Prepare for some Wickedly Evil thrills and bloody chills, in this comedy horror caper that sees a group of hapless hodlums’ lives spiral out of control as they attempt to lay low in the Irish countryside after pulling off a heist. Marking the directorial debut of Garry Walsh (Older Than Ireland), the film is out now in the UK on AppleTV, courtesy of 101 Films.
Incompetent gangsters, Frankie (Joseph McGucken – The Doireann Project), Dancer (James Farrelly) and Gaz (Darryl Carter) have successfully robbed a notorious Irish crime family, but that’s the last thing that goes right for them… Spotted making a run for it by Clare (Louise Bourke – Who We Love), the mob’s youngest sister, things take a terrifying turn for the worse.
With Clare taken hostage, one of the gang missing and another nursing a gunshot wound, the men have no choice but to lay low in...
Incompetent gangsters, Frankie (Joseph McGucken – The Doireann Project), Dancer (James Farrelly) and Gaz (Darryl Carter) have successfully robbed a notorious Irish crime family, but that’s the last thing that goes right for them… Spotted making a run for it by Clare (Louise Bourke – Who We Love), the mob’s youngest sister, things take a terrifying turn for the worse.
With Clare taken hostage, one of the gang missing and another nursing a gunshot wound, the men have no choice but to lay low in...
- 4/3/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Dublin-based outfit Wildcard Distribution has picked up’s Dublin world premiere King Frankie for release in UK and Irish cinemas.
It is the feature debut of writer-director Dermot Malone and stars Bad Sisters actor Peter Coonan as a Dublin taxi driver, who runs his own taxi firm. While coming to terms with his father’s recent death and going through the associated rituals, the taxi driver comes face to face with something that happened 10 years ago. The filmmakers describe the film as “a “Celtic Tiger tale you have not seen”.
Read Screen’s King Franke review here
Dublin-based Malone has previously worked predominantly in commercials.
It is the feature debut of writer-director Dermot Malone and stars Bad Sisters actor Peter Coonan as a Dublin taxi driver, who runs his own taxi firm. While coming to terms with his father’s recent death and going through the associated rituals, the taxi driver comes face to face with something that happened 10 years ago. The filmmakers describe the film as “a “Celtic Tiger tale you have not seen”.
Read Screen’s King Franke review here
Dublin-based Malone has previously worked predominantly in commercials.
- 2/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
Saudi’s Joy Awards Honors Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner & More
The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...
The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...
- 1/22/2024
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Hot Hosts Head For Hota
Australian actor Rebel Wilson has been named as the emcee of the 2024 edition of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards. Wilson will take to the stage on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Two days earlier, on Feb. 8, singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. will be the host of the Aacta Industry Awards. Both hosts will be joined by some of the industry’s most dynamic stars presenting at the ceremonies. And both ceremonies, presented by Foxtel Group, will be held at the Home of the Arts (Hota) on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
Shorts To Features
Writer-director-actor Alice Englert, producer Jodi Matterson, director David Michôd, and producer Jamie Hilton, will be among the speakers at Flickerlab 2024 on Thursday. Pitched as a one-day journey from shorts to features, the Bondi, New South Wales-located event is backed by the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs...
Australian actor Rebel Wilson has been named as the emcee of the 2024 edition of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards. Wilson will take to the stage on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Two days earlier, on Feb. 8, singer and actor Harry Connick Jr. will be the host of the Aacta Industry Awards. Both hosts will be joined by some of the industry’s most dynamic stars presenting at the ceremonies. And both ceremonies, presented by Foxtel Group, will be held at the Home of the Arts (Hota) on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
Shorts To Features
Writer-director-actor Alice Englert, producer Jodi Matterson, director David Michôd, and producer Jamie Hilton, will be among the speakers at Flickerlab 2024 on Thursday. Pitched as a one-day journey from shorts to features, the Bondi, New South Wales-located event is backed by the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs...
- 1/22/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Sales company 101 Films Intl. has launched comedy horror “Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere” at the American Film Market.
The movie is “a fast-moving hybrid combining comedy moments with horror in a tense and gripping narrative.” The film, which was shot on location in Wexford, Ireland, is in post-production, and is set to deliver in November.
