Back To Barrytown

thesandeman

There doesn't seem to be a thread for this.
I thought it was absolutely excellent. Very nostalgic and some points made by the writer and cast about various conflicts with the director and production team which I hadn't heard about before.
Colm Meaney was a bit dull in his presenting/narration but that's possibly because it was the one of the trilogy in which he had participated the least. He said himself that it was more a cameo appearance for him.
I'm looking forward to the next two parts.
Not a bad offering at all in my opinion.

Atlantic Dawn

Yes I loved it, The Snapper next week should be better again. Loved the clips of old Dublin.

breezy1985

The Commitments is probably the best movie by far from a neutral point of view but watching the snapper or the van as an Irish person is like watching a time capsule. The clothes, attitudes even down to the cycling obsessed kid is a real perfect snapshot of the time

dobman88

I'd say U2 are shìttin themselves. Gets me every time. Great show tonight. Looking forward to the others

griffin100

So Alan Parker thought Glen Hansard was a @*@*z. Now there’s a surprise .

Very enjoyable programme. I remember going to see the film it when it came out and was running continuously for 24hrs in the Carlton (I think) on O’Connell Street.

The Commitments is the best film in the Barrytown Trilogy but I think The Van is the best book.

Goodigal

I really enjoyed it too. Nostalgic feels for a very rough looking Dublin! It was a true reflection of the city at that time. The behind the scenes footage was entertaining - and revealing!
It came out the year I started college and I saw it twice in a week cos I absolutely loved it. Colm Meaney was right - you didn't sit back and watch it, you felt like you were in it.
Looking forward to the next instalment although The Commitments would be my favourite film of the trilogy.

California Dreamer

Between the Paddy Power ad and this, Colm Meaney can't be doing much work during the pandemic. He is a much beloved character and I thought he did a very good job at the narration along with Roddy Doyle. Interviews with Robert Arkin and Angleine Ball were good, they didn't hold anything back. I would have liked to see more of the cast though. Especially Andrew Strong, maybe he's an even bigger prick now!

JP Liz V1

Imagine Meaney on Line of Duty as a dirty copper against Hastings Dunbar

I enjoy all Doyle's adaptations

California Dreamer

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Imagine Meaney on Line of Duty as a dirty copper against Hastings Dunbar

I enjoy all Doyle's adaptations

He played a decent villian on Under Siege and a real bollocks of a DEA agent on Con Air.

zoobizoo

I remember Jim Sheridan telling me about the film when he saw me reading Hot Press as a 15/16 year old when I was on a family holiday, as was he - he'd been chatting to my mother by the pool.

Jim: Are you into music?"
ME: Yeah
Jim: Do you play any instruments?
ME: a bit of guitar
Jim: they're doing auditions for a film today and looking for musicians - you should go along. Let me know if you are interested
ME: Okay (but thinking "yeah, right").........

Anyway, I didn't go along but I did slag him off to my dad in the changing rooms without realising that Jim was in one of the cublicles getting changed. He stepped out, looked at me and walked off.

Mortifying!

breezy1985

California Dreamer wrote: »

He played a decent villian on Under Siege and a real bollocks of a DEA agent on Con Air.

Was the only part of Intermission that I liked too when he was the kinda dodgy Clannad loving cop

silliussoddius

breezy1985 wrote: »

Was the only part of Intermission that I liked too when he was the kinda dodgy Clannad loving cop

He was also very good in Kings, not necessarily a baddie but a complex character.

breezy1985

silliussoddius wrote: »

He was also very good in Kings, not necessarily a baddie but a complex character.

Great movie. Tried to find it recently and couldn't get it with subtitles which to my shame I need

Atlantic Dawn

Did the eagle eyed amongst you spot the DART seat/fabric that Roddy Doyle was sitting on in the 2nd half of the show in the slots where he's interviewed alone?

Ger Roe

I really enjoyed this first episode, although I though Robert Arkins didn't seem happy after the whole experience. I thought he played a great part in the film and along with his actual music experience, he should have done better out of it. His rendition of Treat Her Right, is one of my favourites on the soundtrack and I loved his remix of The Late Late theme in 1999. It was sad to hear of the cast breakups and fallouts, kind of took the gloss off it.

At the time the film was released, I was doing occasional work in Sweden and remember when a group of Swedish colleagues went to see it. They came to work the next day with a phrase book leaflet they had been given at the cinema to understand the Dublin references.... they still had to enquire off me what 'Ask me Boll*x' meant.

