ZONAD - free tickets - just a heads up!

Darragh

Just in case you missed it, letting you know that there's still TWO pairs of tickets available for a screening of ZONAD, the new Irish comedy starring Simon Delaney at UCI Blanchardstown Tuesday March 16 at 7pm.

They're over here in the Dublin 15 forum.

From beyond the very limits of our imagination comes a stranger. Who is he? Where is he from? And why is he so fond of our black beer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA0JbEUToVA

Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space… probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helmet passed out on the living room floor beside the drinks cabinet. The Cassidys and the people of Ballymoran make the intriguing visitor feel very welcome (and in the case of mother Mary (Donna Dent) and teenage minx Jenny (Janice Byrne) they make him feel very welcome indeed).

But Zonad is not a space cadet in the literal sense. Real name Liam Murphy, this alcoholic chancer has escaped from a rehabilitation clinic. At first, Zonad tries to evade the warm welcome of the villagers, although the procession of wanton women and free beer gets the better of him. Why give up on a good thing?

But as Zonad’s philandering rouses suspicion in Ballymoran – in particular for Guy Hendrickson (Rory Keenan), Jenny’s virginal beau – will his ruse be uncovered? And what of his so-called friend and fellow rehab escapee, Bonad (David Pearse), who Zonad ditched? More importantly, can this overweight, self-obsessed alcoholic possibly find it in himself to consider anyone’s feelings other than his own?

A nutty comedy from co-directors and writers John Carney (Bachelor’s Walk, On The Edge, Once) and Kieran Carney (Bachelor’s Walk, The Last Furlong), Zonad filters the nostalgic community of The Quiet Man through a 1950’s sci-fi B-movie while Mel Brooks and Billy Wilder provide the laughter-track. Delaney delivers an old school star turn and the Carney brothers dish up a wonderfully out-of-kilter universe in this “Gleefully unhinged” (Variety) and “Uproariously funny” (Irish Times) new comedy film.

Zonad is on Facebook here and on Twitter here.

expectationlost

this looks absolutely terrible

Basq

I've heard good things about it... it looks daft but a bit of fun!

2Bv¬2B

Dreading getting it in on Wednesday in my cinema, straight to screen 8, no suprise there (smallest screen)

expectationlost

could this be as bad as leap year, same idea of stupid irish

Basq

expectationlost wrote: »

could this be as bad as leap year, same idea of stupid irish

Nonsense!

This is purely tongue-in-cheek and it's directed and written by the same creators as "Bachelor's Walk", whereas 'Leap Year' was a stereotypical "bollocksy" view of Ireland!

humanji

Does anyone know what the story with the 2003 version of this is? Did they just film it again, or something?

I'm curious to see this, though. It looks ridiculous, but that's what they're aiming for and it might work out for them.

expectationlost

i always have trouble with film and tv that have 'local idiots' in them, i don't think being tongue in cheek is enough of an excuse. certainly it wasn't for leap year why should it be for this.

have only seen the trailer of both but the premise seems to be a backward small village full of irish idiots

and the whole they think he's an alien and tricks he uses to continue this seem to go beyond suspension of disbelief

next up holy water
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1292652/

X-Calibre

I'm actually really looking forward to this, the trailer is great.