PETER O'TOOLE: ALONG THE SKY ROAD TO AQABA

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PETER O'TOOLE: ALONG THE SKY ROAD TO AQABA

By Jim SHERIDAN

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Documentary - Completed 2022

Documentary about legendary actor Peter O’Toole who brought a touch of danger to his art and a stroke of madness to his life yet inspired a generation of movie makers.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary, Art - Culture, Biography
- Countries
- IRELAND
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Jim SHERIDAN
- Cast
- Anthony HOPKINS, Kenneth BRANAGH, Brian COX, Stephen FRY, Derek JACOBI
- Producer(s)
- Brian O’FLAHERTY
- Synopsis
- Reflecting O’Toole's theatrical legacy, this film is structured into four acts each introduced by a quote about O’Toole that encapsulates his life during a specific period.
  
  Each act expands into a holistic narrative addressing questions such as his self-belief, his alcoholism, his relationships with women, his belief in socialism and his selective embrace of Irishness.
  
  While O’Toole's words (gleaned from hundreds of hours of archival interviews) act as a narrator of his own journey, Jim Sheridan further explores the story through interviews with O’Toole’s family, artists, actors and directors that knew him well.