Talk:Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Include this quote?

http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0323/D.0323.198010160016.html

...I would not give a thraneen for an Irish film industry which was responsible for “Darby O'Gill and the Little People”. I do not want a Darby O'Gill Bill. I want the little people kept far away from the Irish film industry...

Maybe include this quote ? - FrancisTyers 01:23, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Not done: It appears to be just someone's opinion that Irish filmmakers should not make family-friendly fantasy movies. 5Q5 (talk) 15:33, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

GEN. EDIT; ^^^Its a Disney Picture... so that's just an unpopular opinion^^^.. how ignorant... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:7034:5400:A01C:C1A:9840:AB91 (talk) 18:49, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Trivia

Questionable, unsourced statement — remove? Rlquall 05:45, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

"A popular misconception is that the duet, A Pretty Irish Girl, was actually sung by Sean Connery and Janet Munro." - I question this statement as the bonus material included on the disk includes "Mr. Connery goes to Hollywood" in which Connery himself states that he and Janet sang the duet and that it was released on the soundtrack. Cable2001 (talk) 14:25, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I watched this film last night, and whoever's singing sure sounds like Sean Connery. It's certainly an "untrained" voice. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 20:35, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Four Wishes

Does anyone here know what the words in the movie were to the little rhyme about trying to make a fourth wish, then having none? Please let me know what the exact words were, if possible. Threyon 13:24, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

"Three wishes I'll grant you, big wishes or small. But wish your fourth wish and you lose them all" Cable2001 (talk) 14:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I've got the video, and I'm hearing, "Three wishes I'll grant you, great wishes or small. But you wish a fourth one, and you lose them all!"

Also, when Darby O'Gill recalled the rhyme, he changed the words, "So that's good of you. Three wishes I'll grant you, great wishes and small, but if you wish a fourth, then you get none at all." PatrickLMT (talk) 10:32, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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Unsourced material

Article has been tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert the below material with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 15:37, 26 October 2015 (UTC)

Production

This is the film that first brought Sean Connery to the attention of producer Albert R. Broccoli, who at the time was casting the first James Bond film, Dr. No. Broccoli hired Connery on the recommendation of his wife, Dana Broccoli. The Death Coach, or cóiste bodhar (pronounced "Coashta-Bower" in the film), acquired its name from a misunderstanding - 'bodhar' being the Irish word for 'deaf' rather than 'death'; the misunderstanding presumably arose an accent which mispronounces "death" as "deaf". There are actually two versions of the film's soundtrack. Several of the original Irish actors' accents (notably Darby, Widow Sheelah Sugrue, King Brian, and the Leprechauns) were deemed too difficult for American audiences to understand and were consequently overdubbed with easier-to-understand voices, possibly from different voice actors. The original soundtrack also contains some dialogue in Irish, especially from King Brian and his leprechaun subjects, which was subsequently changed in the overdubbed version to English alternatives. Both versions have been used on television and home video releases. The Region 1 (US/Canada) DVD contains the original soundtrack; the initial Region 2 (UK) release used the dubbed version, but was later reprinted with the original track. Despite its setting, the bulk of the film was shot at Disney's ranch in Burbank, California. Second unit footage from Ireland, combined with matte paintings by Peter Ellenshaw, helped present a seamless picture of late-nineteenth century Ireland. Many of the scenes combining humans and Leprechauns used forced perspective, with the "Little People" much farther from the camera. This required stopping the camera's lens way down for adequate depth of field, and a consequent increase in lighting to compensate. Walt Disney devoted an episode of his show Disneyland to promoting the film, recruiting actors Sharpe and O'Dea to film special segments on the set with Disney, as well as Irish-American actor Pat O'Brien. The episode, "I Captured the King of the Leprechauns", marked the only known television appearance of both Sharpe and O'Dea.

Seán Mór and the Little People

Just wondering was the film or indeed the books by Kavanagh influenced by the Irish Fairy tale Seán Mór and the Little People. The article cites a meeting by Walt Disney and he Folklore Commission in Ireland. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:2860:3A80:7D82:3421:2B98:8220 (talk) 14:31, 31 August 2016 (UTC)