Daniel Day Lewis in How Many Miles To Babylon , 1982

Another clip of Daniel DayLewis in an early role, this time in the 1982 BBC adaptation of acclaimed Irish writer Jennifer Johnston s novel of WWI, How Many Miles To Babylon . Daniel plays Alexander Moore, a wealthy AngloIrishman whose friendship with Jerry Crowe, a working class local, is tested by class differences and the war. In this clip, Alexander resists his mother s demands that he join the army. Mrs. Moore is played by the great Sian Phillips, who would play Daniel s mother once again about 20 y