Forgotten Irish movies.

Samsonsmasher · 26-02-2021 1:46am

RandomViewer wrote: »

Ballymun has been used often as well

Ballymun doubled for the Bogside in Paul Greengrass' Bloody Sunday released in 2002 before the last of the towers were demolished. Jimmy McGovern's superior TV movie version Sunday was filmed in the real Bogside with a British flat complex I think doubling for the now demolished Rossville Flats.
Simon Mann is excellent in Greengrass' version as Colonel Wilford the villainous commanding officer of the parachute unit involved in the massacre because he was an ex SAS commando. Not long after the movie was released he was roped into a plot straight out of a Frederick Forsyth thriller to overthrow a dictatorship in West Africa and did a long stint in a 3rd World hellhole prison.
Christopher Eccleston is miscast as General Ford in Sunday (he is far too young) who is the main villain whereas he is a minor character played by the late veteran actor Tim Piggot Smith in Greengrass' movie.
In Greengrass' movie the troops are sympathetic anonymous men as confused and as scared as the demonstrators while in McGovern's movie Lance Corporal F and his men are callous trigger happy kids drunk on being given a licence to kill which is closer to the facts ascertained in Bloody Sunday Tribunal

odyssey06 · 26-02-2021 10:32am

Just saw an ad on Virgin Media, they are running a season of Irish films, some of the films mentioned on this thread might pop up

Tonight's film is Black '47 followed by short film Starry Night.
Next week's Friday night film will be Cardboard Gangsters followed by shorts Looking On & Innocent Boy.

Jimmy's Hall, directed by Ken Loach, will air Sunday 28th February.
During next week there will be showings of Watermelon, The Playboys and Circle of Friends.

https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2021/02/24/virgin-media-televisions-season-of-irish-film-announced/

Man Vs ManUre · 26-02-2021 11:55am

When Brendan met Trudy was a film I enjoyed when I watched it many years ago. Great sex scene in it!!
A more recent film I thought was a bit of fun was Traders, starring Killian Scott, the chubby fella from GOT and Nika McGuigan (rip). These 3 were all really good in it.

vriesmays · 26-02-2021 3:11pm

Eamon - about a kid at an Irish beach. The director never made another feature even though she was part of a scheme to kickstart her directing career.

saabsaab · 26-02-2021 10:07pm

Sinful Davey. Filmed in Ireland about a Scottish Rogue.

saabsaab · 26-02-2021 10:13pm

'Guns in the Heather' starring Kurt Russell. Based in Co Clare.

Yurt2 · 26-02-2021 11:33pm

saabsaab wrote: »

'Guns in the Heather' starring Kurt Russell. Based in Co Clare.

Escape from Doonbeg

saabsaab · 26-02-2021 11:44pm

Yurt! wrote: »

Escape from Doonbeg

Trumps the others?

El Tarangu · 27-02-2021 12:06am

Sac O Spuds wrote: »

The Wind That Shakes The Barley.2006 Cilllian Murphy Liam Cunningham. 2 brothers end up on opposite sides during the Irish civil war.

Jesus, someone will be saying 'Michael Collins' next.

Samsonsmasher wrote: »

Ballymun doubled for the Bogside in Paul Greengrass' Bloody Sunday released in 2002 before the last of the towers were demolished. Jimmy McGovern's superior TV movie version Sunday was filmed in the real Bogside with a British flat complex I think doubling for the now demolished Rossville Flats.

I also think 'Sunday' was much better. The Greengrass film seems to get all of the plaudits and to be on television much more often, which is a pity.

Samsonsmasher · 27-02-2021 12:10am

The Treaty is a forgotten film starring Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins and Barry McGovern as De Valera which is vastly superior to the Neil Jordan travesty which wasted the talents of Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman and played fast and loose with history. Ian Bannen reprises the role of David Lloyd George who he played in another acclaimed biopic tv series.

