Finian's Rainbow (film)

Finian's Rainbow is a 1968 film about an Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that changes people's lives. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy. Let yourself glow  (taglines) Finian McLonergan Don't be superstitious, it's bad luck. [singing] Green is the color of the shamrocks /and the grass on Blarney hill / Oh, the darlin' green of Ireland /and the good old dollar bill. Senator Billboard Rawkins My family's been having nothing but trouble with immigrants ever since they come to this country! [dictating a speech to Buzz] Gentlemen, the festering tides of radicalism are upon us. But before I yield up our glorious South -and her sister commonwealth, the U.S. of A - I will lay down my life. I will do more - I will filibuster. Back, you crackpots! Forward, America! Forward to the hallowed principles of our forefathers. Forward to the sweet tranquility of the status quo. Forward... to yesterday! Og [singing] When I'm not near the girl I love/ I love the girl I'm near! What fools these mortals be! Dialogue Sharon McLonergan: [looking in Finian's bag] It's gold! Finian McLonergan: Aye, it's a pot of gold. Sharon McLonergan: And you stole it! Finian McLonergan: I did not steal it! I only borrowed. Sharon McLonergan: Who did you borrow it from? Finian McLonergan: Why do you want to know? Sharon McLonergan: So we can lend it right back to him, that's why! Finian McLonergan: That's impossible! He's not mortal. Sharon McLonergan: You killed him! Finian McLonergan: Of course not! He never was mortal. He's a leprechaun. Sharon McLonergan: A leprechaun? Finian McLonergan: Of course! Who else would have gold in Ireland? Finian McLonergan: America is full of millionaires. Sharon McLonergan: But Father, are there no ill clad or ill housed in America? Finian McLonergan: Aye, but they're the best ill clad and the best ill housed in the world. Finian McLonergan: What do you think makes America different from Ireland? Sharon McLonergan: It has more Irishmen? Senator Billboard Rawkins: You've been violating the law, here. Finian McLonergan: Since when? Senator Billboard Rawkins: This afternoon. I just finished drafting this. [reading] Local ordinance number 7428: be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley, it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races... Finian McLonergan: But it seems to me that this law could not be a legal law... Senator Billboard Rawkins: Of course it's legal! I don't know where you immigrants get these radical, foreign ideas! Sharon McLonergan: From a wee book the immigration officer handed us. It's called 'The United States Constitution.' Finian McLonergan: Haven't you read it? Senator Billboard Rawkins: I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it! Finian McLonergan: Leprechaun, I've come to a decision! I deny your existence! You're only a figment of me imagination! Og: I am? Finian McLonergan: And I'll prove it to myself by walking right through you! [He walks toward Og] Step aside! [Og jumps out of the way] There, you see? Og: Oh, this is dreadful! I don't exist. Finian McLonergan: How dare you come back here! Didn't I tell you you were an optical delusion? Og: I was ready to believe you yesterday but not today. Today I have proof! Finian McLonergan: What proof? Og: Does an optical illusion feel such a hungry yearning burning inside of him? Does an optical illusion feel the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom in the roaring traffic's boom in his lonely room? Finian McLonergan: Are you flying high and wide on a magic carpet ride full of butterflies inside? Og: Aye, and what's worse, smoke keeps coming out of me eyes. Finian McLonergan: You go round like an elevator lost in the tide? Og: That's the feeling! Day and night, night and day! Woody Mahoney: How'd you get so pretty? And so rich? Sharon McLonergan: Well, you see, in Glocca Morra, where we come from, there's an old legend, and it says: 'You'll never grow old and you'll never grow poor, if you look to the rainbow, beyond the next moor.' Woody Mahoney: That's a lovely legend. Sharon McLonergan: Aye. Woody Mahoney: I wonder who thought it up. Sharon McLonergan: My father: Finian McLonnergan. Finian McLonergan: How are things in Glocca Morra? Og: Oh, alas, alack, and willy-wally! I weep for Ireland. Finian McLonergan: Why, what's happened? Og: A blight has fallen over Ireland! Finian McLonergan: The British are back? Og: Never have I seen such a curse befall a folk in all me four hundrend and fifty... nine years! Poor Ireland! Finian McLonergan: Poor Ireland! Og: Suffering Ireland! The native land! Finian McLonergan: Me native land! A fine lot of faery folk you are! You and your associates letting all this happen! Why don't you wish it away? Og: We've lost the power! Finian McLonergan: You've lost the power to make wishes? What has Ireland to live for now! Answer me that! Og: Doom and gloom! DOOOOOOOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOM! Finian McLonergan: Who's the author of this foul outrage? Og: A monster, McLonnergan! Finian McLonergan: A monster? You mean the old flame-breathing type with the head of a dragon? Og: Oh, no, this is a tiny wee monster, about... your size. Finian McLonergan: Lead me to him! Who is this monster? Og: You'll excuse me for pointing, Mr. McLonnergan... but it's you. Senator Billboard Rawkins: I can't show my face. Og: What's wrong with your face? Senator Billboard Rawkins: Are you blind, boy? I'm black! Og: I think it's very becoming. Senator Billboard Rawkins: It is NOT! I'm a white man, dammit! A white man! At least I was, up until a couple of days ago. Og: Well, that's a coincidence! I was green a couple of weeks ago! Don't you find the occasional change of color interesting? Taglines Let yourself glow If all you want out of a movie is a great, big, wonderful time - just follow the rainbow - whistle the songs - and join in the fun. Cast Fred Astaire — Finian McLonergan Petula Clark — Sharon McLonergan Tommy Steele — Og Don Francks — Woody Mahoney Keenan Wynn — Senator Billboard Rawkins Barbara Hancock — Susan the Silent Al Freeman Jr. — Howard Ronald Colby — Buzz Collins Dolph Sweet — Sheriff Wright King — District Attorney Louil Silas — Henry External links 0062974 Finian's Rainbow 17345 Finian's Rainbow Category:1968 films Category:Comedy films Category:Irish films Category:Leprechaun films Category:Musical films Category:Films directed by Francis Ford Coppola