Looking forward to the other episodes...

silliussoddius

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
What did Evel Knievel want?

Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
What?

Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
On a f***ing Suzuki?

stargazer 68

Some great lines in the movie that I had forgotten about! Strange that a few of the cast were missing- maybe they weren't interested in taking part. Roddie Doyle was a miserable fecker as a teacher and he doesn't seem to have changed!

thesultan

Roddy seems cool I thought.. I thought Robery Arkins would have been bigger. He was brilliant in the film.. No sign of strong. What are the rest like in real life

silliussoddius

One of the backing singers seems to have had a good career since then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Doyle_Kennedy

breezy1985

silliussoddius wrote: »

One of the backing singers seems to have had a good career since then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Doyle_Kennedy

Bronagh Gallagher is still going strong too. Saw her a few years back when so was in the original cast for the Bob Dylan musical Girl From The North Country

JP Liz V1

breezy1985 wrote: »

Was the only part of Intermission that I liked too when he was the kinda dodgy Clannad loving cop

His banter offs with Colin Farrell's character, run ins were funny

He is a decent actor, can do both comedy and drama, maybe underrated

He was good in Hell on Wheels

breezy1985

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

His banter offs with Colin Farrell's character, run ins were funny

He is a decent actor, can do both comedy and drama, maybe underrated

He was good in Hell on Wheels

He doesn't get a lot of credit compared to a lot of other Irish actors out there maybe it's cause he is rarely a leading man in the Hollywood sense. His Snapper buddy Brendan Gleeson was the same but Harry Potter and the McDonagh movies got him the recognition finally

JP Liz V1

breezy1985 wrote: »

He doesn't get a lot of credit compared to a lot of other Irish actors out there maybe it's cause he is rarely a leading man in the Hollywood sense. His Snapper buddy Brendan Gleeson was the same but Harry Potter and the McDonagh movies got him the recognition finally

Some times the supporting roles can out shine the leading roles

angel eyes 2012

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Did the eagle eyed amongst you spot the DART seat/fabric that Roddy Doyle was sitting on in the 2nd half of the show in the slots where he's interviewed alone?

Yes, spotted it straight away, great addition. Reminded me of the fabric used on the CIE buses at the time too.

Itssoeasy

Just Watched this on the rte player as I forgot to record it and shocking the player worked which took me a second to recover from.

Anyway it was a well done show and Colm Meaney is an actor I’ve always liked. It was nice to see some of the other actors that we hadn’t heard from before. Some nice behind the scenes footage which was good. The actor who played Jimmy rabbite the manager of the band, seemed a bit less than nostalgic about the film at the end when sitting next to a window compared to the others. Also, the two bits of religion that were in the film were hardly that bad but roddy Doyle didn’t like them.

The snapper next Sunday should brilliant. While the commitments had some classic lines, the snapper tops it IMO.

Saint_Mel

Ger Roe wrote: »

...
I really enjoyed this first episode, although I though Robert Arkins didn't seem happy after the whole experience. ...

I only caught parts of it but he came across a bit bitter over it all

thesultan

Probably didn't do as well as he thought

machiavellianme

Typical RTÉ missed a trick by not showing the film straight afterwards. I'd forgotten quite a bit of it and the episode only served to whet my appetite to rewatch.

bassy

California Dreamer wrote: »

Between the Paddy Power ad and this, Colm Meaney can't be doing much work during the pandemic. He is a much beloved character and I thought he did a very good job at the narration along with Roddy Doyle. Interviews with Robert Arkin and Angleine Ball were good, they didn't hold anything back. I would have liked to see more of the cast though. Especially Andrew Strong, maybe he's an even bigger prick now!

What's your name? Decco,is that decco the bus conductor or top deck or bottom deck lol

Billy and the bollocks lol lol Yar a ****e drummer anyways lol

funkey_monkey

breezy1985 wrote: »

Was the only part of Intermission that I liked too when he was the kinda dodgy Clannad loving cop

Celtic mysticism :mad:

funkey_monkey

silliussoddius wrote: »

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
What did Evel Knievel want?

Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
What?

Jimmy Rabbitte:
God sent him.

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.:
On a f***ing Suzuki?

Everytime I think of the Commitments, I think of this one line. Never fails to make me smile.:D


Along with:

It's ride, Sally ride, not roid, Sally roid

gormdubhgorm

Thought it was a great first behind the scenes programme. Better than the film in some respects. Felt the actor Robert Arkins aka Jimmy Rabbitte seemed like lost soul. Angeline Ball aka Imelda Quirke - holding up well. I still would! Everyone fancied Imelda! . Dave Finnegan aka Micah Wallace seemed like a real character in himself. Not the first fella from Crumlin to play the MGM in L.A. gas fella. Star of the programme for me.

