The Eclipse
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Conor McPherson
Produced by	Robert Walpole
Cinematography	Ivan McCullough
Editing by	Emer Reynolds
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release date(s)	TBA
Country	Ireland
Language	English

The Eclipse is an upcoming film directed by Conor McPherson. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2009 where, after reports of interest from several studios, Magnolia Pictures secured worldwide distribution rights for the film. The film will be shown in Ireland as a tv drama on RTÉ One as part of their 2009/2010 fall/winter season ^[1].

Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Premise

In an Irish town by the sea, a widower (Hinds) believes he is seeing apparitions. As a volunteer at the town's annual literary festival, he meets a writer of supernatural novels (Hjejle) and begins to develop a relationship with her. He finds competition from an American writer (Quinn) who is trying to win over the novelist.

It was filmed in Cobh, Co. Cork

[edit] Cast

• Ciarán Hinds
• Iben Hjejle
• Aidan Quinn

Also stars Aine Mulry as an extra, who is a native of Cobh.

[edit] References

• Zeitchik, Steven (April 26, 2009). "'Eclipse' ignites Tribeca sales talk". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0e29382397e1a2c42f9ec8601857fa29. Retrieved April 27, 2009. 
• Zeitchik, Steven (May 1, 2009). "Magnolia snags 'Eclipse' rights". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i06056b3e43453484224e31d8724c2a46. Retrieved May 3, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• The Eclipse at the Internet Movie Database