The Tiger's Tail (2006)

After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

Director:

John Boorman

Writer:

John Boorman

Stars:

Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciarán Hinds

2 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brendan Gleeson	...	Liam O'Leary / The Double
Kim Cattrall	...	Jane O'Leary
Ciarán Hinds	...	Father Andy
Sinéad Cusack	...	Oona O'Leary
Sean McGinley	...	Declan Murray
Cathy Belton	...	Sally
Brian Gleeson	...	Connor O'Leary
Angeline Ball	...	Ursula
Ruth McCabe	...	Large Woman
Stanley Townsend	...	Jim Brady - The Banker
Moira Deady	...	Maeve - Liam's Mother
Michael McElhatton	...	Dr. Alex Loden
Michael Ford-FitzGerald	...	Male Nurse (as Michael FitzGerald)
Denis Conway	...	Bertie Brennan
Charlene McKenna	...	Samantha

Storyline

After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | truth | rifle | toilet | capitalism | 

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Taglines:

When your past is a lie... and your future is not your own

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a scene of sexuality, and brief drug content

Details

Country:

Ireland UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

A Cauda do Tigre

Filming Locations:

Dublin Docks, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Lottery through UK Film Council, Irish Film Board, Merlin Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Tiger's Tail" refers to the "Celtic Tiger" economic boom that Ireland experienced from 1995 to 2008 (Ireland was said to officially be in recession as of June 24th 2008).

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Goofs

In the scene where Liam pulls up at Oona's house, his car is a 03 Golf with wheel trims. When they are taking Conor to the hospital a side shot of the car is shown which clearly shows the car with alloy wheels. The number plate on the car 03-D-55897 is the same in both shots.

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Quotes

Liam O'Leary: You fired a shotgun at me, that wasn't very brotherly was it?

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Crazy Credits

Credits role over Liam's boat sailing out of the harbor into the horizon

User Reviews

Boring, boring ,boring, dull, dull, dull

Hmm.

Sadly, "The Tiger's Tail" is rubbish, and a major disappointment, because John Boorman is a great director who has made some great films. You know what I'm talking about. "Point Blank", "Deliverance", "Excalibur", "The General", "The Tailor Of Panama", "Beyond Rangoon", "The Emerald Forest". You can look up the others for yourselves.

Brenda Gleeson plays Liam O'Leary, a Dublin property developer, who's life gets changed completely when he finds himself being stalked by a doppelganger.

I have no idea what happened here, but "The Tiger's Tail" is a complete misfire and a total waste of an interesting actor in Brendan Gleeson. It fails completely as a drama and/or a black comedy, chiefly because it is not dramatic enough and it is not funny enough. I can suspend belief as well as the next man, but I didn't believe a word of "The Tiger's Tail".

And the cardinal sin? "The Tiger's Tail" is boring, boring, boring, dull, dull, dull. Maybe I'm missing the subtext somewhere. I'm not too clever.

Such a shame. Onto the next one, Mister Boorman.