Forgotten Irish movies.

ironclaw · 26-10-2020 8:41pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

There's a Stephen Rea film where he's a hermit, was the young woman German or Dutch or something

Bingo! Been annoying me for years that I couldn't figure it out.

Nothing Personal (2009)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320352/

dennyire · 27-10-2020 12:36am

Anyone watch Calm with Horses? On netflix at the moment, Good Irish film if a little violent

The White Feather · 27-10-2020 12:26pm

Anyone remember this movie? The movie version of the play "Philadelphia, Here I Come" by Brian Friel. It was filmed at Ardmore studios in the early seventies. It was produced and directed by John Quested and stars Siobhán McKenna, Donal McCann, and Des Cave.

I studied it in school and always liked it. I couldn't find it anywhere so forgot about it years ago. Then just recently I was in a petrol station and do you know that stand with cheap dvds? They had a copy of it there. Was never so happy buying it!!

Here is the opening sequence from youtube. It takes me back to being in school when the teacher pushed out the trolley with tv and video!

cml387 · 27-10-2020 12:43pm

No one's mentioned "The Purple Taxi".

I remember it for Charlotte Rampling topless (in fairness she did that a lot in her films) and little else.

Also starred Peter Ustinov and Fred Astaire and brought some glamour to Eyries in the late seventies.

breezy1985 · 27-10-2020 12:49pm

cml387 wrote: »

No one's mentioned "The Purple Taxi".

I remember it for Charlotte Rampling topless (in fairness she did that a lot in her films) and little else.

Also starred Peter Ustinov and Fred Astaire and brought some glamour to Eyries in the late seventies.

Also in the nip in the aforementioned ZARDOZ

El Tarangu · 27-10-2020 1:17pm

There was Irish comedy (maybe an Irish/Australian co-production) about two lads living illegally in Australia, picking fruit and getting chased around by some guy from immigration. From about '98, or '00 I'd say.

Hangdogroad · 27-10-2020 1:29pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Anyone remember this movie? The movie version of the play "Philadelphia, Here I Come" by Brian Friel. It was filmed at Ardmore studios in the early seventies. It was produced and directed by John Quested and stars Siobhán McKenna, Donal McCann, and Des Cave.

I studied it in school and always liked it. I couldn't find it anywhere so forgot about it years ago. Then just recently I was in a petrol station and do you know that stand with cheap dvds? They had a copy of it there. Was never so happy buying it!!

Here is the opening sequence from youtube. It takes me back to being in school when the teacher pushed out the trolley with tv and video!

I remember RTE showing it in the late 80s.

Hangdogroad · 27-10-2020 1:31pm

El Tarangu wrote: »

There was Irish comedy (maybe an Irish/Australian co-production) about two lads living illegally in Australia, picking fruit and getting chased around by some guy from immigration. From about '98, or '00 I'd say.

The Craic, starring and I think maybe written by Jimeon (Belfast standup based Down Under).

EmmetSpiceland · 27-10-2020 1:32pm

El Tarangu wrote: »

There was Irish comedy (maybe an Irish/Australian co-production) about two lads living illegally in Australia, picking fruit and getting chased around by some guy from immigration. From about '98, or '00 I'd say.

‘The Craic’, Jimeoin is in it.

RandomViewer · 27-10-2020 5:16pm

Anne Hathaway on Oceans 8 last night so remembered Ella Enchanted (2004)

ohnonotgmail · 27-10-2020 5:19pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Hes in it under his real name, Aidan Murphy.

Also notable for a cameo by Toni The Exotic dancer, if you know who she is you're showing your age.

Cait O Riordan of the Pogues plays the love interest, talented musician and beautiful as she was, a really bad actress.

I'm showing my age so

RandomViewer · 27-10-2020 5:22pm

Technically NZ but The Grasscutter from 1988 is a watchable thriller,

cml387 · 27-10-2020 5:23pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I'm showing my age so

Clip of Toni and her "act" available in RTE archives somewhere.

RandomViewer · 27-10-2020 5:24pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I'm showing my age so

Wasnt Toni in Taffin as well?
Remember there being a stir about her appearing in the Maas inn in Glenties back in the day, Sunday World were wringing the rosary beads about it

joeysoap · 27-10-2020 5:29pm

The blue max count.?

breezy1985 · 27-10-2020 5:31pm

cml387 wrote: »

Clip of Toni and her "act" available in RTE archives somewhere.

Ireland really was a grim place before the Celtic tiger if that's what passed for a stripper

ohnonotgmail · 27-10-2020 5:33pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Ireland really was a grim place before the Celtic tiger if that's what passed for a stripper

times were tough so we were grateful for what we could get. nowhere near as grim as the strippers in english pubs on sunday mornings that my brother told me about. Getting tips in coins is never a good sign.

RandomViewer · 27-10-2020 5:35pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

times were tough so we were grateful for what we could get. nowhere near as grim as the strippers in english pubs on sunday mornings that my brother told me about. Getting tips in coins is never a good sign.

Especially when notes started at a pound

rainagain · 27-10-2020 5:54pm

What Means Motley?

