Handel's Last Chance (1996)
As the film opens, the career of George Frideric Handel is in tatters. Invited to Dublin to present the premiere of a new choral work, The Messiah, he can't find singers adequate for the job. A boy who steals a chicken runs into Mr. Handel. The boy's Mother was NOT an employee at the Cathedral, she cleaned and ironed shirts, so the mother "bribes" Mr. Handel with non-starched shirts to save her boy from being in jail. The choir sucks until the washer lady's son is discovered by Handel.
Director: Milan Cheylov
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Leon Pownall as George Friedrich Handel |
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Tod Fennell as Jamie O'Flaherty |
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Gerard Parkes as Jonathan Swift |
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Seana McKenna as Mary Margaret O'Flaherty |
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Cody Jones as Wee Hugh Brannigan |
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Jennifer Rockett as Miss Abbott |
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Jan Nemejovský as Headmaster |
| Directing | Milan Cheylov | Director |
| Writing | Marlene Matthews | Writer |
| Writing | David Devine | Writer |
| Camera | David Perrault | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jan Oparty | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Georg Friedrich Händel | Music |
| Editing | Michael Pacek | Editor |