In Dublin, Ireland, a prominent crime family have been the target of a robbery by four assailants. After completing the robbery, the four attempt to seek refuge in the countryside. But things take a turn for the worse when two of those assailants, Dancer and Gaz, are spotted attempting to escape by Clare, the youngest sister of the family in question, and things only get worse from there. With one of the assailants missing post robbery, and suspicion beginning to grow from the police and the local neighbor Sadie, things begin to spiral...
The movie is “a fast-moving hybrid combining comedy moments with horror in a tense and gripping narrative.” The film, which was shot on location in Wexford, Ireland, is in post-production, and is set to deliver in November.
In Dublin, Ireland, a prominent crime family have been the target of a robbery by four assailants. After completing the robbery, the four attempt to seek refuge in the countryside. But things take a turn for the worse when two of those assailants, Dancer and Gaz, are spotted attempting to escape by Clare, the youngest sister of the family in question, and things only get worse from there. With one of the assailants missing post robbery, and suspicion beginning to grow from the police and the local neighbor Sadie, things begin to spiral...
- 11/3/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
UK sales and distribution outfit 101 Films International has boarded comedy horror Bad Things In The Middle Of Nowhere, from Irish director Garry Walsh, writes ScreenDaily, who also shared the above first image.
In the film…
“A group of criminals’ lives spirals out of control while attempting to lay low in the Irish countryside after pulling off a robbery.”
Owen Roe, Louise Bourke and Joseph McGucken star.
It is Walsh’s feature directorial debut, and he has co-written with Bryan Walsh.
Dean Weymes of Ireland’s Red Robot Films co-produces with 101 Films International.
The comedy was filmed in Wexford, Ireland, and is currently in post-production.
The post First Look at AFM Horror ‘Bad Things In the Middle of Nowhere’ [Image] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
In the film…
“A group of criminals’ lives spirals out of control while attempting to lay low in the Irish countryside after pulling off a robbery.”
Owen Roe, Louise Bourke and Joseph McGucken star.
It is Walsh’s feature directorial debut, and he has co-written with Bryan Walsh.
Dean Weymes of Ireland’s Red Robot Films co-produces with 101 Films International.
The comedy was filmed in Wexford, Ireland, and is currently in post-production.
The post First Look at AFM Horror ‘Bad Things In the Middle of Nowhere’ [Image] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 11/2/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
It is the feature directorial debut from Irish filmmaker Garry Walsh.
UK sales and distribution outfit 101 Films International has boarded comedy horror Bad Things In The Middle Of Nowhere, from Irish director Garry Walsh.
A group of criminals’ lives spiral out of control while attempting to lay low in the Irish countryside after pulling off a robbery. Owen Roe, Louise Bourke and Joseph McGucken star.
It is Walsh’s feature directorial debut, and he has co-written with Bryan Walsh.
Dean Weymes of Ireland’s Red Robot Films co-produces with 101 Films International.
The comedy was filmed in Wexford, Ireland, and is currently in post-production.
UK sales and distribution outfit 101 Films International has boarded comedy horror Bad Things In The Middle Of Nowhere, from Irish director Garry Walsh.
A group of criminals’ lives spiral out of control while attempting to lay low in the Irish countryside after pulling off a robbery. Owen Roe, Louise Bourke and Joseph McGucken star.
It is Walsh’s feature directorial debut, and he has co-written with Bryan Walsh.
Dean Weymes of Ireland’s Red Robot Films co-produces with 101 Films International.
The comedy was filmed in Wexford, Ireland, and is currently in post-production.
- 11/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
With Pursuit, writer/director Paul Mercier takes Irish folklore, specifically The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne, and gives it a contemporary spin by taking all the elements of those fanciful stories and building a gangster movie around them. Fionn McCool (Liam Cunningham) is now the aging lieutenant in the gang of Mr. King (Owen Roe), marked for death because he is fast outliving his usefulness. As means of preserving his place by his boss' side, a marriage is arranged between Fionn and King’s much younger daughter, Grannie (Ruth Bradley), but Grannie has other ideas. Wanting to get as far away from her family and new husband as possible, she forces Fionn’s bodyguard Diarmuid (Barry Ward) to run away with her, putting a price on both their heads. Despite the contemporary setting, Pursuit leans quite heavily on the stories that inspired it, with the mythology seeping into every aspect of the story,...
- 10/9/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Josh Hartnett and Owen Roe started filming Showtime's Penny Dreadful in Dublin on Friday and we've got some photos from the set of the upcoming show!
