Studs (2006)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Paul Mercier

Writer:

Paul Mercier (writer)

Release Date:

16 March 2006 (Ireland)

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Feidlim Cannon	...	Robbie
Shaun Elebert	...	Kellegher
Brendan Gleeson	...	Keegan, Walter
Domhnall Gleeson	...	Trampis
David Herlihy	...	Danny
Alan King	...	Tony Flynn
Eoin Macken	...	Tosh
Eanna MacLiam	...	Hopper
Laura McGuirk	...	Barmaid
Tomas O'Suilleabhain	...	Kevin
Eamonn Owens	...	Virgil
Emmet Scanlan	...	Jake
David Wilmot	...	Bubbles
Alexander Yarwood	...	Super Sub
Slaine Kelly	...	Footballers Girlfriend (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Mercier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Paul Mercier		writer

Produced by
Susan Holmes	....	line producer
Cúán Mac Conghail	....	producer
Fiach Mac Conghail	....	producer
Gary Phillips	....	executive producer
Mark Vennis	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Dunne

Cinematography by
Ronan Fox

Film Editing by
Cúán Mac Conghail

Casting by
Maureen Hughes

Production Design by
David Wilson

Art Direction by
Jenni Cooney

Costume Design by
Niamh Lunny

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luke Johnston	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Peter Blayney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
James Clarke	....	visual effects
William Foxwell	....	film recorder operator: Lip Sync Post (as Will Foxwell)
Scott Goulding	....	film recorder operator
Daniel Tomlinson	....	film recorder operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Garret Baldwin	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Warren Dowling	....	on-line editor
Aidan O'Brien	....	assistant editor
Kevin Phelan	....	head of post-production: Lip Sync Post

Other crew
Miriam Cahill	....	assistant production coordinator
James Clarke	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Mairtin De Barra	....	location manager
Gillian Flood	....	production coordinator
James Haney	....	production runner
Suzanne McAuley	....	production accountant
Laura McGuirk	....	production secretary
Pat Nangle	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Brother Films Limited
• Brother Films

Other Companies

• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production
• Lip Sync Post  video-to-film transfer
• Soho Images  film laboratory services

Also Known As:

Studs A (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Lucan, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Brother Films Limited

footballers lives

This is a poor film. It certainly belongs in the how not to make a feature film category. Story, direction, acting and style are all flat as a pancake. Story consists of five – yes five – football matches spread out over the film's duration, each one more boringly filmed than the last, as a dysfunctional amateur football team go from strength to strength. That's it, that's the plot. It's hard to know who this film is aimed at. It's too banal for football fans and there's nothing in it for teens nor grown-ups. There's nothing in it for women either, there isn't even a single female character. It's dreariness wears you down as the team play game after game after game after game after game. The story, such as it is, dialogue and mannerisms seem lifted from a bygone Ireland, with all the actors spouting cod theatrical Dublin accents. It doesn't have to be seen to be believed. Avoid at all costs. Can someone give me back my 90 minutes. High point the credits at the end, low point too numerous to mention. Brendan Gleeson is in this film.