The Shore (2011)

Director:

Terry George

Writer:

Terry George (written by)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story of Joe and Paddy, whose childhood friendship is shattered by the troubles in Northern Ireland. Twenty five years later they are reunited. |

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Anthony Brophy	...	Hughie
Conleth Hill	...	Paddy
Packy Lee	...	Jackie
Aidan McAteer	...	Tommy
Maggie Cronin	...	Mary
Ciarán Hinds	...	Joe
Kerry Condon	...	Patricia
Ruth McCabe
Lalor Roddy
Patch Connolly	...	Gravedigger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Crane	...	Old Friend

Directed by
Terry George

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Terry George		written by

Produced by
Oorlagh George	....	producer
Terry George	....	producer
Cathy Mooney	....	executive producer
Danny Moore	....	executive producer
Stephen Morrow	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Holmes
Foy Vance

Cinematography by
Michael McDonough		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joe Landauer

Casting by
Georgia Simpson

Production Design by
Tom McCullagh

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barry Keil	....	first assistant director
Neil Winterlich	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Ryan	....	sfx editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Noah Davis	....	first assistant camera
Tommy Lohmann	....	camera operator
Aidan Monaghan	....	still photographer
Dale Morgan	....	intern: camera
Alex Stevenson	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Jennifer Lilly	....	additional editor
Richie Roefaro	....	technical assistant
Tim Stipan	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Woody Jackson	....	musician
Woody Jackson	....	recording engineer
Hugo Nicolson	....	re-recording mixer

Other crew
Andrea Bamford	....	script supervisor
Catherine Geary	....	location manager

Distributors

• Cinemax (2012) (Hungary) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

29 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012) (TV)

If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on "The Shore"

I just completed my yearly pilgrimage to see the Oscar-nominated Live Action Shorts--tomorrow it's the Animated Shorts. This was a very unusual crop of shorts this year, as three of the five nominees were comedies--and usually the films are mostly deadly serious. Only two films are serious this year and NONE are about death, Nazis or other sad stuff! As I said, it's an unusual year. Now I am not complaining--this might just be the most enjoyable group of films I've seen in years.

This story is interesting in that you see two separate storied that eventually merge. It begins with a man and his friends walking along the shore--picking up mussels and other shellfish to sell. And, at the same time also in Ireland, you see a man coming back to his homeland after many years--and he brings his daughter with him. However, despite meeting all these old friends, there is a nagging problem--and it involves the beachcomber you see at the beginning of the tale.

As I said above, if I were the type person to gamble, I'd put my money on "The Shore" to be the Oscar-winner this year. Now this ISN'T to say it was necessarily the most enjoyable or that the other films were poor--but "The Shore" was the best overall package. It had it all. The story was very complex--rewarding and with some wonderful twists. The acting was lovely throughout. The story looked very cinematic--and the direction was very deft. There was simply nothing that could stand improvement. And, I kept my interest throughout.

UPDATE: Well, I wish I WAS a betting man as, indeed, "The Shore" did win the Oscar this year.