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The Runway ()


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The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.

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Cast

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Ernesto Cordoba (as Demian Bichir)
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Grace Thomas
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Sutherland
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Paco Thomas
John Carpenter ...
Frogs Connors (as John Carpenter Jr.)
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Tommy Carmody
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Manus
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Francisco De Caldus
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Eddie
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Seamus
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Martin
Jean-François Wolff ...
Joe
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Frog's Da
John Molloy ...
Cathal
Caroline Power ...
Laura Kelly
Paul Roe ...
Detective Higgins
John Desmond ...
Garda Frank (as John D. Desmond)
Julie Sharkey ...
Marie
Martin Lucey ...
Ned
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Miss Cashman (as Claire Johnston-Cauldwell)
Erik Abbott ...
Bill
Karl Pierce ...
Steve
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IRA Leader
Shane O'Neill ...
IRA Man
Mark Kilbride ...
News Cameraman
Shane Casey ...
Dallas
John Crean ...
Wingnut
Grattan Smith ...
Shorty
Stephen Moran ...
Darren
Conor McEvoy ...
Keith
Kim Chung Tsang ...
Tony
Nilton Martins ...
Sanchez
Gav Guilfoyle ...
Greg (as Gavan Guilfoyle)
Will Higgins ...
Pete the Sweep
Jose Jimenez ...
Voice of real Francisco (voice)
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Columbian Guard (uncredited)
Kim Hermans ...
Columbian Mineworker (uncredited)
Ger O'Leary ...
Village Rocker (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ian Power

Written by

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Ian Power ... ()

Produced by

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Marina Fuentes Arredonda ... executive producer
James Atherton ... executive producer
Michelle Brassil ... line producer
Morgan Bushe ... associate producer
Tomas Eskilsson ... executive producer
Howard Gibbins ... line producer
Macdara Kelleher ... producer
Brendan McDonald ... producer
Bernard Michaux ... co-delegate producer / co-producer
Jan Pace ... executive producer
Ian Power ... producer

Music by

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Gast Waltzing

Cinematography by

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P.J. Dillon

Editing by

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Amine Jaber

Editorial Department

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Alex Coppedge ... teaser editor
Gary Curran ... hd colourist
Ian Debri ... second assistant editor
Henning Lind Eriksen ... film out: operator
Steve Flammang ... second assistant editor
Esther Leonard ... assistant editor
Marc Recchia ... assistant editor
Simon Thornton ... hd finishing
Bart Verraest ... colorist

Casting By

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Oonagh Kearney
Anne McCarthy

Production Design by

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Ray Ball

Art Direction by

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Aeveen Fleming

Costume Design by

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Uli Simon

Makeup Department

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Gill Brennan ... makeup assistant
Liz Byrne ... makeup artist / makeup designer
Anna Gronerus ... hair designer
Rian McCarthy ... hair/makeup: trainee
Amanda Mullen ... hair/makeup: trainee (as Amanda Cullen)
Bernadette O'Sullivan ... hair/makeup: trainee
Zorro ... hair design: additional

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Guillaume Borkhataria ... trainee assistant director
Thanos Goltsos ... third assistant director
Cathy Hegarty ... trainee assistant director
Eimear Kelly ... trainee assistant director
Owen Magee ... first assistant director
Rosai Mc Carthy ... third assistant director (as Rosai MacCarthy)
Susan Drennan Mcgrath ... second assistant director (as Susan Drennan)
Orla O'Regan ... trainee assistant director
Sonja Otto ... trainee assistant director
Niall Owens ... trainee assistant director
Jeremy Paul ... trainee assistant director

