The Molly Maguires

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Summary: A Study In Common Bonds and Individual Pursuits
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Martin Ritt has a central theme that he explores in almost every film he makes. What unites and seperates us? He's become the master of that extremely difficult question and this film, for my money, was one of his best explorations of that theme/question.

It's about the workers and the company- 'the ones who push up or push down- who has more push?', as Connery's character sums up. It's about the choices people make to get up, get ahead or to get out. Ultimately, it's about compromised positions and consequences that come from such compromise.

Connery and Harris are terrific in this movie- the two sides of the coin. Harris has the tough role as the detective 'sent in' who struggles with both sides of the coin. Connery (just as his Bond days were coming to an end), does a slow boil to a funeral scene where he lets it rip. His dad was a soft spoken Irishman, he once said in an interview. I swear he vented something wonderful about the meek and good in this world, in this scene, that rocks with truth. " They haven't even left him with a proper suit to be buried in! " Watch him in this- one of Connery's finest performances.

Mancini captures the Irish flavour with a terrific score and Samantha Edgar and Frank Finlay and Anthony Zerbe lend their talents, as well.

Another buried treasure that deserves the sunlight. If you want a good film with some history, some food for thought and some fine performances, treat yourself to this.

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Summary: Molly Maguires
Review: "Molly Maguires" is set in the coal mines of Pennsylvania during 1876 and displays the unfair working conditions of the miners. Sean Connery plays the leader of the "Molly Maguires", Jack Kehoe. Richard Harris is an undercover detective. Harris is sent into the mines to find the miners who are working against the company. The movie has a lot of violence but it is based on true events of the day. At times it is hard to follow. But, if you enjoy history, you will enjoy this movie.

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Summary: The Molly Maguires, fact or fiction
Review: Having seen this film several times I was very impressed by the acting, particulary Sean Connery and Richard Harris. The Cinemtography was superb, after all James Wong How was easily one of the greatest Cinematographers of the 20th Century. The music was fantascic and Henry Mancini captured the flavor of the 19th Century Irish. However, even though the script as script was powerful and compelling, it was more fiction than fact. Why is it that script writers must take such liberties with history?
The so-called Molly Maguires, a name invented by the publisher of the Miner's Journal newspaper, were in fact a group of men who were fighting for fair conditions in the coal mines, honest pay for honest work. Many of the men, though certainly not all, hanged were, in fact, innocent of the crimes for which they were convicted. These brave men gave their lives for a movement that would eventually lead to the United Mine Workers of America. However, this being said, the movie is entertaining and certainly worth watching even if only to watch Connery, Harris and the beautiful Anjanette Comer.

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Summary: Molly Magueres
Review: I believe this is a great movie showing the troubles of the Irish immigrants in a company mining town.Sean Connery played a very emotional leader of the Molly's trying to help his people.

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Summary: GREAT
Review: I really enjoyed this movie. I would really appreciate anyone who can help me get the musical soundtrack. The music is this movie is very moving.

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Summary: awful they're barely even in the mine
Review: I think this movie is a bad Sean Connery movie,its about a bunch of bad miners looking like they are doing the right thing by blowing stuff up.They think they are special because they are imigrants so what we all were at some point in time, they just had bad timing.Plus Sean isnt even the real star of the movie that is a disgrace to movies, he barely even talks during the whole movie thats why it sucked, and the fact they are not in the mine long enough for people to say its a good mining movie.If you got a problem with your boss you dont kill him you ask for a raise, or if that dont work quit dont kil thats retarted.If you dont believe me watch the movie yourself although I dontthink its anygood but who am I to stop you.

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Summary: The Molly Maguires Review
Review: I thought that the video was a very good video for its time inwich it was produced. I bielve that this film was very influential for the chapter in the bookk that we were studing at the time. Not only was the movie very helpful in the better understanding of the time in history but it was a good movie also.

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Summary: Wonderfully accurate and true to life
Review: I too am born of the area where this took place. Many of my decendants worked and died in those mines and under the oppressive hand of the colliery owners. This movie proved to portray the Mollies as more than the history books up to this time. Their methods may not have been the best, but the eventual pardon for their crimes proves that their grievance was true.

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Summary: Excellent portrail of life in the coal region
Review: I was raised in coal region where this movie is about and had grandparents work in the mines. This movie was very personal to me because of this and showed just how life was. All my life I heard stories of the Molly's and the characters portrayed in this film they were brought to life in this film. Richard Harris is excellent and you see him gain understanding and sympathy for the men he is after. Through him you slowly learn their struggle and reason for the course of their actions. Sean Connery, as always, is tremendous in the part and I can easly close my eyes and see him exiting a coal mine, dirty and sweaty after a 12 hour shift. This movie is worth seeing again and again

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Summary: Secret Pack
Review: If I were you and I liked to learn about things that happened in the earlier days this would be a good movie for you to watch because it shows how they worked kids in the coal mines because they worked for cheep. If you are a person who likes adveture such as fights and sports and family this would be a good movie for you because it has a little bit of all of that in it. In the movie they had a group of people that went around destroying things, they had teams on Sunday after church that got togeather and played rugby,andadveture inthe movie is great but you will have to watch it yourself to find out because I dont want to be the only one with one of these things on this movie but trust me it is a wounderful movie.