Shrooms (2007)

Director:

Paddy Breathnach

Writer:

Pearse Elliott (written by)

Release Date:

16 August 2007 (Russia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Get Ready to Get Wasted

Plot:

3 couples go to Ireland woods to collect magic mushrooms and trip out. On their way they meet some strange...

Plot Keywords:

Mushroom | Forest | Tripping | Self Defense | Ambulance

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Lindsey Haun	...	Tara
Jack Huston	...	Jake
Max Kasch	...	Troy
Maya Hazen	...	Lisa
Alice Greczyn	...	Holly
Robert Hoffman	...	Bluto
Don Wycherley	...	Ernie
Sean McGinley	...	Bernie
Toby Sedgwick	...	Black Brother
André Pollack	...	The Dog
Jack Gleeson	...	Lonely Twin
Mike Carbery	...	Paramedic
Anna Tikhonova	...	Mysterious Woman 1
Goranna McDonald	...	Mysterious Woman 2
Berry Murphy	...	Lonely Twin's Brother
Joe Murphy	...	Feral Boy
Joe Phelan	...	Young Lonely Twin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stuart Rankin	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Paddy Breathnach

Writing credits
Pearse Elliott		(written by)

Produced by
Simon Channing Williams	....	executive producer
James Clayton	....	executive producer
Gail Egan	....	executive producer
Eva Juel Hammerich	....	co-producer (as Eva Juel)
Katie Holly	....	associate producer
Nina Lyng	....	co-producer
Kim Magnusson	....	executive producer
Paddy McDonald	....	producer
Rebecca O'Flanagan	....	associate producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Robert Walpole	....	producer

Original Music by
Dario Marianelli

Cinematography by
Nanu Segal		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dermot Diskin

Casting by
Natasha Cuba
Kelly Wagner		(as Kelly Martin Wagner)

Production Design by
Mark Geraghty

Art Direction by
David Wilson

Costume Design by
Rosie Hackett

Makeup Department
Catherine Biggs	....	assistant hair stylist
Dave Bonneywell	....	special makeup effects artist
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Tom McInerney	....	assistant makeup artist
Ian Morse	....	special makeup effects artist
Steve Painter	....	special makeup effects artist
Simon Rose	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Clare Kavanagh	....	production manager: pick-ups
Carol Moorhead	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Keith Barry	....	trainee assistant director
Denis Fitzpatrick	....	additional trainee assistant director
Andrew Hegarty	....	first assistant director
Alex Jones	....	second assistant director
Jonathan Shaw	....	third assistant director
Rory Shaw	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Dermot Blighe	....	stand-by props
Rory Bruen	....	assistant art director
Keith Cullen	....	props
Keavy Lalor	....	props buyer
Aine Smith	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Peter Blayney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Andrew Felton	....	boom operator
Brendan Geaney	....	foley editor
Fionn Higgins	....	dialogue editor
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Anna Malkin	....	foley recording assistant
Jon Stevenson	....	sound designer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Simon J. Willis	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Kevin Byrne	....	special effects supervisor
Kevin Nolan	....	special effects technician
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup designer

Visual Effects by
Sam Bassett	....	digital compositor
Peter Hartwig	....	digital compositor
Troels Hoe	....	digital compositor
Michael Holm	....	digital effects artist
John Kennedy	....	digital effects consultant
Alexander Marthin	....	visual effects supervisor
Patrick O'Casey	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Gerry Behan	....	stunts
Paul Burke	....	stunt rigger
Brendan Condren	....	stunts
Joe Condren	....	stunt coordinator
Niamh Connell	....	stunt double
Ken Doherty	....	utility stunts
Samantha Heaney	....	stunts
Norman Kelly	....	stunts
John Sheridan	....	stunt rigger
Paul Valentine	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bailie	....	additional first assistant camera
Liam Daniel	....	still photographer
Tim Fletcher	....	electrician
Andy Gardner	....	second assistant camera
Mark Maidment	....	first assistant camera
Rory O'Riordan	....	camera trainee
Kurt Savage	....	first assistant camera
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator

Casting Department
Joanne Bloom	....	casting assistant: LA
Rosalie Clayton	....	casting: UK
Chuck Dukas	....	casting intern
Viktoria Flídr	....	casting: Prague
Chris Gehrt	....	casting intern
Sinead MacManus	....	casting: UK
Dominika Posserén	....	casting assistant: LA
Rebecca Roper	....	casting: Ireland