Rebel Heart was a nice mini series starring James Darcy set between 1916 and 1922. He plays a young medical student who fights in the Easter Rising the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War. Brendan Coyle is excellent as Michael Collins who takes him under his wing.
Loosely based on the careers of IRA commanders such as Ernie O'Malley and James Ryan it is great stuff. Much better than the more recent Rebellion and it's follow up Revolution starring Brian Gleeson in a very similar role who shines despite a weak script and poor production values.

vriesmays · 27-02-2021 2:13pm

Violent enemy about the IRA blowing up power stations. Made just before the troubles started.

Del.Monte · 27-02-2021 2:52pm

vriesmays wrote: »

Violent enemy about the IRA blowing up power stations. Made just before the troubles started.

A very poor movie despite having a quality cast including Ed Begley, Tom Bell and Susan Hampshire.

Hangdogroad · 27-02-2021 3:03pm

The Book That Wrote Itself. Havent seen it but apparently a big chunk of it is comprised of footage of the director conducting guerrilla interviews with Hollywood stars like George Clooney etc who he stalked at the Venice film festival then he billed them as "starring" in his ultra low budget movie, a bit like the plot of Bowfinger.

Hangdogroad · 27-02-2021 3:10pm

The Vein Within. Awful rubbish. The director is a well known spoofer in the Mark Mahon (Strength And Honour) mould. He convinced a few media outlets that this had been accepted for the Cannes Film Festival.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRyL9V-emcQ

Water John · 28-02-2021 11:03am

vriesmays wrote: »

Violent enemy about the IRA blowing up power stations. Made just before the troubles started.

As an interesting aside, my brother was in the FCA, (the old auxilary army section) and was deployed in the early 1970s to guard the local hydro dam for that reason.

Hangdogroad · 28-02-2021 12:33pm

A friend was in this but his scene was cut. Took ages to come out as it was shot in 2008.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2074345/

Del.Monte · 28-02-2021 12:55pm

Water John wrote: »

As an interesting aside, my brother was in the FCA, (the old auxilary army section) and was deployed in the early 1970s to guard the local hydro dam for that reason.

Roundwood Reservoir in County Wicklow was one of many locations that had a military presence during the 1970s - of course they are too busy these days on peacekeeping overseas to look after home security. :rolleyes:

Del.Monte · 28-02-2021 1:20pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

A friend was in this but his scene was cut. Took ages to come out as it was shot in 2008.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2074345/

Trailer looks woeful but thanks for the heads-up and I've just added: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/c/

New Home · 28-02-2021 4:24pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Trailer looks woeful but thanks for the heads-up and I've just added: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/c/

Another one I was thinking about for ages but that IMDB seemed to think was mostly a UK film but that made it on your list (so, I wasn't imagining it!), was "The Sun, the Moon and the Stars". I only saw it once on the telly, many years ago, some "screenshots" are burnt into my head, others I think I remember but I don't know whether they were there or not. Was there a circus in it?

Del.Monte · 28-02-2021 8:09pm

New Home wrote: »

Another one I was thinking about for ages but that IMDB seemed to think was mostly a UK film but that made it on your list (so, I wasn't imagining it!), was "The Sun, the Moon and the Stars". I only saw it once on the telly, many years ago, some "screenshots" are burnt into my head, others I think I remember but I don't know whether they were there or not. Was there a circus in it?

I've only ever seen snatches of it on Vimeo and not recently. I did a quick search this evening and there's no trace of it anywhere.

Here's 12 minutes of it: https://vimeo.com/44736246

George White · 28-02-2021 9:45pm

Samsonsmasher wrote: »

The Treaty is a forgotten film starring Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins and Barry McGovern as De Valera which is vastly superior to the Neil Jordan travesty which wasted the talents of Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman and played fast and loose with history. Ian Bannen reprises the role of David Lloyd George who he played in another acclaimed biopic tv series.

Rebel Heart was a nice mini series starring James Darcy set between 1916 and 1922. He plays a young medical student who fights in the Easter Rising the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War. Brendan Coyle is excellent as Michael Collins who takes him under his wing.
Loosely based on the careers of IRA commanders such as Ernie O'Malley and James Ryan it is great stuff. Much better than the more recent Rebellion and it's follow up Revolution starring Brian Gleeson in a very similar role who shines despite a weak script and poor production values.

