Ulysses (1967 film)

Ulysses
DVD cover
Directed byJoseph Strick
Screenplay byFred Haines
Joseph Strick
Based onUlysses
by James Joyce
Produced byJoseph Strick
StarringMilo O'Shea
Barbara Jefford
Maurice Roëves
T.P. McKenna
Anna Manahan
CinematographyWolfgang Suschitzky
Edited byReginald Mills
Music byStanley Myers
Production
companies
Laser Film Corporation
Ulysses Film Production
Distributed byContinental Distributing (US)
British Lion Films (UK)
Release dates
  • 14 March 1967 (1967-03-14) (US)
  • June 1967 (1967-06) (UK)
Running time
132 min.
CountriesIreland
United Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$900,000[1] or £222,269[2]
Box office$2,300,000 (US/ Canada)[3]

Ulysses is a 1967 drama film based on James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. It concerns the meeting of two Irishmen, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, in 1904 Dublin.

Starring Milo O'Shea as Leopold Bloom, Barbara Jefford as Molly Bloom, Maurice Roëves as Stephen Dedalus, and T. P. McKenna as Buck Mulligan, it was adapted by Fred Haines and Joseph Strick and directed by Strick. Haines and Strick shared an Oscar nomination for the screenplay.[4]

  1. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (24 September 1967). "Show Biz's Mr. Diversification". Los Angeles Times. p. n16.
  2. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 361
  3. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.
  4. ^ McLellan, Dennis (4 June 2010). "McLellan, Dennis. (2010, June 4). Joseph Strick dies at 86; independent filmmaker brought 'Ulysses' to big screen. The Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 February 2011.