The Guarantee: TV3 9PM

CountyHurler

Just spotted that TV3 are showing this movie tonight at 9PM.. It's kind of gone under the radar a bit. In case anybody doesnt know about it, Peter Coonan from Love/Hate plays David Drumm.... :mad::mad::mad::mad: .... in the lead up to the guarantee.. It's meant to be really good..

DeepBlue

Thanks for the heads up. Think I'll record it. Can't watch TV3 live with those interminable ad breaks. :eek:

Atlantic Dawn

Should be good but with the impending extradition of Drumm back here it might only help him evade any charges if there's anything dodgy in it.

Neeson

CountyHurler wrote: »

.. It's meant to be really good..

Really! I heard the opposite. Heard it uses a lot of tv3 footage. I know they funded it. A tv3 production being good would certainly be refreshing.

RayM

CountyHurler wrote: »

In case anybody doesnt know about it, Peter Coonan from Love/Hate plays David Drumm.... :mad::mad::mad::mad: ....

I'm tired of seeing people from Love/Hate appearing in everything. In fairness though, Peter Coonan is a brilliant actor.

Have to admit, I'm kind of rooting for TV3 at the moment. Their output has improved a lot over the last while. At least they're trying. They don't deserve to be taken down by UTV 'Ireland'.

CountyHurler

Well it's starting now, hope it will be good...

CountyHurler

The big perturbed head on Jim Power.... I'd say he's at home hoping that they dont play what he actually said.... the gobsh1te...

FunLover18

It looks and sounds absolutely terrible. That little snigger they have at the end of the trailer ... panto stuff. I won't be watching it though so I'm going to have to rely on the folk of boards to tell me how right I was.

BabysCoffee

Who's this handsome bloke who is going to "talk to the taoiseach"?

Edit - I see it's Brian Lenihan

CountyHurler

Chris O'Donoghue on TV3, the traitor...

He has none of the mannerisms of Brian Lenihan.. I might as well be playing Lenihan meself..

BabysCoffee

Did Drumm have such a big belly in real life?! It's huge!!!

VelcroGhost

Fran should be playing Brian Cowen, how did the casting person miss that.

BabysCoffee

CountyHurler wrote: »

Chris O'Donoghue on TV3, the traitor...

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Can't stand the way Chris O'Donghue talks - he ends all his words with a hard T.

BabysCoffee

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Did Drumm have such a big belly in real life?! It's huge!!!

He was your proverbial 'fat cat' i suppose you could say. Terrible mismatch of actors. Gary Lydons Clowen really being shown up for the complete buffoon we suspected he was. Lydon is a good actor to be fair to him though and is probably the nearest match to his character

CountyHurler

BabysCoffee wrote: »

Did Drumm have such a big belly in real life?! It's huge!!!

Yeah, I thought they had fattened him up to more fit the stereotype.... He wasnt athletic but he wasnt that fat..



Here come the ads.. From what I remember the film is only about 73 minutes long, yet the continuity announcer at the start said that Vincent will be discussing the film after.... So I can only presume that we will be treated to 47 minutes of adverts..

Ol' Donie

Neeson wrote: »

Really! I heard the opposite. Heard it uses a lot of tv3 footage. I know they funded it. A tv3 production being good would certainly be refreshing.

That's a bit unfair.

Wait, what's this on 3E?

All new "Darndale: Edge of Town". Documentary about one of Ireland's most notorious estates, apparently.

Sounds good.

Lapin

I was watching with a few mins delay there so couldn't comment, but now I've caught up while the ads are on.

Did Sarkozy really say that when Biffo became Taoiseach?

"The Irish people have spoken - We have to accept that".

CountyHurler

Lapin wrote: »

Did Sarkozy really say that when Biffo became Taoiseach.

"The Irish people have spoken - We have to accept that".

LOL.. I think that was about when we rejected Lisbon Treaty (Part I)... :pac::pac:

sjb25

CountyHurler wrote: »

LOL.. I think that was about when we rejected Lisbon Treaty (Part I)... :pac::pac:

He was probably thinking it tho

Lisha

I missed the first few minutes but am I right in thinking that this is a better attempt at a show then Charlie on RTE?
Or is it simply that I'm more familiar with the topic?

BabysCoffee

Drumm is being portrayed as a fairly vile creature

Skid X

There is a Comic Strip film called The Strike where Hollywood Executives get Al Pacino to play Arthur Scargill in a drama about the 1984 UK Miners Strike.

That made as much sense as whoever is playing Brian Lenihan in this. He looks and sounds nothing like him.

Lady Chatterton

I sincerely hope David Drumm's extradition goes ahead, the sooner the better. It's hard to find any redeeming features in the guy.

