An ambitious, multi stranded tale of existential angst and organised crime set in Northen Ireland during New Years Eve, Jumps tells the story of Greta (Nichola Burley), the daughter of a Derry gangster (Lalor Roddy), rescued from committing suicide by Pearce (Martin McCann), fresh from being roughed up by her father's thugs for looking into his brother's disappearance. Finding solace in each other, they set in motion a series of events that impact not only their lives, but the lives of Greta's friends Marie (Charlene McKenna) and Dara (Valene Kane), and traumatised thug Johnny (Richard Dormer). Working from the stage play by Lisa McGee, director Kieron J. Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy) juggles the multiple story lines with ease, throwing in some chronological slight of hand for good measure. It moves at a great pace, grabbing the audiences interest from the opening frame, and switching between the three stories effortlessly.
- 4/26/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Primetime Emmy nominee Leo David will host the upcoming installment of the National Film School (Nfs)lecture series. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, November 16th at 5.30 pm in Iadt.Leo Davis is one of Europe's most distinguished casting directors. Her credits include 'The Last Station'; 'Antichrist'; 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'; 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'; 'Hannibal Rising'; 'The Constant Gardener'; 'Layer Cake'; 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'; 'I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'; 'When Brendan Met Trudy'; 'Sunshine' and 'The Last September' . She received her Emmy nomination for her work on Mike Nichols' feature, 'Wit'.
- 11/15/2010
- IFTN
'Father & Son', Rte One's latest summer drama will premiere Monday June 29 at 9.30pm. A co-production between Rte and ITV, this four part drama which has a formidable cast of actors including Dougray Scott, Stephen Rea and Sophie Okonedo, is tipped to be rich, compelling and highly entertaining. Director of the project was Brian Kirk (My Boy Jack, Middletown), whilst producer was Micheal Casey (My Boy Jack, Middletown), the script was written by Emmy award winning Irish writer Frank Deasy (Prime Suspect: The Final Act) and Dop wasRuairi O'Brien (Running Mate). These talents coupled with an all star cast including Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible II), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), John Kavanagh (The Tudors) and Flora Montgomery (When Brendan Met Trudy) guarantees that audiences are in for a treat with this four part series. Iftn caught up with the series producer Michael Casey to talk about the scale of the series,...
- 6/25/2009
- IFTN
With two major Us productions set to film in Ni this year, Northern Ireland Screen are focusing on bringing local talent and productions to this year's Cannes Film Festival revealing five new home-grown productions in the works. The screen agency's profile is currently at an all-time high amongst the global film-making community. New titles include; 'Paddy Mayne', an action drama penned by Richard Crawford (The Abduction Club) and produced by Alistair Maclean-Clark (The War Bride, Octane, Heartbreak Hotel, Arn), 'Teenage Kicks', produced by Michael Kelly, Pete Foott is directing with Spence Wright (Red Mist) and John Cairns screenwriting; 'Jump', the creation of 'Raw' writer Lisa McGee with Brendan Byrne on board to produce and director Kieron J. Walsh (When Brendan Met Trudy); director Tom Collins (Kings) is planning the adaptation of 'Reading in the Dark' - based on Seamus Deane's award winning novel; and 'Parabellum', produced by Colin...
- 5/14/2009
- IFTN
Scriptwriter Roddy Doyle had massive problems getting permission to use some vintage film clips in his new movie When Brendan Met Trudy. Doyle and his director Kieron Walsh were refused permission to use a background clip of the late actor James Stewart by his estate. Roddy says, "We were told that his estate just wouldn't approve. It was important to use John Wayne as well, and his estate were initially reluctant, worried that we might show him in a bad light. But the complete opposite is true. These guys are icons to us, and they're icons to Brendan in the movie as well. I could write a book on the amount of calls we had to make to get the clips - but I don't think anyone would want to read it!"...
- 2/26/2001
- WENN
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