Art Department

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Alain Boucherie ... prop master
Antoine Carton de Grammont ... painter (as Antoine Carton)
Lydia Cettiga ... painter
Micky de Matos Cadete ... carpenter (as Amilcar DeMatos Cadete) / carpenter
Amiclar De Matos ... carpenter
Valérie Dodeigne ... head painter
Kate Dolan ... trainee art director
Kevin Downey ... prop buyer: Ireland
Caoimhe Dunne ... trainee art director
Bob Feltgen ... prop buyer: Luxembourg
Thomas Ferrandis ... carpenter
Michaël Gojon dit Martin ... armourer
Frédéric Jesson ... carpenter
Emma Lowney ... trainee prop buyer
Jerome McDonnell ... dressing props
Gary O'Donnell ... standby painter: Ireland
Paddy Patterson ... construction manager
Barbara Prati ... set dresser / stand-by props
Tiziana Raffaelli ... painter
Harald Rude ... assistant set dresser
Raphael Thiry ... carpenter
Claude Thoma ... trainee art director
Paddy Treanor ... stagehand: Ireland

Sound Department

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Per Boström ... foley editor / re-recording mixer / sound effects editor
Linda Brännström ... foley assistant
Matti Carlson ... foley artist
Daniel Crowley ... sound recordist (as Danny Crowley)
Andrew Douglas ... trainee sound
Robert Flanagan ... production sound mixer (as Rob Flanagan)
Linda Forsén ... supervising sound editor
Christian Holm ... sound effects editor
Matti Karlsson ... foley artist
Paul Naughton ... boom operator
Niklas Skarp ... sound effects editor
Joakim Sundström ... executive sound editor

Special Effects by

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Michaël Gojon dit Martin ... armourer
Gary Greenberg ... vehicle designer

Visual Effects by

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Aaron Brady ... digital compositor
Declan Dowling ... digital compositor / digital effects director
Ian Hamilton ... compositor / digital compositor
Niall Mooney ... digital compositor
Ben O'Connor ... 3D animation: & lighting / digital compositor
Rory Thompson ... 3D animation: & lighting / 3D modeling (as Rory Tompson)

Stunts

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Gary Greenberg ... precision driver
Dominick Hewitt ... stunt driver
Micha Mann ... stunt coordinator: Luxembourg (as Michael Mann)
Donal O'Farrell ... stunt coordinator: Ireland / stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department

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Christine Ayoub ... second assistant camera (as Chris Ayoub)
Fionn Comerford ... focus puller
Niall Cullinane ... second assistant camera: additional photography
Simon Culliton ... focus puller: dailies
Con Dempsey ... rigging gaffer
Russell Gleeson ... b camera focus puller
Tobias Henriksson ... best boy
Dracey Jobbins ... rigger
Gunnar Jónsson ... additional grip
Jeff Kieffer ... second unit director of photography
Declan King ... b camera focus puller
Matthew Kirrane ... assistant camera
Robert Kustosik ... grip
Helder Loureiro Alves Da Silva ... gaffer
James McGuire ... rigging gaffer: second unit
Micheal O'Mogáin ... electrician
Andrew O'Reilly ... b camera focus puller
Caspar Rundegren ... trainee camera
Mirko Soisson ... electrician
Gaëlle Tanguy ... first assistant camera: second unit
Adam Tsan ... key grip: Ireland
Ricardo Vaz Palma ... stills photographer
Pádric Ó'Fátharta ... best boy (as Padraig O'Fatharta)

Casting Department

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Ayshea Halliwell ... extras casting: Luxembourg
Hilary McCarthy ... extras coordinator
Nick McGinley ... additional casting
Kellie Roy ... casting associate (as Kellie Gesell)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugenia Giesbrecht ... wardrobe assistant
Paul Keady ... wardrobe trainee
Mary Murphy ... wardrobe trainee
Julie Tierney ... wardrobe trainee
Lara Walker ... wardrobe supervisor

Location Management

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Patrick Blocman ... location manager: Luxembourg / location scout
John Burns ... location manager: Cork
Jonathan Christoph ... locations assistant
Norman Madden ... locations trainee
Hugh McCarthy ... locations trainee
Catherine Rollin ... locations assistant
Conor Slattery ... assistant location manager
Jerôme Tewes ... location assistant

Music Department

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Kieran Lynch ... sound engineer

