The Tiger's Tail (2006)

Director:

John Boorman

Writer:

John Boorman (writer)

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Dublin Ireland | Mental Hospital | Capitalism | Brother Brother Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Brendan Gleeson	...	Liam O'Leary
Kim Cattrall	...	Jane O'Leary
Ciarán Hinds	...	Father Andy
Sinéad Cusack	...	Oona O'Leary
Sean McGinley	...	Declan Murray
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angeline Ball	...	Ursula
Cathy Belton	...	Sally
Denis Conway	...	Bertie Brennan
Moira Deady	...	Maeve - Liam's Mother
Ned Dennehy	...	Felim
Michael FitzGerald	...	Male nurse
Briain Gleeson	...	Connor O'Leary
David Herlihy	...	Paul
John Kavanagh	...	Harry
Mark Lambert	...	District Judge
Ruth Lawlor	...	Larry's Secretary
Nigel Linden	...	Samantha's Boyfriend
Eanna MacLiam	...	The Beggar
Sean Markey	...	Drinker
Aonghus Og McAnally	...	Garda #2 (as Aonghus Óg McAnally)
Ruth McCabe	...	Large Woman
Michael McElhatton	...	Dr. Alex Loden
Charlene McKenna	...	Samantha
Geoff Minogue	...	Ambulance Driver
Conor Mullen	...	MC
Martin Murphy	...	Garda #1
Regan O'Brien	...	Nurse
Philip O'Sullivan	...	Assistant Governor
Derry Power	...	Eddie
Stanley Townsend	...	Jim Brady - The Banker
Paolo Tullio	...	Patrick Le Say
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor	...	Larry Cooney (as Tom Vaughan Lawlor)
Mary Woods	...	Prostitute

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | UK:18 | Australia:MA | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dublin Docks, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Fern Gully Tales

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).

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

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

The most involving movie I have watched for a long time

This is the very first time I have made a comment on a movie. If this superb production had received the excellent reviews that it so richly deserves then I would not have bothered. I can not recall the last time I was so engrossed by a story so well told. Each of the characters become real people encouraged by by a script which appears so simple and natural but yet allows all the superb players to add depth, feeling and emotion to the flawed yet heroic individuals who inhabit this tale. After watching this I felt as if I had just finished reading a novel ( a medium which usually allows greater empathy with well drawn characters). I found that the 'crowd' scenes both extremely funny and yet deeply poignant. Each extra has an 'over the top' tom an jerry role to play yet each character is a parody of real people in real situations that are played out on the towns and cities of Ireland every night of the week. As W.B Yeats said 'A Terrible beauty is born'. As you may have guessed I am Irish .. I could recognise the character of Ireland in this drama. The strenghs, weaknesses and joy of our nation are evident in this production. I presume John Boreman is an American. I salute him for capturing the soul of our nation and not once mention little green men with a crock of gold. Well done.