“‘I just wish it were over at this stage,’ he sighed, as he joined up with an equally subdued Jim Sheridan. “Irish film producer Noel Pearson was uncharacteristically muted as he made his way through the lobby of his West Hollywood hotel to the stretch limousine which was waiting to take him to his first Oscar ceremony,” one of Dwyer’s reports began. Michael Dwyer, the late Irish Times film journalist – the 10th anniversary of his death falls on New Year’s Day 2020 – was in the city reporting on the phenomenon that was this film. In the arts section of The Irish Times on March 28th, 1990, a full page was dedicated to a remarkable night in Los Angeles at the Academy Awards. Next March, we can reflect on what happened when an Irish film with a budget of under £2 million, My Left Foot, reinvented and reinvigorated Irish film. As awards season rumbles around at the dawn of next year, 2020 is also the 30th anniversary of one of the greatest nights ever in Irish cinema. Tis the season to start thinking about what films will win which gongs.
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