Da (1988) - a movie directed by Matt Clark and starring, among others, notable American actors Martin Sheen (The_West_Wing_(TV_series), Apocalypse Now, Badlands) and Barnard Hughes (Mr. Merlin, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Lost Boys). It is a screenplay of the original stage-play of the same name, by Irish playwright and journalist Hugh Leonard. Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is an American actor, best known for his role in the film Apocalypse Now and, most recently, as President Josiah Bartlet on the acclaimed television drama The West Wing. ... The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. ... Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American film about a soldiers journey during the Vietnam War. ... Barnard Hughes (July 16, 1915 – July 11, 2006), born Bernard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes[1], was an American character actor of theater and film. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Hugh Leonard (real name John Keyes Byrne) (born 1926) is an Irish dramatist and journalist. ...

The movie follows Charlie, a New York based Irish playwright (Martin Sheen), who returns to Ireland for a few days for the funeral of his "Da" or father (Barnard Hughes), and during the time that he spends in the home and neighbourhood of his youth, we see replayed, through his mind's eye, several scenes which were the formation of the man he became in later years. He encounters the ghost of his father and has conversations with him, and we also see arguments and other dealings with his mother, his younger self, friends, employers and even his first encounter with a member of the opposite sex, namely a local girl, nicknamed the Yellow Peril, due to her platinum blonde hair and dubious reputation. After his few days in Ireland, he returns to New York, satisfied that he has finally reconciled himself with his father, something he was never able to do when his Da was alive.

The movie (and the play) was set in Dalkey, an upper-class suburb of Dublin, Ireland, and indeed the movie was filmed on location there too. For the eagle-eyed viewer, the playwright, Hugh Leonard, actually makes a cameo appearance in the movie, as a pall-bearer during the funeral. Dalkey Hill Dalkey (Deilginis in Irish) is a town in southern County Dublin. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

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