Editorial Department
David O'Brien	....	assistant editor
Shane Woods	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor
Jody Jenkins	....	composer: additional music (as Jody K. Jenkins)
Maggie Rodford	....	music coordinator
Jane Runnalls	....	lead vocals
Hilary Skewes	....	musician contractor
Benjamin Wallfisch	....	conductor
Benjamin Wallfisch	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Alan Dixon	....	unit driver
Michael Phelan	....	transportation
Kenneth Quinn	....	unit driver

Other crew
Michelle Carew	....	assistant production coordinator
Miriam Coleman	....	location scout
Karl Daly	....	location trainee
Rory Mac Dermott	....	production accountant (as Rory MacDermott)
Fionnuala Dorney	....	assistant accountant
Mike Hayes	....	production assistant
Cathy Mooney	....	production coordinator
Dearbhaile O'Hanlon	....	location assistant
Brendan O'Sullivan	....	assistant location manager
Sarah Power	....	assistant to producers
Nic Ransome	....	script consultant
Andrew Reid	....	head of production: NIFTC
Clodagh Tierney	....	location manager
Billie Webster	....	post-production accountant (as Billi Webster)
Kathleen Weir	....	script supervisor
Lesley Wise	....	legal & business affairs

Thanks
Ed Clarke	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Capitol Films
• Ingenious Film Partners
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Nordisk Film (as Nordisk Film A/S Film Production)
• Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
• Nepenthe Film
• Treasure Entertainment
• Potboiler Productions
• Irish Film Board (funding)

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Films (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Lizard Cinema Trade (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• VVS Films (2008) (Canada) (all media)

Special Effects

• Team FX

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting
• Air-Edel Associates  music services
• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Production Depot  camera equipment provided by
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• Shoot NI  location services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

84 min | Germany:86 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Ireland | UK | Denmark

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 | USA:Unrated (with warning) | France:-12 | Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Australia:MA (2008) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R16 | Mexico:B15

Company:

Capitol Films

Goofs:

Continuity: After one of them hits the goat with a pipe, blood gets splattered on his face. But in the next shot the arrangement on blood on his face is different.

Movie Connections:

References Leprechaun (1993)

Soundtrack:

Speak to Breathe

load of rubbish

I saw this movie tonight. Never have left comment here but feel compelled to warn you all before wasting your money in cinema - AVOID! I'm Irish and this film was made by Irish people, but never have I been so insulted by such deedley-i-isms, or laughed so hard at the completely rubbish and regurgitated story that they peddle here. Absolute load of tosh - stolen sequences from at least 10 different films, not the slightest bit scary or ironic. They were too cheap to spend any money on gore so decided to go for the 'unseen horror' option. The film actually got booed in the cinema as the end credits rolled, by not just me, but half the audience. Breathnach should be ashamed of himself, never show this film in Ireland again, and stay well away from the horror genre. Shame on Bord Scannan na hEireann for giving him the money, but it just goes to show what an old boys club the 'Irish Film Industry' actually is. *response to 'Johnofgod'* I do not work anywhere near the entertainment industry, and have as such no grudge to carry against anyone therein. In fact I'm a science student, and have no desire to pick up a movie camera. I am however a fan of cinema and horror movies and take offense when a 'popular' director picks a 'popular' genre and makes a total pigs ear out of it, when I then in turn am expected to shell out premium prices for someone else's vanity and back-clapping. I am quite certain also that the good money thrown after bad towards salaries, production and marketing on this one, could have funded 5 superior new hopefuls with the aim of in fact igniting a revival in the 'Industry' and saving the rest of us from the embarrassing drivel we got. I saw the film as the surprise film at the Horrorthon in the IFI, and certainly did not choose to see it as such. Given the surprise film from previous years, this one certainly was a surprise, and I'll be hard pressed to attend again next year. I don't know if you were there but certainly the boos I heard were not phantomised. I am entitled however to express my opinion of the film on this opinion page for the film, and given the other comments I do not think I am alone in my musings. Your unashamed vitriol towards my comments only serves to make me think that I have possibly hit a nerve with your own misgivings towards an 'industry' within which you are vaguely 'un/employed'.