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The Guard, new film out in July

redsurfer · 2011-05-18 09:51:44

Came across this today, looks very good. Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, 'The Guard' is set in the west of Ireland where Sergeant Gerry Boyle ( Brendan Gleeson) finds his routine disrupted by the arrival of Wendell Everett (Cheadle), an FBI agent on the trail of cocaine smugglers.…

18-05-2011 9:51am

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Came across this today, looks very good.

Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, 'The Guard' is set in the west of Ireland where Sergeant Gerry Boyle ( Brendan Gleeson) finds his routine disrupted by the arrival of Wendell Everett (Cheadle), an FBI agent on the trail of cocaine smugglers.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0516/theguard.html

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#2 18-05-2011 9:54am

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Should that not be "The Gard"?

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#3 18-05-2011 8:55pm

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Saruman wrote: »

Should that not be "The Gard"?

Not if you're speaking English.

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#4 18-05-2011 10:07pm

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It was shown at Sundance a while back and it received pretty good reviews.

NTM

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#5 19-05-2011 1:10am

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They should rename the film "Suspended Sentence".

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#6 19-05-2011 1:14am

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Looks funny enough,I'll watch anything with Gleeson in it after seeing In Bruges,think bits of The Guard were filmed around Wicklow.

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#7 21-05-2011 10:38am

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Looks like the makings of a good laugh :-)

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