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel "Dracula" are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. "Penny Dreadful" is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Penny Dreadful is created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan and executive produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris, both of Neal Street.
Read more...
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel "Dracula" are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. "Penny Dreadful" is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
Penny Dreadful is created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan and executive produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris, both of Neal Street.
Read more...
- 10/4/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Josh Hartnett and Owen Roe started filming Showtime's "Penny Dreadful" in Dublin on Friday and we've got some photos from the set of the upcoming show! Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel "Dracula" are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. "Penny Dreadful" is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama. "Penny Dreadful" is created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan and executive produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris, both of Neal Street.
- 10/4/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The first series of BBC's remarkable drama Prisoner's Wives attracted 5 million viewers, easily garnering it a green light for a second go-around. Series 2 airs tonight @9Pm on BBC1. Added to the cast this season are actors Karla Crome and Osi Okerafor. Crome has been very busy within the past few years, with starring roles in programs such as Hit & Miss, Misfits, and Lightfields. And that trend continues in her role on Prisoner's Wives, in which she plays Aisling O'Connor, the feisty daughter of roguish repeat offender Brendan O'Connor (Owen Roe). From BBC.co.uk: "Gutsy, cheerful and honest, Aisling is the loyal prisoners’ daughter of Brendan, a petty criminal and repeat...
- 3/14/2013
- by Emmanuel Akitobi
- ShadowAndAct
Randy gets beastly!
In The Beast With Five Fingers, the severed hand of a dead piano player comes back from the grave to… play the piano some more! There’s plenty of melody in those ghostly tunes, even though the hand appears to be a left hand. If that were true, wouldn’t it just be playing the bass notes? Aah, I ‘m overthinking it, again. A dead hand plays the piano and all I can think of is “It’s the wrong hand!” Hey, is that a class ring on its finger?
I shouldn’t be so quick to point fingers. The music the hand plays turns out to be Bach’s Violin Partita in D minor – but it’s Brahms’ transcription for the left hand! Those movie makers think of everything.
The hand actually came back to do more than play a few scales. It’s a dangerous hand,...
In The Beast With Five Fingers, the severed hand of a dead piano player comes back from the grave to… play the piano some more! There’s plenty of melody in those ghostly tunes, even though the hand appears to be a left hand. If that were true, wouldn’t it just be playing the bass notes? Aah, I ‘m overthinking it, again. A dead hand plays the piano and all I can think of is “It’s the wrong hand!” Hey, is that a class ring on its finger?
I shouldn’t be so quick to point fingers. The music the hand plays turns out to be Bach’s Violin Partita in D minor – but it’s Brahms’ transcription for the left hand! Those movie makers think of everything.
The hand actually came back to do more than play a few scales. It’s a dangerous hand,...
- 2/9/2012
- by admin
- Trailers from Hell
This is the Pure Movies review of Sensation directed by Tom Hall, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Luanne Gordon, Patrick Ryan, Kelly Campbell, Owen Roe, Eleanor Methven, Tracy Green, Madalina Alexe and Marie O'Neill. Sensation is screening as part of the London Film Festival, which Pure Movies is also covering on twitter @puremovies. A young man crouches by the gorse hedge of a field full of grazing sheep, pumping furiously at his crotch as he flicks the pages of a dirty magazine. Afterwards he heads back to an old farmhouse, when he sweeps kittens from his path as he navigates his way through piles of rubbish in the dank kitchen. He reaches the stairs, and there, upon the stairlift, sits a slumped figure – his father, dead. Instead of rushing to his aid, Donal (the promising Irish actor Domnhall Gleeson, who also pops up in Never Let Me Go) simply activates the mechanism,...
- 10/19/2010
- by Suki Ferguson
- Pure Movies
Irish writer / director Conor McDermottroe (A Woman's Hair, Squaddie) will introduce his feature film debut to audiences on Friday, September 10th when 'Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne' receives a limited theatrical release across the country. The film portrays the life of Austin 'Occi' Byrne who is brought up in Sligo by his alcoholic mother and who suffers traumatic bullying at the hands of a local gang because he has no father. Iftn spoke with Martin McCann, the Belfast actor who takes on the central role. Occi grows up plagued by anger, confusion and pain. In the hopes of unlocking his own identity and overcoming the past that haunts him, he sets out to find his father and discover the secret of his birth. The emotional film stars Martin McCann (The Sound of People, Killing Bono) in the title role alongside Jodie Whittaker (Perrier's Bounty), Marcella Plunkett (Once), Gerard Mc Sorley...
