Darby O'Gill et les farfadets

Original title: Darby O'Gill and the Little People

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Adventure Family Fantasy Romance

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

Director
- Robert Stevenson
Writers
- Lawrence Edward Watkin
- H.T. Kavanagh
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

9.8K

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POPULARITY

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Director
- Robert Stevenson
Writers
- Lawrence Edward Watkin
- H.T. Kavanagh
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win total

Molly Malloy
(as Nora O'Mahony)

Brandon Beach

Pub Patron
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Pub Patron
(uncredited)

Patrick Sullivan Burke

Leprechaun
(uncredited)

Jack Deery

Townsman
(uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Townsman
(uncredited)

Joanne Genthon

Witch
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Stevenson
Writers
- Lawrence Edward Watkin
- H.T. Kavanagh
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Trivia
The leprechaun effects look very high tech and complicated, but most of them were achieved very simply by placing the "normal sized" actors closer to the camera than the "tiny" ones and lining them up on the same horizontal plane through the lens so the distance between them could not be detected. This technique is known as "forced perspective."

Goofs
When Michael and Katie escape from the the bully in the field, Michael's neck-scarf has fallen down his shirt and is no longer visible. After Katie mentions that she didn't care if Michael got hurt, his scarf suddenly is tied prominently around his neck and plumped under his chin.

Quotes
[inside the Death Coach]
Darby O'Gill: In the years to come, maybe you'll keep an eye on Katie and Michael.
King Brian: I'll do that. T'is a pity you won't be there to see them married.
Darby O'Gill: Ah, it's better for the old to die than the young. In the end, we all have to go.
King Brian: That ye do.
[pause, King Brian gets a sly look on his face]
King Brian: I wish I could go with you all the way.
Darby O'Gill: [sighs] I wish ye could, too.
King Brian: [laughing] An' you a knowledgeable man! Ha ha ha ha! Darby, you've wished your *fourth* wish!
[Darby starts]
King Brian: Good-bye, Darby me friend!
[Brian magically pushes him out of the coach; the coach drives off with Brian inside, still laughing]

Crazy credits
In the opening credits: My thanks to King Brian of Knocknasheega and his Leprechauns, whose gracious co-operation made this picture possible. - Walt Disney

Alternate versions
A minor difference between the two laserdisc versions: in the second (Re-Mastered) version, King Brian orders the Strativarius fetched in Irish whereas it was in English in the first version.

Connections
Edited into La main derrière la souris - L'histoire d'Ub Iwerks (1999)

Soundtracks
The Wishing Song
Written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and Oliver Wallace
Performed by Albert Sharpe and Jimmy O'Dea (uncredited)

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One of the greatest Disney films ever made

Like "The Wizard of Oz", this is one of those movies that transcends time itself. It is a true family movie that will never go out of style. One of my favorite scenes in this movie is the approach of the Death Coach, coming to claim his sick daughter. Having no where else to turn, the hysterically-frightened Darby calls for his old friendly nemesis, King Brian. See if you feel the same sense of relief at his appearance as I did!

This movie covers the entire spectrum of emotions. It's sad, funny, scary, happy, you name it. You might want to shield the arrival of the Banshee from the little ones, as I remember how it frightened me at that age, but don't let that sway you from watching this masterpiece.