Bannen only played DLG once. The biopic miniseries you're thinking of was Philip Madoc.

fryup · 01-03-2021 9:56am

Remember a few years back Matthew Modine was in co Limerick & Clare filming a movie called The Martini Shot..whatever happened to it? was it ever released?

New Home · 01-03-2021 12:31pm

Not sure if it's been mentioned (or if it should be on this), but "The Tuxedo" with Jackie Chan was filmed partially along the Quays by the IFSC.

Bobblehats · 01-03-2021 12:51pm

New Home wrote: »

Not sure if it's been mentioned (or if it should be on this), but "The Suit" with Jackie Chan was filmed partially along the Quays by the IFSC.

Otherwise known as the Tuxedo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC9aEdCb9_M

Back then scenes such as these weren’t so common, so a lot of rubbernecking and general astoundment from the locals.

New Home · 01-03-2021 12:54pm

Thanks

. Either I misremembered the title, or the Suit was a working title.

ohnonotgmail · 01-03-2021 12:54pm

what was the indian film that had a ridiculously over the top scene filmed on the LUAS?

Hangdogroad · 01-03-2021 1:12pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

what was the indian film that had a ridiculously over the top scene filmed on the LUAS?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/c5v0ic/bizarre_clip_from_a_bollywood_movie_set_in_dublin/

Bobblehats · 01-03-2021 1:17pm

- yeh Ek The Tiger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGPu3X-cnwY

Best tell those lads we ride inside the carriage here...

vriesmays · 01-03-2021 2:00pm

Gentle gunman - old movie about IRA bombing the London underground.

Hangdogroad · 01-03-2021 2:31pm

The Fifth Province, never seen this, just remember reading an article about it at the time of its release. It sounded like awful pretentious nonsense and despite some heavy hitters in the cast such as Ian Richardson its sunk into total obscurity.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0119117/

saabsaab · 01-03-2021 5:32pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

The Fifth Province, never seen this, just remember reading an article about it at the time of its release. It sounded like awful pretentious nonsense and despite some heavy hitters in the cast such as Ian Richardson its sunk into total obscurity.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0119117/

Sounds like it's worth a watch.

vriesmays · 03-03-2021 3:17pm

Round Ireland with a fridge.

Hangdogroad · 06-03-2021 10:18pm

Flick (2000). Another one I remember being in the cinema a really short time and then vanishing. One red haired guy in it who was in loads of Irish movies in the late 90s/00s.

silverharp · 06-03-2021 11:34pm

this isnt half bad if you like old B&W films, stars Patrick McGoohan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-CB3Zi-oY

bodhrandude · 07-03-2021 1:06am

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Flick (2000). Another one I remember being in the cinema a really short time and then vanishing. One red haired guy in it who was in loads of Irish movies in the late 90s/00s.

Would it have been Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118804/

Eamonn Owens is the red haired guy.

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Hangdogroad · 07-03-2021 7:13am

bodhrandude wrote: »

Would it have been Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118804/

Eamonn Owens is the red haired guy.

David Wilmot was the guy I was thinking of. I see from here he was in the Clinic which which I never got into. Recognised his face from a few Irish movies late 90s early 00s.

No, Flick is the actual name of the movie I was talking about.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932837/

Optimalprimerib · 07-03-2021 7:51am

I'll never remember the name of this but it was about a shy pious man that falls in love with this rebellious woman who turns out to be a cat burglar. He then gets involved. I remember enjoying it but it was fairly tame.

The one scene I do remember was her coaxing him to have sex with her in one of the houses and he goes limp during sex because a statue of mary was looking at him. He turns it around and keeps going.

Tom Mann Centuria · 07-03-2021 8:26am

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I'll never remember the name of this but it was about a shy pious man that falls in love with this rebellious woman who turns out to be a cat burglar. He then gets involved. I remember enjoying it but it was fairly tame.

The one scene I do remember was her coaxing him to have sex with her in one of the houses and he goes limp during sex because a statue of mary was looking at him. He turns it around and keeps going.

Spookily I was just thinking of the same film. Have it in my head that one of the lead actors is English and she puts on a pretty ropey Irish accent but might be misremembering that bit.