Outkast_IRE

I was really looking forward to this but it honestly felt a bit flat to me. Felt like a bit of a missed opportunity really to make something really special on it.

Somewhat enjoyable but didnt find it that engaging.

gormdubhgorm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I was really looking forward to this but it honestly felt a bit flat to me. Felt like a bit of a missed opportunity really to make something really special on it.

Somewhat enjoyable but didnt find it that engaging.

I kind of get what you mean even though I enjoyed it. I felt that some of them had plenty to say.

griffin100

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I kind of get what you mean even though I enjoyed it. I felt that some of them had plenty to say.

I woudered why a lot of the cast were missing from the programme. Maybe not everyone had positive things to say.

Outkast_IRE

griffin100 wrote: »

I woudered why a lot of the cast were missing from the programme. Maybe not everyone had positive things to say.

It's odd you would think It was something like that but some of the cast were saying during the week they have a WhatsApp group and they were all surprised they weren't asked on to the late late or anything as a group .

AMKC

I never watched the Commitments so did not really care much for this but have the seen "The Snapper"and "The Van" and am looking forward to them two parts.

S.M.B.

Anyone know if this is/will be viewable outside of Ireland?

Atlantic Dawn

S.M.B. wrote: »

Anyone know if this is/will be viewable outside of Ireland?

Not unless you have a VPN.

S.M.B.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Not unless you have a VPN.

That's usually my second last resort but was just checking to see if it was co-produced by an international broadcaster that may be due to show it.

AMKC

I see "The Commitments" is on tonight on RTE 1 after Eurovision.
No intention of watching it but I might record it if I can.

clickhere

AMKC wrote: »

I never watched the Commitments so did not really care much for this but have the seen "The Snapper"and "The Van" and am looking forward to them two parts.

Is there any particular reason why you have never watched the commitments. I think it's up in the top 10 of the best Irish pictures ever made. I loved the Snapper as well but not so much the Van. Looking forward to the next 2 episodes. A big thumbs up to RTE for doing something right.

thesandeman

AMKC wrote: »

I see "The Commitments" is on tonight on RTE 1 after Eurovision.
No intention of watching it but I might record it if I can.

As someone said earlier, they've really missed a trick by not having the films on just before or after the show.

breezy1985

thesandeman wrote: »

As someone said earlier, they've really missed a trick by not having the films on just before or after the show.

Its on tonight after the Eurovision at midnight. Odd timing maybe they just wanted a music movie

gormdubhgorm

clickhere wrote: »

Is there any particular reason why you have never watched the commitments. I think it's up in the top 10 of the best Irish pictures ever made. I loved the Snapper as well but not so much the Van. Looking forward to the next 2 episodes. A big thumbs up to RTE for doing something right.

Personally,i always liked the Barrytown trilogy. But I can see why others do not like it.
It is very 'Dub centric' and I am a Dub so I probably relate to it more. I look out for areas I know well where it was filmed stuff like that.

I actually think the Commitments taught me how to curse properly as a young fella. Plus I remember wearing a commitments T-Shirt with commitments curses on it such as 'tosser' and 'ask me bolix'

If I was to rate the three films in order it would have to be

1) The Van - nice tidy story and always love the bit where Jimmy Rabbitte Senior bites a chunk out of the burger because a fella was short a few pence.

2) The Snapper - seemed very authentic - but I always felt sorry for annoy named Sharon. 'A1' or 'A1 Sharon' was a 'go to' phrase as it was after that film.

3) The Commitments - while having good bits in it - always felt it was bit long and could have been tidied up a bit more.

jimmymack

The Snapper is on next Saturday, I don't think they're showing The Van at all

gormdubhgorm

jimmymack wrote: »

The Snapper is on next Saturday, I don't think they're showing The Van at all

Thanks, that is pity not having the Van it is like a three legged stool missing a leg.

JP Liz V1

jimmymack wrote: »

The Snapper is on next Saturday, I don't think they're showing The Van at all

TV3 / VM seem to air The Snapper every two months

The Van is rarely shown anywhere

The series Family, tough watch but could do with a repeat

Itssoeasy

It’s true that some of the lines from the snapper are still used today. Big baby, small turkey.

Itssoeasy

Ten children. Some going.

Itssoeasy

Has that footbridge always had that curved part at the end ?