Have any of you guys ever seen the mini-series “The Thornbirds”? Its basically about a family who lived in Drogheda and moved to Ireland during the potato famine. It’s really long (about 8 hours) and quite tragic, but the music had some old Irish drinking songs and some original Irish tunes. Not bad according to my taking.
The theme makes a nice whistle tune…actually they moved to Australia.
I’ve read the book many times (found the mini-series rather disappointing).
The family originally lived in New Zealand (they were a generation or two removed from Ireland) and moved to a sheep station in Australia (the station was named Drogheda).
Redwolf
I’ve read the book twice. Love it. I’ve only seen part of the miniseries though. I don’t think the movie can ever measure up to the book, but that’s just my humble opinion.
On 2003-02-09 12:41, Soineanta wrote:
I’ve read the book twice. Love it. I’ve only seen part of the miniseries though. I don’t think the movie can ever measure up to the book, but that’s just my humble opinion.
One thing that kept distracting me in the movie was the actress who played Meggie. Remember how, in the book, they went on and on about her titian hair? It was a major deal! So why did they pick an actress who not only has very dark hair, but who has such dark skin and eyes that she couldn’t even get by with a red wig or dye job?
Redwolf (who is called “Red” for a very good reason)
Sorry brainfart, I meant moved to Australia.