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Soundtrack listing now available.

(The link above lists the songs from The Nephew as specified in the movie's end creduts. However, NO soundtrack has ever been released.)


SYNOPSIS

Irishman Tony Egan (Donal McCann) receives a letter from his sister in New York, telling him she's near death. She asks him to take care of her son after she's gone. Egan agrees, and brags of his nephew's impending arrival to everyone, including his worst enemy, pub-owner Joe Brady (Pierce Brosnan).

The uncle and the rest of the village are shocked to discover that his nephew, Chad (Hill Harper), is half-black. His appearance shakes up the small town where tradition rules and secrets abound.

Chad finds Ireland tough to deal with, but finds solace in a beautiful young woman (Aislin McGuckin), who just happens to be Joe Brady's daughter. Their involvement brings out a dark secret shared between Brady and Egan for decades. Meanwhile, Chad must decide if he could ever feel at home in Ireland, or if the secrets from his mother's past will drive too big a wedge between him and his uncle.



PRODUCTION

The Nephew is an Irish Dreamtime Inc. and World 2000 Entertainment film. The film is produced by Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair and directed by Eugene Brady.

Other film credits include:
Executive Producers: Tom Palmieri, Morgan O'Sullivan, Marguerite Somers and Bernard Somers
Associate Producer: Cynthia Palormo
Co-Producer: Doug Mayfield
Line Producer: Jerry Baerwitz
Story: Eugene Brady, Doug Mayfield and Jacqueline O'Neill
Screenplay: Jacqueline O'Neill and Sean P. Steele
Casting: Ros and Jon Hubbard
Composer: Stephen McKeon
Production Designer: John Decuir
Director of Photography: Jack Conroy
Editor: J. Patrick Duffner



PREMIERES

The Nephew debuted July 11, 1998, at the Galway Film Festival in Galway, Ireland, July 10-12 as part of a retrospective of Irish actor Donal McCann.

The World Premiere of The Nephew was at the Virgin Cinema in Dublin, Ireland, on August 21, 1998. The film opened in theatres in Ireland on August 28.

The Dublin premiere was part of a publicity tour, which included stops in Paris, Barcelona and finally Haugesund, Norway, on August 29, 1998, where it was entered in the Norwegian Film Festival. It then moved on to Germany for press premieres in Cologne and Berlin on Sept. 1 and 2.

The Nephew was not picked up by a North American distributor, but it is now available on cable television stations (such as WE - Women's Entertainment) and was briefly released on VHS.

Press Tour Premiere Dates

Aug. 19-20: UK Press, London.
Aug. 21-22: Irish Press/Premiere (Dublin)(21st).
Aug. 23-25: French Press, Paris.
Aug. 26th: Spanish Press/Premier (Madrid).
Aug. 27th: Spanish Press/Premiere (Barcelona).
Aug. 28th-30th: Norwegian Film Festival. Haugesund, Norway(28th) &
Scandinavian Press.
Sept. 1-2: German Press (Berlin, Hamburg & Cologne).



REVIEWS

Tribune Magazine, Sunday Tribune

Variety

Review by Greg Nowak (Viewed at the Santa Barbara Film Festival).




ARTICLES

The Nephew is set to premiere on Sky Premiere on Dec.12!

Pierce talks about The Nephew and the granddaughter.

Norwegian Film Festival highlights courtesy of Variety -- Norway.

Eleanor McEvoy, whose song "Whisper a Prayer to the Moon" is on the soundtrack to The Nephew -- Columbia's Daily Dish



LINKS

Jenny Shield's Nephew page.

Pierce Brosnan:

Pierce Brosnan Gallery
Grey Owl
The Thomas Crown Affair
Remington Steele
Tomorrow Never Dies
Pierce Brosnan (Kimberly Last)
Pierce Brosnan (Angela Nothdorf)
Positively Pierce
Pierce Brosnan (Steele Fan)

Hill Harper:
Hill Harper - TV Tome
Hill Harper Fan Listings



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