run Features, 1988Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

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Allen Ginsberg, Brendan Behan, Kathleen Behan, Liam Behan, Malachy McCourtSummary: Brendan Behan's life can be divided into 3 parts: his youthful years in an English jail for his activities on behalf of the I.R.A.; his writing, drawn largely from his experiences as a prisoner; and his prodigious boozing, which resulted in his death in 1963 at the age of 41. <P>Allan Miller's affecting documentary tells Behan's story through the people who knew him best - his wife, brothers, I.R.A. comrades and fellow drinkers in the Dublin pubs, where he seemed most at home. Their recollections sketch a portrait of a wild Irishman, a storyteller and a lair, who was not able to communicate until he'd had a drink - or three.</p>

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Allen Ginsberg, Brendan Behan, Kathleen Behan, Liam Behan, Malachy McCourt

Originally produced by First Run Features in 1988.

Brendan Behan's life can be divided into 3 parts: his youthful years in an English jail for his activities on behalf of the I.R.A.; his writing, drawn largely from his experiences as a prisoner; and his prodigious boozing, which resulted in his death in 1963 at the age of 41. <P>Allan Miller's affecting documentary tells Behan's story through the people who knew him best - his wife, brothers, I.R.A. comrades and fellow drinkers in the Dublin pubs, where he seemed most at home. Their recollections sketch a portrait of a wild Irishman, a storyteller and a lair, who was not able to communicate until he'd had a drink - or three.</p>

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