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Rat (2000)
A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat. Director:Steve BarronWriter:Wesley Burrowes |
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| Imelda Staunton | ... |
Conchita Flynn
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Frank Kelly | ... | |
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David Wilmot | ... | |
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Marietta Flynn
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Andrew Lovern | ... |
Pius Flynn
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| Pete Postlethwaite | ... |
Hubert Flynn
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Veronica Duffy | ... | |
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Peter Caffrey | ... | |
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Rita Hamill | ... |
Estate Woman
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Roxanna Williams | ... |
Hopscotch Child
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Geoffrey Palmer | ... |
The Doctor
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Stanley Townsend | ... |
Newsreader
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Bookies Manager
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Dublin deliveryman Hubert Flynn feels peaked. Home from the pub, he lies down; while his nagging wife Conchita looks on, he turns into a rat. She's chafed at how inconsiderate he is: hardly touching his food the next morning and leaving droppings on the good doilies. With curiosity seekers outside the flat and a writer at the door offering to help Conchita turn her story into a book, she calls a family meeting. Her seminary-bound son Pius wants to kill the rat; other family members are ambivalent. They opt to hurl Hubert over the fence of a maggot farm. Christmas approaches; an exorcism is in the cards, and the book becomes the Holy Grail. What of Hubert's conversion? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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(Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
Esse Rato É um Espanto See more »Filming Locations:
Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandBox Office
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$1,815 (USA) (29 April 2001) (1 Screen)Gross:
$2,501 (USA) (6 May 2001)Company Credits
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Hubert: Seventy years ago, me grandfather, Hubert Flynn Foster, set out from his home in the County Wexford, and joining north over the hills and valleys of Whitlock, until he came to Dublin City.
Hubert: I remember once, when I was a chiseler, he caught me whittlin' up against the wall. And he told me if I behaved like a dog, I might turn into a dog. And then he was off on one of his old yarns about people he knew that turned into goats and weasels. Of course we ran afoul, he said, of more than his prayers. But sometimes, in and among the ramblings, there'd be a grain of truth.
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Written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith (as Richard Smith)
Performed by Rosemary Clooney See more »
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[first lines]Hubert: Seventy years ago, me grandfather, Hubert Flynn Foster, set out from his home in the County Wexford, and joining north over the hills and valleys of Whitlock, until he came to Dublin City.
Hubert: I remember once, when I was a chiseler, he caught me whittlin' up against the wall. And he told me if I behaved like a dog, I might turn into a dog. And then he was off on one of his old yarns about people he knew that turned into goats and weasels. Of course we ran afoul, he said, of more than his prayers. But sometimes, in and among the ramblings, there'd be a grain of truth.
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"Winter Wonderland"Written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith (as Richard Smith)
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