- 9/8/2010
- IFTN
Filming is ongoing on the set of a new RTÉ/BBC co-porduction, 'When Harvey Met Bob'. The feature length drama chronicles the lead-up to Live Aid, an event which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary and stars Domhnall Gleeson (Sensation) as Bob Geldof, Ian Hart (Five Daughters) as Harvey Goldsmith and Antonia Cambell Hughes (The Other Side of Sleep) as Paula Yates. Great Meadow Productions commenced shooting on 'When Harvey met Bob' on Monday, July 5th and it is to have a three week shoot in Dublin. he drama's cast also features Padraic Delaney (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Owen Roe (Val Falvey T.D.) and Chris Dunlop.
- 7/15/2010
- IFTN
TG4 yesterday released their autumn schedule which is set to include the new contemporary drama series from director Robert Quinn, 'Rásaí na Gaillimhe', set during the Galway Race Week and starring Don Wycherley, Tom Ó Suilleabháin, Charlotte Bradley and Owen Roe. TG4 will also broadcast Abu Media's new fast-paced documentary series that chronicles the significant Irish involvement in Us politics over the past 150 years in 'Bóthar go dtí and White House'. Also in the lineup, the TV drama series 'Ros na Run' will continue into its 14th season. For the musically inclined there are two noteworthy programmes; 'Cérbh É?', which will explore the musical traditions of various figures from generations past; and 'Ceol na nOileán' a series that examines Ireland's musical riches.
- 9/10/2009
- IFTN
The European Film Promotion (Efp) has announced Irish film 'Wide Open Spaces', directed by Tom Hall (Bachelors Walk), is to be one of the four European films that is going to be screened at Tribeca Grand Hotel's screening room in New York on June 23rd at 6pm. The initiative sees targeted industry professionals invited to the screening in New York in an effort to enhance the platform for European films seeking Us distribution. Penned by Arthur Mathews (Father Ted) and starring Ewen Bremner (Fool's Gold), Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted) and Owen Roe (Alarm), 'Wide Open Spaces' is an international co-production between Irish company Grand Pictures (Spin the Bottle, Stew, Paths to Freedom) and Scottish company Mead Kerr (Night People).
- 6/11/2009
- IFTN
Grand Pictures has announced details of a new 6 x half hour comedy series 'Val Falvey, T.D.' Written by Arthur Mathews (Father Ted) and Paul Woodfull (Stew) and directed by Pj Dillon (Stew), the series stars Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted) and Owen Roe (Alarm). Supporting cast includes Amelia Crowley (The Wake Wood), Phelim Drew (The Nephew), Simon Delaney (Bachelors Walk) and Brendan Dempsey (The Revenge of Alistair Fury). Five weeks of filming on various locations in Kildare and Meath is due to wrap on 5 June. Shooting on Dv, Fionn Comerford is on camera with Driscoll Calder (32A) as costume designer. Editing is by Ray Roantree (George Gently, Rock Rivals) and will take place at Screen Scene in Dublin.
- 5/27/2009
- IFTN
Irish feature 'Wide Open Spaces', penned by Arthur Mathews (Father Ted) and directed by Tom Hall (Bachelors Walk), will receive its World Premiere screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival taking place from June 17 – 28. The film has been selected to screen in the Rosebud discovery strand of the Scottish festival which features “first and second works from the directors to watch". 'Wide Open Spaces', a belated coming of age comedy set in a remote part of Ireland, stars Ewen Bremner (Fool's Gold), Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted) and Owen Roe (Alarm).
- 5/6/2009
- IFTN
Screened
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Sharing Robert Altman's enviable dexterity with sprawling casts, John Crowley's "Intermission" is technically a film about the quest for love and acceptance among an extended grouping of Dubliners that in practice turns out to be anything but gentle and meditative.
Instead, this bracing blast of creative energy kicks off with an unexpected jolt and keeps ticking away, often flirting with outrageousness without ever losing sight of its main objective.
A respected theater director, Crowley makes the most of Mark O'Rowe's intricate, smartly written script and coaxes terrific performances from all of his 11 principal players (54 in total).
Enthusiastic reviews as well as the presence of the very busy Colin Farrell among the ensemble should result in some decent word-of-mouth coin while easily establishing Crowley and O'Rowe as filmmakers to watch.