Lapin

The portrayal of Drumm is a bit too flash.

BabysCoffee

Lisha wrote: »

I missed the first few minutes but am I right in thinking that this is a better attempt at a show then Charlie on RTE?
Or is it simply that I'm more familiar with the topic?

I think the acting is better

Lapin

There's the reason for our downfall right there - Joe Fúcking Duffy.

CountyHurler

Skid X wrote: »

TThat made as much sense as whoever is playing Brian Lenihan in this. He looks and sounds nothing like him.

It's terrible Skid... At least all the others are TRYING to imitate their counterparts, but the guy playing Lenihan is far too dispassionate and forthright to be Brian Lenihan...

Lapin wrote: »

The portrayal of Drumm is a bbit too flash.

They based a lot of the script on the phone calls... I would say that it is slightly exaggerated, but not hugely so..

Lisha

God it's kinda stomach churning looking back at it now. Just speaking about my own personal circumstances, we just had no clue how bad things would get!

Lapin

Who's the woman thats everywhere?

Lisha

Lapin wrote: »

Who'e the woman thats everywhere?

Thank God someone else asked!! I haven't a clue

CountyHurler

Lapin wrote: »

Who's the woman thats everywhere?

Can I second that...

BabysCoffee

Lapin wrote: »

Who's the woman thats everywhere?

Haven't a clue?!

CountyHurler

Just found out on the InterWeb... Orla Fitzgerald (the rather attractive redhead) is playing Kate Walsh who is supposedly "Hedge Fund CEO"..

BabysCoffee

We need banners with names!!!!

1966

Tuned in a few mins ago.......who is the girl who keeps popping up supposed to be?

CountyHurler

BabysCoffee wrote: »

We need banners with names!!!!

I patented that idea last sunday night..

Western Pomise

Jaysus the budget must have been tight,'Fran' playing two parts!!

Lapin

Who is Des ?


............:pac:

Skid X

David Murray as Brian Lenihan/Wilson, Gary Lydon as Brian Cowen/The Developer, Orla Fitzgerald as Kate Walsh/Hedge Fund CEO, Morgan Jones as Sean Fitzpatrick/O'Sullivan and Peter Coonan as David Drumm/The Central Banker.

http://www.tv3.ie/pr_sub.php?type=1&view_pr=584

What's going on? Are they all playing two different characters?

CountyHurler

Duracell last ten times longer.... A bit like TV3's ad breaks..

sjb25

Western Pomise wrote: »

Jaysus the budget must have been tight,'Fran' playing two parts!!

All we need is actual Frano to appear " hey Davy drum iv a bone to pick with you":rolleyes:

Tin Foil Hat

This is terrible. It would be more or less unintelligible if you hadn't followed the story closely for the last few years.
And Coonan playing two different characters! - Pythonesque. Doesn't work at all. Did they run out of money for actors?

brevity

Lapin wrote: »

Who's the woman thats everywhere?

She a fictional character. Expose did a piece on the movie today and she's basically the character that represents the every day person.

Lisha

Skid X wrote: »

David Murray as Brian Lenihan/Wilson, Gary Lydon as Brian Cowen/The Developer, Orla Fitzgerald as Kate Walsh/Hedge Fund CEO, Morgan Jones as Sean Fitzpatrick/O'Sullivan and Peter Coonan as David Drumm/The Central Banker.

http://www.tv3.ie/pr_sub.php?type=1&view_pr=584

What's going on? Are they all playing two different characters?

It that supposed to be a clever vehicle to explain the two-facedness of people !

Ally Dick

The dual roles have wrecked it

JohnFalstaff

Having actors play multiple roles in something like this is bizarre...and confusing! What were they thinking?

I can only guess that it is a legacy of the project's origins as a stage play where doubling is fairly standard.

CountyHurler

sjb25 wrote: »

All we need is actual Frano to appear " hey Davy drum iv a bone to pick with you":rolleyes:

I'm half expecting Eva Birthistle to run in to Brian Lenihan and shout out "We've Found Amber"... "Also, is your electric razor working again?"

coolhull

Gary Lydon gets Cowen's accent fairly well. Pity he looks nothing like him

coolhull

coolhull wrote: »

Peter Coonan gets Cowen's accent fairly well. Pity he looks nothing like him

Gary Lydon you mean? Midlander too i think

Ally Dick

One thing I like about this drama is that they are not going for identikit actors or accents. But the mood is right. Compared to Charlie. Actors with accurate accents and no atmosphere

RayM

When you think about it, getting the same actor to play the dodgy bank boss and the man from the Central Bank is kind of clever.