Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Year: 1960

Runtime: 93 min

Language: English

Director: Robert Stevenson

AdventureFantasyRomanceFamily

A former leader's secret threatens his family when a newcomer assumes his position. Darby O'Gill's chance meeting with tiny royalty unexpectedly brings the mischievous leprechaun king back to the human world. As wishes are granted and magic abounds, Darby finds himself embroiled in a series of comical and enchanting events, discovering that fulfilling desires can have unforeseen consequences. He must navigate the whimsical realm and its inhabitants while facing a surprising price for his involvement.

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Darby O'Gill and the Good People: The novel adapted for Darby O'Gill and the Little People

An Irish Storyteller Matches Wits with King Brian and the Fair Folk, Discovering That Clever Bargains, Banshees, and Otherworldly Hospitality Always Carry Conditions · by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, Brian McManus

Why this book?

Disney's film draws its hero, King Brian, fairy mountain, bargains with the Good People, banshee, death coach, and Irish storytelling framework from Kavanagh's Darby O'Gill tales rather than adapting one story scene for scene. It creates a continuous plot around Darby's threatened retirement, daughter Katie's romance with Michael McBride, the scheming Pony Sugrue, and Darby's desperate wish when Katie lies near death. The Mercier selection supplies the literary character and folklore behind those elements, but its six independent encounters have different conflicts and conclusions; the movie combines and reinvents motifs to build a family adventure with a single romantic and supernatural climax.

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