Black Irish (2007)

Director:

Brad Gann

Writer (WGA):

Brad Gann (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

You can't choose family.

Plot:

A teenage boy longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father.

Plot Keywords:

Life And Death | Teenage Boy | Irish | Baseball | Catholic

Awards:

10 wins

Cast

Michael Angarano	...	Cole McKay
Brendan Gleeson	...	Desmond McKay
Tom Guiry	...	Terry McKay
Melissa Leo	...	Margaret McKay
Emily VanCamp	...	Kathleen McKay
Michael Rispoli	...	Joey
Francis Capra	...	Anthony
Finn Curtin	...	Coach Mahoney
Scott Winters	...	Doctor
Frank T. Wells	...	Father Magruder
Wilson Better	...	Graves
Bonnie Dennison	...	Maria
Michael McCarthy	...	Maria's Father
Joanna Herrington	...	Maria's Mother
Kevin Chapman	...	Officer Pierce
Bates Wilder	...	Officer Cowen
Joe McEachern	...	Officer Gianelli
Caryn Andrea Lindsey	...	Pregnant Girl #1
Erica Lynn Prance	...	Pregnant Girl #2
Tom Kemp	...	Priest
Stacy Fischer	...	Sister Mary Elise
Mark S. Cartier	...	Teacher
John Fiore	...	Tommy Orsini
Peter Darrigo	...	Track Buddy #2
Joseph Zamparelli	...	Track Buddy #1 (as Joseph Zamparelli Jr.)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Bianchi-Coppola	...	Hoodlum (uncredited)
Sandra Blaney	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Christopher Connolly	...	Detective (uncredited)
Desiree April Connolly	...	Mourner (uncredited)
Steven Paul Davis	...	Valet #1 (uncredited)
Nicholas DiRamio	...	Extra (uncredited)
Shawn Doherty	...	Valet #2 (uncredited)
Alicia Dupuis	...	Grieving Family Member (uncredited)
William Christopher Ellis	...	Busboy / Student (uncredited)
Steve Flynn	...	Stolen Car Victim (uncredited)
Diane Halling	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Mike Houston	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
David Ian	...	Priest (uncredited)
Michael Timothy Kennedy	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Andrea Lyman	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Kevin O'Donnell	...	Fired Busboy (uncredited)
Carmel O'Reilly	...	Sister Agatha (uncredited)
Michael J. Peluso	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Patrick Pitu	...	Boy on Bus (uncredited)
Stream	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Daniel Lee White	...	Extra (uncredited)
Donna Wong	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Peter Ziobro	...	Bus Stop Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Brad Gann

Writing credits (WGA)
Brad Gann		(written by)

Produced by
Geraldine Crean	....	executive producer
Kelly Crean	....	producer
Shahen Derderian	....	executive producer
Benjamin C. Dewey	....	line producer (as Ben Dewey)
Mark Donadio	....	producer
Gwen Field	....	executive producer
Aaron Fishman	....	co-executive producer (as Aaron Fischman)
Sayda Foell	....	associate producer
Jon H. Freis	....	co-executive producer (as Jon Freis)
Brad Gann	....	producer
Julie Hall	....	co-executive producer
Parker Hall	....	co-executive producer
J. Todd Harris	....	producer
Frederick Johntz	....	associate producer
Barry Levy	....	executive producer
Gal Lipkin	....	co-executive producer
John MacNeil	....	co-executive producer
Miriam Marcus	....	executive producer
Laray Mayfield	....	associate producer
Jeffrey Orenstein	....	producer
Marc Toberoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell		(original score by)

Cinematography by
Michael Fimognari		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrea Bottigliero

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Sharon Lomofsky

Set Decoration by
Danica Chipman

Costume Design by
Virginia Johnson

Makeup Department
Elizabeth Cecchini	....	hair department head
Trish Seeney	....	makeup department head
Sherryn Smith	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Ben Dewey	....	unit production manager
Emily Hoge	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Blazina	....	second assistant director
Paul Epstein	....	first assistant director
Nan Sandle	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Noah Dubreuil	....	property master
Jennifer Engel	....	leadman
Wayne Kimball	....	assistant property master
John F. O'Neil	....	on-set dresser
Mario Presterone	....	set dresser
Christopher Sawtelle	....	set dresser
Barb Seidl	....	art coordinator
Lisa Shaftel	....	lead scenic artist
Alex Wayne	....	assistant to lead man

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer: predubs
Jeremy Dominick	....	boom operator
Mark Ettel	....	sound effects mixer
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound designer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects editor
Nelson Ferreira	....	sound effects editor
Robert Fitzgerald	....	adr supervisor
Robert Fitzgerald	....	dialogue editor
Greg Jefferson	....	adr mixer
Kevin S. Parker	....	boom operator
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nathan Robitaille	....	sound effects editor
David J. Schwartz	....	sound mixer
Jarrett Simon	....	boom operator
Steven Utt	....	adr recordist

Stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Beth Anderson	....	camera loader
Matt Ardine	....	grip
Tiffany Aug	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert Clark	....	electrician
Steve Drellich	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Geoff Eads	....	grip
Claire Folger	....	still photographer
Maria Luisa Gambale	....	first assistant camera
Jordan Garretson	....	key grip
Amanda Hannan	....	grip
Matt Harrington	....	grip
Mike Henry	....	best boy grip
Elizabeth Heslep	....	second assistant camera
Christian J. Hollyer	....	second assistant camera
Guy Holt	....	rigging gaffer
Dan Hutchinson	....	best boy electric
David Kane	....	grip
Mike Law	....	electrician
Robert Maffei	....	camera operator: documentary
Zac Miller	....	additional grip
Ryan Nelsen	....	camera intern
Adam Peabody	....	grip
Casey Van Maanen	....	additional electrician
Tim Wattez	....	electrician
Fletcher Wolfe	....	camera intern

Casting Department
Melissa Paradice	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Clifford	....	wardrobe supervisor
Clinton E. O'Dell	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Don Broida	....	first assistant editor
Julia Grove	....	apprentice editor
Michael Helm	....	assistant editor
Sara Rostami	....	post-production production assistant
John M. Vitale	....	assistant editor
Brendan Walsh	....	assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Brian Ross	....	music supervisor
Sharon Smith	....	music editor
Frederik Wiedmann	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Nicole Anderson	....	key craft service
David Becker	....	second unit coordinator
Will Chandler	....	key production assistant
Eric Conover	....	stand-in: Brendan Gleeson
Derek Cunningham	....	production assistant
Jeff Dionne	....	assistant location manager
Suzanne Friedline	....	adr voice
John Gates	....	location manager
Zack Gorman	....	production assistant
David Haskell	....	production assistant
Erica Kramer	....	production assistant
Jarret LeMaster	....	on-set voices: adr loop group
Amy Loeber	....	location assistant
James MacDonald	....	set medic
Robert Maffei	....	location assistant
Claudine Marrotte	....	production assistant (as Claudine Ouellette)
Nathan McGarigal	....	production assistant
Maria Mulhall	....	production assistant
Heather Murphy	....	extras coordinator
Sean Murphy	....	production secretary
David Pereira	....	location assistant
Ruth Phelps	....	stand-in
Robin Reitman	....	production accountant
Jillian Roache	....	production assistant
Teddy Saunders	....	production assistant (as Ted Saunders)
Dewey Schultz	....	set production assistant (as Dwight E. Schultz)
Jessica Singer	....	production assistant
George Sloan	....	production assistant
Maureen Sullivan Mauk	....	extras coordinator/pa (as Maureen Sullivan)
Mark F. Williams	....	office coordinator: Los Angeles
Donna Wong	....	stand-in: female
Kevin Young	....	production assistant

Thanks
Finn Curtin	....	very special thanks
Peter Stormare	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Creanspeak Funding (finishing funds)
• Creanspeak Productions
• Falcon Film Funding
• Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I)
• Moody Independent
• Purple Princess Productions

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2008) (USA) (TV) (VOD)
• Creanspeak Productions (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Anywhere Road Entertainment (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Cinemax (2009) (Hungary) (TV)
• Eagle Films (2007) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Palisades Pictures (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Creanspeak Funding  finishing funds
• Vocal Yokels  loop group

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and brief violence

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Creanspeak Funding

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Tom Guiry goes to the Marine Corps recruiting office, he speaks with a Lieutenant, played by Kevin Chapman. Except, the Lieutenant is wearing enlisted Dress Blues (red piping on only enlisted uniform), not an Officer uniform. To make matters worse, the Dress Blue uniform hanging in the background is an Officer dress blue coat (without red piping), but then has enlisted chevrons sewn on the sleeve. So both uniforms are incorrect.

Quotes:

Joey:[about Desmond's job] Just because he don't like it doesn't mean it ain't honourable.

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

I know these guys all my life

Usually I never comment. This movie makes me share coupla thoughts. Day by day we go to theaters to watch another multi-million dollar Hollywood production staring big shot names, breath-taking stunts, cutting-edge CGI and all that entertaining stuff. Black Irish has no budget (estimated $3 mln production budget is not even enough for a modest PR campaign). Neither does it big names. The movie captures you from the very beginning never let you go till the final credits. It’s pretty simple story, no big surprises, no plot twists - straight forward. The first faces I’ve seen on the screen I started right away reminiscing the next door guys I grew up with. They were pretty ordinary with same kinda problems in school, in family, out on the street. Some of them ended up not very well, others had a dream that kept’ em afoot. Sometimes it’s very good to get a post card to know where are you from. Black Irish let me take a look at those people I used to be very close to - the people I’ll never see in my life again. If you wanna see a real life “as is” not another glossy Hollywood picture or life TV show I strongly suggest you to watch it. Among other things you’ll enjoy the cast. Acting is very strong, characters are credible. This story could take place anywhere even in you neighborhood.