One of the first productions to come out of Neil Jordan and Stephen Woolley's newly formed Company of Wolves, "Intermission" is populated by so many colorful characters that it's hard to decide where to begin.
A good start would be Farrell's off-kilter Lehiff, a morally bankrupt punk of a petty thief who is planning the quintessential "one last score" before intending to go straight.
That is, if he can avoid the ever vigilant gaze of tough-guy detective Jerry Lynch (the always memorable Colm Meaney), an overly zealous loner of an anticrime crusader who also happens to have a deep interest in Celtic mysticism.
Meanwhile, supermarket employee John ("28 Days Later"'s Cillian Murphy) has the boneheaded idea of testing his girlfriend Deirdre's ("Trainspotting"'s Kelly Macdonald) devotion by suggesting they break up.
Initially brokenhearted, she rebounds into the arms of the older Sam (Michael McElhatton), a bank manager who is smack dab in the middle of a midlife crisis. Full of understandable hostility, Sam's freshly estranged wife, Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), ends up having a rather heated affair with John's lonely buddy Oscar (David Wilmot).
Then there's also Deirdre's emotionally scarred sister (Shirley Henderson), who wears the dark hair on her upper lip like a coat of armor, and their concerned widowed mother, Maura (Ger Ryan), not to mention John and Oscar's bullying, American catchphrase-spewing supermarket boss, Mr. Henderson (Owen Roe), and bus driver Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), who is determined to track down the culprit who threw a brick at his bus window, causing a potentially tragic accident.
Armed with playwright O'Rowe's fresh dialogue, the characters are a treat to get to know, but the most intriguing thing about the film is the always inventive way in which their lives intersect.
While director Crowley keeps it all moving propulsively with a contemporary pop/rock song selection that complements the pace and those darkly comedic edges, he still manages to accommodate some vulnerable, touching truths about everyday life in the big, scary world.
Intermission
IFC Films
An IFC Films presentation in association with Company of Wolves and Parallel Films
Credits:
Director: John Crowley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Executive producers: Paul Trijbits, Rod Stoneman, Tristan Whalley
Producers: Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan
Director of photography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Production designer: Tom Conroy
Editor: Lucia Zuchetti
Costume designer: Lorna Marie Mugan
Music: John Murphy
Cast:
Lehiff: Colin Farrell
Jerry: Colm Meaney
John: Cillian Murphy
Deirdre: Kelly Macdonald
Sally: Shirley Henderson
Oscar: David Wilmot
Noeleen: Deirdre O'Kane
Sam: Michael McElhatton
Maura: Ger Ryan
Mr. Henderson: Owen Roe
Ben: Tomas O'Sullivan
Karen: Barbara Bergin
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Sharing Robert Altman's enviable dexterity with sprawling casts, John Crowley's "Intermission" is technically a film about the quest for love and acceptance among an extended grouping of Dubliners that in practice turns out to be anything but gentle and meditative.
Instead, this bracing blast of creative energy kicks off with an unexpected jolt and keeps ticking away, often flirting with outrageousness without ever losing sight of its main objective.
A respected theater director, Crowley makes the most of Mark O'Rowe's intricate, smartly written script and coaxes terrific performances from all of his 11 principal players (54 in total).
Enthusiastic reviews as well as the presence of the very busy Colin Farrell among the ensemble should result in some decent word-of-mouth coin while easily establishing Crowley and O'Rowe as filmmakers to watch.
One of the first productions to come out of Neil Jordan and Stephen Woolley's newly formed Company of Wolves, "Intermission" is populated by so many colorful characters that it's hard to decide where to begin.
A good start would be Farrell's off-kilter Lehiff, a morally bankrupt punk of a petty thief who is planning the quintessential "one last score" before intending to go straight.
That is, if he can avoid the ever vigilant gaze of tough-guy detective Jerry Lynch (the always memorable Colm Meaney), an overly zealous loner of an anticrime crusader who also happens to have a deep interest in Celtic mysticism.
Meanwhile, supermarket employee John ("28 Days Later"'s Cillian Murphy) has the boneheaded idea of testing his girlfriend Deirdre's ("Trainspotting"'s Kelly Macdonald) devotion by suggesting they break up.