Inspired by true events... Gas

"An embarrassing diplomatic blunder which allowed a group of 41 Romanians to illegally enter Ireland posing as a choir on its way to the Sligo International Choral Festival is the subject of a new film which will have its world premiere screening at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on Friday next. In 1999, the bogus Dorul Choir went to elaborate lengths to fool Irish immigration authorities into allowing them enter Ireland for the Sligo festival. "

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/bogus-choir-blunder-immortalised-in-film-27525760.html

Quantum Erasure · 31-10-2020 8:38pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Some things can never be unseen

That's another one gone, they played a clip of this on the RTE news in tribute.. RIP

Kenpo · 31-10-2020 11:35pm

I'm a big Italian Giallo fan and couldn't believe there was one made in Dublin in 1971.

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire was so bad the director took his name off if but it has Niall Toibin in an early role and has great footage of Dublin.

The full film is on YouTube.

Del.Monte · 01-11-2020 12:28am

Kenpo wrote: »

I'm a big Italian Giallo fan and couldn't believe there was one made in Dublin in 1971.

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire was so bad the director took his name off if but it has Niall Toibin in an early role and has great footage of Dublin.

The full film is on YouTube.

Interesting for its Dublin scenes but horrific in every sense of the word. On checking I see that I awarded it three turkeys on my blog here: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/i-2/

Hangdogroad · 01-11-2020 8:44am

Del.Monte wrote: »

Interesting for its Dublin scenes but horrific in every sense of the word. On checking I see that I awarded it three turkeys on my blog here: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/i-2/

Very interesting blog, some long forgotten productions listed particularly those for tv.

vriesmays · 01-11-2020 2:58pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97C9akypOjg

Grandeeod · 01-11-2020 6:53pm

Kenpo wrote: »

I'm a big Italian Giallo fan and couldn't believe there was one made in Dublin in 1971.

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire was so bad the director took his name off if but it has Niall Toibin in an early role and has great footage of Dublin.

The full film is on YouTube.

A a great find! Makes Taffin look sophisticated.:D I believe I spotted a young Emmet Bergin. (Dick from Glenroe and brother of Patrick)

Del.Monte wrote: »

Interesting for its Dublin scenes but horrific in every sense of the word. On checking I see that I awarded it three turkeys on my blog here: https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/i-2/

Yeah very interesting for it's Dublin scenes as the city never benefited from film exposure over the years playing itself. Rooney, The Quare Fella, Cry of the innocent, Quackser Fortune, Flight of the Doves and The Iguana are really all I can think off in terms of the city playing itself from the 50s to the 70s.

Love the blog.

George White · 18-11-2020 5:00pm

THere's an obscure, possibly a TV pilot called Horowitz in Dublin from that time with the Phil Silvers show's Harvey Lembeck as a New York cop who goes to Dublin after his Irish wife dies. With Cyril and Sinead Cusack.
Again, lots of tourist shots.

George White · 18-11-2020 5:02pm

The White Feather wrote: »

Anyone remember this movie? The movie version of the play "Philadelphia, Here I Come" by Brian Friel. It was filmed at Ardmore studios in the early seventies. It was produced and directed by John Quested and stars Siobhán McKenna, Donal McCann, and Des Cave.

I studied it in school and always liked it. I couldn't find it anywhere so forgot about it years ago. Then just recently I was in a petrol station and do you know that stand with cheap dvds? They had a copy of it there. Was never so happy buying it!!

Here is the opening sequence from youtube. It takes me back to being in school when the teacher pushed out the trolley with tv and video!

I thought those stands died out. Were was that services?

George White · 18-11-2020 5:06pm

RandomViewer wrote: »

Zardoz, awful 70s muck with Sean Connery
Fu Manchu movies from the 60s

The Fu Manchu films have just been put out on blu ray.
The first, Face of Fu Manchu is the best. Dublin convincingly doubles for 1920s London, even though being a Harry Alan Towers production, it's filled with anachronisms. It's a very 60s 20s. But the chase scenes are well done, and shooting on Roger Casement's burial, they were able to have empty streets and make it look a much more expensive film.
Obviously, there is a lot of un-PC stuff, particularly a performance from German actor Peter Mosbacher.

George White · 18-11-2020 5:27pm

Hangdogroad wrote: »

Dont forget when Roger Corman returned to Connemara to make masterpieces like Space Truckers.

Space Truckers wasn't Corman.
It was Stuart Gordon for Goldcrest, although in the tradition of his former boss Charles Band. Too expensive for Corman.

Del.Monte · 18-11-2020 9:46pm

George White wrote: »

THere's an obscure, possibly a TV pilot called Horowitz in Dublin from that time with the Phil Silvers show's Harvey Lembeck as a New York cop who goes to Dublin after his Irish wife dies. With Cyril and Sinead Cusack.
Again, lots of tourist shots.

“Dublin Murders” (1973) (85 mins) Crime. Made for US Television.
Harvey Kembeck, Sinéad Cusack, Al Lettieri, Cesare Danova, Barbara Rhoades, Cyril Cusack, Tom Hickey.
Director: William Kronick.

An American detective goes to Ireland, for a visit to his late wife’s relatives and helps the local police in a case of murder and money forgery.

Shot on location in Dublin City and county.

Aka “A Likely Story” aka “Horowitz in Dublin” aka “Assassinatos em Dublin” (Brazilian VHS title).

https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/d/

I got a copy some years ago from an eBay seller in Taiwan - it was his last sale before quitting eBay so I was lucky to get it as it's unobtainable. Not up to much but essential for someone collecting every Irish movie.

Forgotten Irish movies.

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