'Wild Mountain Thyme' Is John Patrick Shanley's Valentine to Ireland
'Wild Mountain Thyme' Is John Patrick Shanley's Valentine to Ireland On 12/11/20 at 12:01 AM EST Wild Mountain Thyme, which is adapted from Shanley's Broadway play, Outside Mullingar. Wild Mountain Thyme is a fairy tale. No doubt about it. From the open line—"Once upon a time"—you know you are safe and in good hands, the hands of director and screenwriter Shanley. He wrote the screenplay to Moonstruck, the classic 1987 Italian-American romance starring Cher and Nicolas Cage. And this is no Grimm fairy tale, nor a grim one. It is a valentine to the land of Shanley's forebears, its langua...
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