Initially brokenhearted, she rebounds into the arms of the older Sam (Michael McElhatton), a bank manager who is smack dab in the middle of a midlife crisis. Full of understandable hostility, Sam's freshly estranged wife, Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), ends up having a rather heated affair with John's lonely buddy Oscar (David Wilmot).
Then there's also Deirdre's emotionally scarred sister (Shirley Henderson), who wears the dark hair on her upper lip like a coat of armor, and their concerned widowed mother, Maura (Ger Ryan), not to mention John and Oscar's bullying, American catchphrase-spewing supermarket boss, Mr. Henderson (Owen Roe), and bus driver Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), who is determined to track down the culprit who threw a brick at his bus window, causing a potentially tragic accident.
Armed with playwright O'Rowe's fresh dialogue, the characters are a treat to get to know, but the most intriguing thing about the film is the always inventive way in which their lives intersect.
While director Crowley keeps it all moving propulsively with a contemporary pop/rock song selection that complements the pace and those darkly comedic edges, he still manages to accommodate some vulnerable, touching truths about everyday life in the big, scary world.
Intermission
IFC Films
An IFC Films presentation in association with Company of Wolves and Parallel Films
Credits:
Director: John Crowley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Executive producers: Paul Trijbits, Rod Stoneman, Tristan Whalley
Producers: Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan
Director of photography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Production designer: Tom Conroy
Editor: Lucia Zuchetti
Costume designer: Lorna Marie Mugan
Music: John Murphy
Cast:
Lehiff: Colin Farrell
Jerry: Colm Meaney
John: Cillian Murphy
Deirdre: Kelly Macdonald
Sally: Shirley Henderson
Oscar: David Wilmot
Noeleen: Deirdre O'Kane
Sam: Michael McElhatton
Maura: Ger Ryan
Mr. Henderson: Owen Roe
Ben: Tomas O'Sullivan
Karen: Barbara Bergin
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Screened
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Sharing Robert Altman's enviable dexterity with sprawling casts, John Crowley's "Intermission" is technically a film about the quest for love and acceptance among an extended grouping of Dubliners that in practice turns out to be anything but gentle and meditative.
Instead, this bracing blast of creative energy kicks off with an unexpected jolt and keeps ticking away, often flirting with outrageousness without ever losing sight of its main objective.
A respected theater director, Crowley makes the most of Mark O'Rowe's intricate, smartly written script and coaxes terrific performances from all of his 11 principal players (54 in total).
Enthusiastic reviews as well as the presence of the very busy Colin Farrell among the ensemble should result in some decent word-of-mouth coin while easily establishing Crowley and O'Rowe as filmmakers to watch.
One of the first productions to come out of Neil Jordan and Stephen Woolley's newly formed Company of Wolves, "Intermission" is populated by so many colorful characters that it's hard to decide where to begin.
A good start would be Farrell's off-kilter Lehiff, a morally bankrupt punk of a petty thief who is planning the quintessential "one last score" before intending to go straight.
That is, if he can avoid the ever vigilant gaze of tough-guy detective Jerry Lynch (the always memorable Colm Meaney), an overly zealous loner of an anticrime crusader who also happens to have a deep interest in Celtic mysticism.
Meanwhile, supermarket employee John ("28 Days Later"'s Cillian Murphy) has the boneheaded idea of testing his girlfriend Deirdre's ("Trainspotting"'s Kelly Macdonald) devotion by suggesting they break up.
Initially brokenhearted, she rebounds into the arms of the older Sam (Michael McElhatton), a bank manager who is smack dab in the middle of a midlife crisis. Full of understandable hostility, Sam's freshly estranged wife, Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), ends up having a rather heated affair with John's lonely buddy Oscar David Wilmot).
Then there's also Deirdre's emotionally scarred sister (Shirley Henderson), who wears the dark hair on her upper lip like a coat of armor, and their concerned widowed mother, Maura (Ger Ryan), not to mention John and Oscar's bullying, American catchphrase-spewing supermarket boss, Mr. Henderson (Owen Roe), and bus driver Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), who is determined to track down the culprit who threw a brick at his bus window, causing a potentially tragic accident.
Armed with playwright O'Rowe's fresh dialogue, the characters are a treat to get to know, but the most intriguing thing about the film is the always inventive way in which their lives intersect.
While director Crowley keeps it all moving propulsively with a contemporary pop/rock song selection that complements the pace and those darkly comedic edges, he still manages to accommodate some vulnerable, touching truths about everyday life in the big, scary world.
