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10 October 2008 (Ireland) morePlot:
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Inspirational Irish Film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gerard McSorley | ... | Detective Lynch | |
| Anthony Fox | ... | Anton | |
| Laura Way | ... | Maria | |
| Andy Smith | ... | Brendan | |
| Cillian Roche | ... | Edward | |
| Vincent Fegan | ... | Diarmuid | |
| Sean Stewart | ... | Steven | |
| Griet van Damme | ... | Sophie | |
| Ronan Wilmot | ... | Johnny | |
| Rachel Rath | ... | Detective Byrne | |
| Richard Wall | ... | Detective Thornton | |
| Rory Mullen | ... | Detective Flynn | |
| Patrick Clarke | ... | Barrister Macken | |
| Seamus Hughes | ... | Tonto (as Seamus O'Haodha) | |
| Lenny Hayden | ... | Chief Prison Officer Swafford |
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I gave Anton a 10 rating despite a couple of misgivings. The sheer ambition of this movie is inspirational! Ambition, something sadly lacking in Ireland, just look at RTE, TV3 and the morons who run the country. I can't recall an Irish film which dared to compete with Hollywood action thrillers, Recent Irish Films (A film with me in it, Middletown, Adam & Paul, 32a, Garage etc) have been slow paced and better suited for TV. Sorry about the rant! The recreation of the 70's period in this movie is flawless, the score, cinematography and most of the performances are incredible. On the downside, the filmmakers tried to cram so much in that the film losses focus at points. Gerard McSorley does his thing to great effect lending tremendous weight to the production, but it's the supporting performances that are surprisingly good. With Anton, Irish Film is getting on track, (not back on track, because it was never on track in my opinion) What Ireland needs is more people working in the film industry with balls and before you say, what about movies like, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, Michael Collins, Veronica Guerin etc, yes they were good, great even, but these films were made by Hollywood studios so can't be considered true Irish Films.