Forgotten Irish movies.

saabsaab · 12-03-2021 07:22PM

Sunny Disposition wrote: »

I'd love to see Reefer and the Model, just because of the name, which used to be mentioned all the time in the papers.

Copy here.. I'm sure you could change the language option?

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Reefer-And-The-Model-Presseheft-136/393133516463?hash=item5b889566af:g:lTEAAOSwy8BgKol9

12-03-2021 07:57PM

saabsaab wrote: »

Copy here.. I'm sure you could change the language option?

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Reefer-And-The-Model-Presseheft-136/393133516463?hash=item5b889566af:g:lTEAAOSwy8BgKol9

Looks like a press booklet rather a VHS tape.

English audio is usually an option on German DVDs alright - but not on VHS.

Quantum Erasure · 12-03-2021 08:02PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

Bound to have royalties of some kind coming in

One episode of Father Ted doesn't count for much, these days

Saw Song For a Raggy Boy recently on TV, hadnt heard about it before
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.

ohnonotgmail · 12-03-2021 08:09PM

RandomViewer wrote: »

Bound to have royalties of some kind coming in

living in a homeless shelter around this time last year before they kicked him out. a couple of court appearances around that time as well.

EmmetSpiceland · 12-03-2021 08:25PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

One episode of Father Ted doesn't count for much, these days

Yeah, not going to get much for a cameo. Could have picked to a bit doing the Fr Ted “circuit” alright.

Also, I believe with acting it’s called a “residual”.

New Home · 12-03-2021 10:06PM

Mod: I think it'd be fairer to stick to talking about the forgotten Irish fillums than about an actor who's fallen on hard times. As the saying goes, all that stands between any of us and homelessness are two pay cheques.

Hangdogroad · 13-03-2021 10:33AM

Del.Monte wrote: »

I think that you'll find plenty of better contenders for that award including "Fatal Deviation" (1998) an Irish martial arts movie and a long-time favourite amongst boardsies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPne3Wh0lqk

I think it's a toss up TBH. Fatal Deviation had zero budget. Strength And Honour had quite a lot of money behind it but still managed to be an unmitigated pile of shyte. I remember reading a quote from one of the backers somewhere who said when he saw the end result he felt like he might as well have thrown his money into the ditch.

vriesmays · 13-03-2021 01:28PM

Set in a sec shop off Grafton Street:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4114608/

PetitPois89 · 14-03-2021 09:03PM

When Brendan Met Trudy...terrible film!

Optimalprimerib · 15-03-2021 08:57AM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Sounds like When Brendan Met Trudy.

That's the one. Never in a million years would I remember that name

Man Vs ManUre · 15-03-2021 01:15PM

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

That's the one. Never in a million years would I remember that name

I even mentioned that film a few pages b4 your first post. I remember it having a great sex scene.

vriesmays · 15-03-2021 01:47PM

wc - set in a toilet in a jazz club.

16-03-2021 03:15PM

vriesmays wrote: »

wc - set in a toilet in a jazz club.

Saw a bit of it, it wasn't too bad I think?
I Went Down was pretty good, kinda in that forgotten category now.

kildare lad · 16-03-2021 03:40PM

Sunny Disposition wrote: »

Saw a bit of it, it wasn't too bad I think?
I Went Down was pretty good, kinda in that forgotten category now.

I was just going to write about I Went Down , remember though it was quality when I first watched it , I went looking to buy it a while ago and can't seem to get it anywhere

16-03-2021 03:46PM

kildare lad wrote: »

I was just going to write about I Went Down , remember though it was quality when I first watched it , I went looking to buy it a while ago and can't seem to get it anywhere

The going rate is £20 for I Went Down DVD on Amazon Marketplace and Ebay UK

Also seems to be on Amazon Prime

kildare lad · 16-03-2021 03:57PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

The going rate is £20 for I Went Down DVD on Amazon Marketplace and Ebay UK

Also seems to be on Amazon Prime

Thanks man ,I'll check it out ðŸ‘

New Home · 16-03-2021 05:27PM

That's one of Conor McPherson's films.

OU812 · 17-03-2021 11:32AM

Not so much forgotten, just never heard of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipx6iA2CR1g

George White · 17-03-2021 02:17PM

Absolute grot. Featuring supposedly heroic Irish gangsters putting Israeli embassy staff in a homemade gas chamber.

Hangdogroad · 17-03-2021 04:33PM

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

The going rate is £20 for I Went Down DVD on Amazon Marketplace and Ebay UK

Also seems to be on Amazon Prime

It seems a lot of Irish movies that come out on physical format become very hard to find very quickly. That was fairly successful too in box office terms, I saw it in a near full cinema when it came out.

17-03-2021 05:06PM

Hangdogroad wrote: »

It seems a lot of Irish movies that come out on physical format become very hard to find very quickly. That was fairly successful too in box office terms, I saw it in a near full cinema when it came out.

I remember there was an Australian DVD release around 1999 or so. And then nothing until 2011 when it came out before Christmas on region 2. I'd say the pressing quantity was small enough and sold reasonably quickly.

fryup · 17-03-2021 10:49PM

George White wrote: »

Absolute grot. Featuring supposedly heroic Irish gangsters putting Israeli embassy staff in a homemade gas chamber.

what??

and who made this? the irish nazi party?

vriesmays · 18-03-2021 12:11PM

Bloom - James Joyce movie, quite good.

fryup · 18-03-2021 01:05PM

OU812 wrote: »

Not so much forgotten, just never heard of...

looks laughably bad

vriesmays · 20-03-2021 03:00PM

My name is Emily - the director had mnd and died.

George White · 21-03-2021 09:12AM

fryup wrote: »

looks laughably bad

I think it's aimng for a deliberately terrible Troma vibe, but it's so rotten.
The nearest it has to a name is dear old Brian deSalvo of every voiceover on East Coast FM as the Don.

xtradel · 21-03-2021 07:22PM

This thread is just a list of Xtravision "Exclusives"!

Sgt Hartman · 22-03-2021 07:06AM

I remember picking up Dead Long Enough on dvd about 10 years ago in Xtra Vision. It was based in Donegal I believe and It had Michael Sheen playing a character called Harry Jones-The Man with the Bones. It was a bit lame.

Hangdogroad · 22-03-2021 09:19AM

Remember RTEs "Ireland On Film" season which they ran circa 98/99? A lot of the films mentioned were shown including I Went Down and a good few more obscure films like Alisa and Korea.

dubstepper · 22-03-2021 09:30AM

I remember an Irish horror made in the last say 10 years about a couple driving around old country roads and they keep ending up at this odd characters house. It wasn't bad. Could have been set up north.

That is going to really annoy me now...

Forgotten Irish movies.

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