sentences:  The studios were renovated and renamed as The National Film Studios of Ireland, and subsequently hosted several major movies including ""The Purple Taxi"", starring Fred Astaire and ""The Great Train Robbery"" starring Sean Connery.In 1981, Boorman filmed his $11.5 million epic "Excalibur", where he cast a then-unknown Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne and Ciarán Hinds, at the studios and in the local hills of Wicklow.Also produced at this time was John Huston's ""The Dead"", based on the short story by James Joyce and starring Huston's daughter, Anjelica Huston.