Cowboys & Angels (2003)

Director:

David Gleeson

Writer:

David Gleeson (writer)

Release Date:

7 April 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

How far you go is up to you...

Plot:

The story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an...

Plot Keywords:

Fashion | Drugs | Civil Servant | Student | Catwalk

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Michael Legge	...	Shane Butler
Allen Leech	...	Vincent Cusack (as Alan Leech)
Amy Shiels	...	Gemma
David Murray	...	Keith
Frank Kelly	...	Jerry
Colm Coogan	...	Budgie
Sean Power	...	Frankie
Alvaro Lucchesi	...	Bunny
Frank Coughlan	...	Richard Walsh
Nigel Mercier	...	Inspector
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer Barry	...	Estate Agent
Jason Cahill	...	Bouncer
Padraig Campbell	...	Detective Black
Louise Carey	...	Girl in Street
Michael Carney	...	Gardai
Patrick Clohessy	...	Man Fighting in Street
Richard Conlon	...	Gardai
Cathal Costello	...	Bouncer #1
Peggy Coyne	...	Old Lady
Mairéad Crowley	...	Doris
Randall Daly	...	Airport Security Guard
Frank Dineen	...	Street Thug
Helena Enright	...	Woman Showing Apt.
Ned Farrell	...	Gardai
John Finn	...	Bouncer
Mike Finn	...	Garda (raid) #2
Karen Fitzgibbon	...	Accident Woman
Niamh Foley	...	Supermacs Girl
Naomi Hanrahan	...	Girl in Street
Angela Harding	...	Mrs. Butler
Armor Harris	...	Gardai
Mary Harvey	...	Esther
Ollie Hayes	...	Newspaper Vendor
Susan Holmes	...	Woman in Hallway
Mary Jackman	...	Fashion Show Model
Niall Johnston	...	Mr. Cusack
Danielle Lawlor	...	Fashion Show Model
Alanna Littleg	...	Fashion Show Model
Kieran Lynch	...	Garda (raid) #1
Julie McEvoy	...	Supermacs Girl - Extra
Maeve McGrath	...	Anne
Michael McGrath	...	Mud Club Student
Brian McNamara	...	Landlord #2
Sharon McNeill	...	Fashion Show Model
Brian Mortell	...	Man Fighting in Street
Garry O'Brien	...	Man Fighting in Street
Mary-Louise O'Callaghan	...	Fashion Show Model
Thomas O'Connor	...	Gardai
Dan O'Driscoll	...	Fashion Show P.A.
Moira O'Dwyer	...	Mrs. Cusack
Martin Philips	...	Detective Roche
Grania Preston	...	Nuala Colgan
Dermot Purcell	...	Photographer
Robert Quigley	...	Bouncer #2
Ann Quill	...	Garda (interview room)
Niamh Quinn	...	Fashion Show Model
Dan Sheehy	...	Landlord #1
Des Waddick	...	Garda
Sue Waters	...	Girl in Street

Also Known As:

The Real Thing (Ireland: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Ireland | Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

County Limerick, Ireland

Company:

Wide Eye Films

Trivia:

Writer/director David Gleeson had worked in the Department of Agriculture office where the scenes in the movie were filmed. Some of the extras are the people with whom he used to work.

Quotes:

Richard: Look at you. Look at the state of you. You can't keep burning the candle at both ends you know.
Shane: [turns to him] It's my wick and I'll go out in flames if I want to.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 2005 Glitter Awards (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Shopping Trolley Children

Colorful, bold and exhilaratingly alive

Flat-mate wanted: apply within. So begins the sweetest straight-gay friendship in recent memory. Shane is a lost and lonely 20 year-old civil servant from the suburbs; he's adorably hetero and has no sense of style. His new roommate in the big city is Vincent, a hot young fashion student, queer, innately stylish, full of life, surrounded by friends, and able to pick up a hot daddy in ten seconds. For Shane, Vincent unlocks buried artistic dreams and a burning need to embrace the adventure of youth. For Vincent, Shane is...well...he's a makeover project, inside and out. And soon enough, he's in serious trouble. Filled with just enough confidence to make just the wrong move, Shane falls in with two drug-dealing thugs downstairs, and things get dangerous fast. As he spins out of control, Vincent flinches from the monster he's created. But the flat has thin walls, and even at their worst, Shane and Vincent never stop listening for each other. Refreshingly, writer/director David Gleeson's vision of this friendship transcends all that we've come to expect from a gay-straight relationship onscreen. The warmth and youthful optimism that emerge from this duo is positively infectious, and Michael Legge and Allen Leech effortlessly bring to life one of the rarest kinds of love. Gleeson's production is polished and lyrical; like Shane's clothing designs, Cowboys and Angels is colorful, bold and exhilaratingly alive.