Martin McDonagh is a triple Oscar nominee for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” but no matter what happens next month, he will go home an Oscar winner. Because he already is one. The playwright won Best Live Action Short Film for “Six Shooter” 17 years ago.
A black comedy, like nearly all of his work, “Six Shooter” was McDonagh’s film debut as a writer and director. It starred Brendan Gleeson, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for “Banshees,” as a widower who encounters a possibly psychotic young man, played by Irish actor Rúaidhrí Conroy, on a train ride home after his wife’s death. Conroy, who won a Theatre World Award in 1998 for his turn in McDonagh’s play “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” was unfortunately detained and barred from entering the United States to attend the Oscars due to visa issues. The U.S. Embassy later apologized for Conroy’s detention. In his acceptance speech,...
A black comedy, like nearly all of his work, “Six Shooter” was McDonagh’s film debut as a writer and director. It starred Brendan Gleeson, a Best Supporting Actor nominee for “Banshees,” as a widower who encounters a possibly psychotic young man, played by Irish actor Rúaidhrí Conroy, on a train ride home after his wife’s death. Conroy, who won a Theatre World Award in 1998 for his turn in McDonagh’s play “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” was unfortunately detained and barred from entering the United States to attend the Oscars due to visa issues. The U.S. Embassy later apologized for Conroy’s detention. In his acceptance speech,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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