Script and Continuity Department

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Jeanette McGrath ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Noel Burke ... unit driver
Eddie Cullen ... transport captain
Gareth Cullen ... unit driver
Geoff Cullen ... unit driver
Gary Greenberg ... action vehicle: designer
Paddy Hayes ... props truck driver
Les Kelly ... vehicle coordinator
Gaby Meyers ... facility/truck driver
Fiona Mulvey ... assistant transport captain
Connie Trattridge ... minibus driver

Additional Crew

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Guillaume Borkhataria ... stand-in
Stephen Canty ... caterer: Food For Thought
Loriana Casagrande ... chaperone
Susann Chandler ... assistant coordinator (as Susan Chandler)
Amanda Connolly ... unit nurse
Caitriona Cregan ... assistant coordinator
Eleanor Daly ... unit nurse
Niall Delaney ... production accountant
Mary Donovan ... unit nurse
Rory Dungan ... assistant to: Mr. Kelleher
Emer Fitzpatrick ... assistant accountant
Marianne Fobel ... assistant coordinator
James Hickey ... legal services
Sue Hill ... caterer: Herons Cove
Johanna Hogan ... legal services
Ian Jackson ... production assistant: for Fastnet Films
Paul Jackson ... insurance: AON Insurance
Ben Keenan ... production assistant: for Fastnet Films
Gillian Kierans ... chaperone
Katarina Krave ... legal advisor: Film I Väst
Aoife McGonigal ... production coordinator: for Fastnet Films
John McMahon ... chaperone
Alessandra Moynihan ... production coordinator
Colette Newman ... unit nurse
Jeremy Paul ... stand-in
Arsene Rausch ... animal wrangler: Luxembourg
Jessica Reavis ... pre-production coordinator
Béatrix Schwinden ... production trainee
Mirka Valova ... production coordinator
Christophe Vidal ... financial services
Billi Webster ... post production accountant

Thanks

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Liz Byrne ... special thanks to
Mark Byrne ... special thanks to
Pauline Cotter ... special thanks to
Guy Daleiden ... special thanks to
Sarah Dillon ... special thanks to
Volker Ehlers ... special thanks to
Paul Fitzgerald ... special thanks to
John Gleeson ... special thanks to
Gary Greenberg ... special thanks to (as Gary Greenburg)
John Kelleher ... special thanks to
Les Kelly ... special thanks to
Jonathan Loughran ... special thanks to
Alan Maher ... special thanks to
Teresa McGrane ... special thanks to
Andrew Meehan ... special thanks to
Patrick O'Neill ... special thanks to
Hilary O'Shaughnessy ... special thanks to
Mags O'Sullivan ... special thanks to
Steve Park ... special thanks to
Simon Perry ... special thanks to
Kerry Power ... special thanks to
Ryan Power ... special thanks to
Louise Ryan ... special thanks to
Emma Scott ... special thanks to
Maurice Seezer ... special thanks to
Paul Tsan ... special thanks to

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot Ernesto and convinces the town to fix his plane. But then to reunite Paco with his friend whose family are travelers and whose business is laying tarmac, Ernesto convinced the town to build a runway to get him home.

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Also Known As
  • Krashlandning (Sweden)
  • A kifutópálya (Hungary)
  • Взлетная полоса (Russia)
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Runtime
  • 101 min
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Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The film is based on a true story. See more »
Goofs Demián Bichír gives a driving lesson to Jamie Kierans in a left hand drive Ford Fiesta (which they hardly had in Ireland in 1983) and the same car 'miraculously' turns into a right hand one in a later scene when Bichír collects Kerry Condon for a date. See more »
Movie Connections Features Attack of the Space Terrapin (1978). See more »
Soundtracks Electric Co See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits are preceded by a black screen with very small white text reading "Kind of inspired by a true story...". See more »
Quotes Tommy Carmody: Look, eh, you're a traveler, right?
Frog's Da: I am indeed.
Tommy Carmody: Do you never think of... traveling?
Frog's Da: No.
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