Forgotten Irish movies.

George White · 28-02-2021 08:45PM

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 08:56AM

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 11:31AM

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 11:51AM

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 11:54AM

Thanks

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

ohnonotgmail · 01-03-2021 11:54AM

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

Hangdogroad · 01-03-2021 12:12PM

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 12:17PM

- 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 01:00PM

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

Hangdogroad · 01-03-2021 01:31PM

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 04:32PM

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 02:17PM

Round Ireland with a fridge.

Hangdogroad · 06-03-2021 09:18PM

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 10:34PM

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 12:06AM

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 06:13AM

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 06:51AM

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 07:26AM

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 07:26AM

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 09:20AM

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 09:23AM

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 05:17PM

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 07:31PM

'The Canal' 2014, Irish Horror..

BettyS · 07-03-2021 07:35PM

Probably mentioned already but “This Is My Father”

Katgurl · 07-03-2021 08:42PM

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

Trojan Eddie. Terrible.

07-03-2021 09:46PM

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 09:55PM

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 09:58PM

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 10:23PM

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 01:58PM

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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