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16 May 1997 (USA)
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A large portion of life... more
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The third installment of Irish author Roddy Doyle's 'Barrytown Trilogy' depicts the hilarious yet poignant adventures of Bimbo...
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1 nomination
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Scores That Pop from Composers of Pop
(From IFC. 7 April 2009, 9:02 AM, PDT)
Van Gogh Doc to Film in Portlaoise
(From IFTN. 2 April 2009, 7:45 AM, PDT)
(From IFC. 7 April 2009, 9:02 AM, PDT)
Van Gogh Doc to Film in Portlaoise
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Colm Meaney | ... | Larry |
 | Donal O'Kelly | ... | Bimbo |
 | Ger Ryan | ... | Maggie |
| Caroline Rothwell | ... | Mary |
| Neilí Conroy | ... | Diane |
| Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | Kevin |
| Brendan O'Carroll | ... | Weslie |
| Stuart Dunne | ... | Sam |
| Jack Lynch | ... | Cancer |
| Laurie Morton | ... | Maggie's Mum |
| Marie Mullen | ... | Vera |
| Jon Kenny | ... | Gerry McCarthy |
| Moses Rowen | ... | Glenn |
| Linda McGovern | ... | Jessica |
| Eoin Chaney | ... | Wayne |
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Rated R for strong language.
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100 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Finland:K-7 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Germany:6 (bw) |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:7 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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This is the third story in Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy", following the adventures of the Rabbitte family. However, as 20th Century Fox owned the film rights to the Rabbitte name (from The Commitments), the characters had to be re-named in the subsequent film adaptations (The Snapper, The Van).
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Anachronisms: The movie is set during World Cup 1990, and on at least two occasions, the radio can be heard promoting 98FM. This station did not use this branding until the mid 1990s; it was called Classic Hits at the time.
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Follows The Commitments (1991)
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Living Next Door to Alice
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"The Van" is one of very few novels that have made me laugh out loud, on numerous occasions, whilst reading it. Thus, I feared the movie couldn't possibly live up to the book and I was right.
The characters appear nowhere near as appealing as they do in the book -even the lead characters name has changed from Jimmy to Larry. In fact the Rabbite family has been drastically culled. The dialect can be difficult to catch at times (my wife mistook "World Peace" for "Wolf's p**s" during one pun). The "Living Dead" appear from nowhere and........no, I'm not doing any more comparisons.
If you want a good laugh read the book.