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

Good entertainment

I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival for it's North American premiere. Director/writer John Boorman has had a very sporadic directorial career making only 15 feature length films between 1965 and 2006 including this, his latest offering. Boorman has rarely enjoyed the success that struck early in his career with such films as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific and his biggest to date Deliverance. This time around Boorman has delivered a black comedy set in Ireland where Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleesan) plays a wealthy real estate developer who's new found wealth has come through hard work and determination but is also costing him a loveless marriage to his wife Jane (Kim Catrell), an indifferent rebellious son Connor (real-life son Brian Gleeson), and he is overextended with his bank and battling with a rival developer and flirting with a nervous breakdown. Liam begins to think he is going mad when he starts seeing his double. Gleeson is very good in the double role of Liam and his double. Catrall drifts in and out of an Irish accent but it's not that pronounced of an accent to begin with to be bothersome to the viewer or detracting from the story. Brian Gleeson turns in a fine first screen debut. This is not a great film and not without it's flaws but it's got some great peripheral support players in the cast and good story with some witty moments. I liked it. It's got kind of a 1940's Hollywood B movie quality to it although set in modern times. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10 and it's worth a look.