Intermission
IFC Films
An IFC Films presentation in association with Company of Wolves and Parallel Films
Credits:
Director: John Crowley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Executive producers: Paul Trijbits, Rod Stoneman, Tristan Whalley
Producers: Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan
Director of photography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Production designer: Tom Conroy
Editor: Lucia Zuchetti
Costume designer: Lorna Marie Mugan
Music: John Murphy
Cast:
Lehiff: Colin Farrell
Jerry: Colm Meaney
John: Cillian Murphy
Deirdre: Kelly Macdonald
Sally: Shirley Henderson
Oscar: David Wilmot
Noeleen: Deirdre O'Kane
Sam: Michael McElhatton
Maura: Ger Ryan
Mr. Henderson: Owen Roe
Ben: Tomas O'Sullivan
Karen: Barbara Bergin
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO -- Sharing Robert Altman's enviable dexterity with sprawling casts, John Crowley's "Intermission" is technically a film about the quest for love and acceptance among an extended grouping of Dubliners that in practice turns out to be anything but gentle and meditative.
Instead, this bracing blast of creative energy kicks off with an unexpected jolt and keeps ticking away, often flirting with outrageousness without ever losing sight of its main objective.
A respected theater director, Crowley makes the most of Mark O'Rowe's intricate, smartly written script and coaxes terrific performances from all of his 11 principal players (54 in total).
Enthusiastic reviews as well as the presence of the very busy Colin Farrell among the ensemble should result in some decent word-of-mouth coin while easily establishing Crowley and O'Rowe as filmmakers to watch.
One of the first productions to come out of Neil Jordan and Stephen Woolley's newly formed Company of Wolves, "Intermission" is populated by so many colorful characters that it's hard to decide where to begin.
A good start would be Farrell's off-kilter Lehiff, a morally bankrupt punk of a petty thief who is planning the quintessential "one last score" before intending to go straight.
That is, if he can avoid the ever vigilant gaze of tough-guy detective Jerry Lynch (the always memorable Colm Meaney), an overly zealous loner of an anticrime crusader who also happens to have a deep interest in Celtic mysticism.
Meanwhile, supermarket employee John ("28 Days Later"'s Cillian Murphy) has the boneheaded idea of testing his girlfriend Deirdre's ("Trainspotting"'s Kelly Macdonald) devotion by suggesting they break up.
Initially brokenhearted, she rebounds into the arms of the older Sam (Michael McElhatton), a bank manager who is smack dab in the middle of a midlife crisis. Full of understandable hostility, Sam's freshly estranged wife, Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), ends up having a rather heated affair with John's lonely buddy Oscar David Wilmot).
Then there's also Deirdre's emotionally scarred sister (Shirley Henderson), who wears the dark hair on her upper lip like a coat of armor, and their concerned widowed mother, Maura (Ger Ryan), not to mention John and Oscar's bullying, American catchphrase-spewing supermarket boss, Mr. Henderson (Owen Roe), and bus driver Mick (Brian F. O'Byrne), who is determined to track down the culprit who threw a brick at his bus window, causing a potentially tragic accident.
Armed with playwright O'Rowe's fresh dialogue, the characters are a treat to get to know, but the most intriguing thing about the film is the always inventive way in which their lives intersect.
While director Crowley keeps it all moving propulsively with a contemporary pop/rock song selection that complements the pace and those darkly comedic edges, he still manages to accommodate some vulnerable, touching truths about everyday life in the big, scary world.
Intermission
IFC Films
An IFC Films presentation in association with Company of Wolves and Parallel Films
Credits:
Director: John Crowley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Executive producers: Paul Trijbits, Rod Stoneman, Tristan Whalley
Producers: Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan
Director of photography: Ryszard Lenczewski
Production designer: Tom Conroy
Editor: Lucia Zuchetti
Costume designer: Lorna Marie Mugan
Music: John Murphy
Cast:
Lehiff: Colin Farrell
Jerry: Colm Meaney
John: Cillian Murphy
Deirdre: Kelly Macdonald
Sally: Shirley Henderson
Oscar: David Wilmot
Noeleen: Deirdre O'Kane
Sam: Michael McElhatton
Maura: Ger Ryan
Mr. Henderson: Owen Roe
Ben: Tomas O'Sullivan
Karen: Barbara Bergin
Running time -- 106 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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