Hangdogroad · 07-03-2021 8:26am

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I'll never remember the name of this but it was about a shy pious man that falls in love with this rebellious woman who turns out to be a cat burglar. He then gets involved. I remember enjoying it but it was fairly tame.

The one scene I do remember was her coaxing him to have sex with her in one of the houses and he goes limp during sex because a statue of mary was looking at him. He turns it around and keeps going.

Sounds like When Brendan Met Trudy.

Hangdogroad · 07-03-2021 10:20am

Light Years Away, technically a French production but filmed in the West Of Ireland and theres a lot of "I know that face" Irish actors in supporting parts.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080373/

George White · 07-03-2021 10:23am

The Eternal (1998)

Bonkers Michael Almereyda-directed adaptation of Stoker's Jewel of the 7 Stars, relocated to Connemara, with Christopher Walken in a pre-Wild Mountain Thyme Irish role as Galwegian Joe Dolan-loving warlock Bill Ferriter.
Only partly Irish (the bulk of the film shot in a gothic manor in Yonkers, Almereyda turning down IFB money to shoot there), with exteriors in Dublin and Connemara, and Karl Geary and Jared Harris (playing an American) as the main Irish talent.

RandomViewer · 07-03-2021 6:17pm

George White wrote: »

The Eternal (1998)

Bonkers Michael Almereyda-directed adaptation of Stoker's Jewel of the 7 Stars, relocated to Connemara, with Christopher Walken in a pre-Wild Mountain Thyme Irish role as Galwegian Joe Dolan-loving warlock Bill Ferriter.
Only partly Irish (the bulk of the film shot in a gothic manor in Yonkers, Almereyda turning down IFB money to shoot there), with exteriors in Dublin and Connemara, and Karl Geary and Jared Harris (playing an American) as the main Irish talent.

If you watched now would you expect Anderson Dawes accent from Harris?

saabsaab · 07-03-2021 8:31pm

'The Canal' 2014, Irish Horror..

BettyS · 07-03-2021 8:35pm

Probably mentioned already but “This Is My Father”

Katgurl · 07-03-2021 9:42pm

Crush proof. I actually would love to see it again.

Trojan Eddie. Terrible.

NewbridgeIR · 07-03-2021 10:46pm

The Thief
A short film made in 1994 or 1995.
About a robbery on a Spar (Donnybrook I think)
Filmed in UCD
Soundtrack uses Mazzy Star's Fade Into You.

An Claidheamh · 07-03-2021 10:55pm

Del.Monte wrote: »

Roundwood Reservoir in County Wicklow was one of many locations that had a military presence during the 1970s - of course they are too busy these days on peacekeeping overseas to look after home security. :rolleyes:

Wasn’t as if they were protecting Irish people from a certain foreign military presence in the 1970s, like Dublin, Armagh, Louth, Monaghan,.... reservoirs in Wicklow though ...

They spend most of their time in barracks these days, not doing much.

An Claidheamh · 07-03-2021 10:58pm

Probably been said before, but are there any archived videos of Colin Murphy’s ‘Blizzard of Odd’ Irish film reviews I.e taking the p1ss out of them?

A lot of people don’t realise, it was he who introduced Taafin to most people in Ireland, years before the guys who made a meme out of it

Hangdogroad · 07-03-2021 11:23pm

An Claidheamh wrote: »

Probably been said before, but are there any archived videos of Colin Murphy’s ‘Blizzard of Odd’ Irish film reviews I.e taking the p1ss out of them?

A lot of people don’t realise, it was he who introduced Taafin to most people in Ireland, years before the guys who made a meme out of it

Theres a few episodes of BOD here on this channel, the one featuring Taffin not among them unfortunately. Think this was the last series. Pretty sure Taffin was featured in the first series but none of those earlier episodes are online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBvFl8iEUw

vriesmays · 08-03-2021 2:58pm

Rewind - Amy Huberman gets stalked by an ex. Based on a short film. Another of those Film Board schemes to help kill off the director's feature film career.

Forgotten Irish movies.

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