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The Magical Legend of the
Leprechauns - Based on the Irish folk
tale characters of leprechauns and fairies, this
imaginative two-part made for TV miniseries was
produced by Hallmark for the NBC network in
1999.
The story follows an American businessman Jack
Woods (Randy Quaid) who has come to the Emerald
Isle with a hidden agenda. He wants to develop a
large chunk of pristine land in the Irish
countryside into a golf course. But low and
behold, when he takes up residence in one of the
small cottages on the land, he discovers it is
inhabited by none other than a leprechaun and
his wife.
Colm Meaney (of Star Trek Fame) plays
Seamus Muldoon, the red-bearded leprechaun whom
Jack Woods rescued from the water (Leprechauns
hate water) and so was beholding to his
benefactor.
The story becomes complicated when Jack falls in
love with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a local
raven-haired beauty who spends her time caring
for her grown brothers, who can't seem to make a
decision on the own.
As Woods finishes up his
business and prepares to depart by train, he
asks Kathleen to come with him, but she is held
back by her duty to her family.
Meanwhile,
Seamus' rambunctious young son, Mickey Muldoon
has crashed a fancy fairy costume ball and
caught the attention of Jessica, the Fairy
Princess. Now, romance between leprechauns and
fairies is a definite no-no in these parts and
eventually both sides don their battle armor to
duke it out for the sake of righteousness and
honor.
So now the viewers are left with the
questions: Will Jack's efforts as a peacemaker
(at the Grand Banshee's request) be effective to
stop an impending war between the leprechauns
and fairies? And most importantly, will Mickey
and Jessica and Jack and Kathleen get together
as couples? To find out, go rent the film or
check out the SCI-FI channel where it has aired,
occasionally.
At
its core, the miniseries combines the romantic
sentiment of classic movie The Quiet Man
(1952) starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
with the dynamic story of forbidden love found
in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. All in
all, the movie is a gentle, fun frolic, filled
with Irish history, folklore and lush green
countryside. It's well worth a look see.
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THE MAGICAL
LEGEND OF THE LEPRECHAUNS/NBC/1999 |
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Cast Credits |
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Randy Quaid |
as |
Jack Woods
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Whoopi
Goldberg |
as |
The Grand
Banshee |
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Roger Daltrey |
as |
King Boric |
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Colm Meaney |
as |
Seamus Muldoon
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Kieran Culkin |
as |
Barney Devine
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Zoë Wanamaker |
as |
Mary Muldoon
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Daniel Betts |
as |
Mickey Muldoon
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Orla Brady
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as |
Kathleen
Fitzpatrick |
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Caroline
Carver |
as |
Princess
Jessica |
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Frank Finlay
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as |
General
Bulstrode |
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Phyllida Law |
as |
Lady Margaret
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Michael
Williams |
as |
Father Daley
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Harriet Walter
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as |
Queen Morag
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