Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director:
Neil Jordan
Stars:
Cillian Murphy,
Morgan Jones,
Eva Birthistle
In the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Director:
Neil Jordan
Stars:
Sarah Patterson,
Angela Lansbury,
David Warner
The two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe ... See full summary »
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either...Written by
Eugene Kim <genekim@concentric.net>
In this movie, Stephen Rea plays a member of the Irish Republican Army. In his actual life, Rea was married for twenty years to Dolours Price, a member of the IRA who participated in a car bombing at London's Old Bailey in 1973. For her part in the bombing, Price was given a life sentence, though she actually only served seven years in prison. Rea and Price were married during the time that Rea filmed The Crying Game; they divorced in 2003 and Price died in 2013. In a posthumously released interview, Price admitted to also playing a role in one of the most notorious unsolved crimes of the "troubles" era: the 1972 kidnapping and murder of a Belfast mother of ten named Jean McConville, whose disappearance remained an open mystery until her body was found in 2003. See more »
Goofs
During the scene shot at Balbriggan County, Dublin, a Northern Ireland Railways GM locomotive 113 passes in the background, with a passenger train. The sound dubbed in is a British Rail HST railcar set, which is quite different. The sound
effect is also too short; most of the train passes silently. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Jody:
[playing ring toss at a carnival]
Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
And that. And that is cricket, hon.
Jody:
[wins a large teddy bear]
Do you want it?
Jude:
Sure!
Jody:
[hands her the teddy bear]
Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?
Jude:
Jude.
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When A Man Loves A Woman
Composed by Cameron Lewis and Arthur Wright
Published by Pronto Music Inc./Quinvy Music Publishing Co./Warner Tamberlane Publishing Corp.
By Kind Permission of Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Performed by Percy Sledge
Recording Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. See more »
This film (I have seen it twice) is a real piece of first class handy-craft. The supposed (and advertised as offensive to some) turn in the middle of it, might disturb some viewers and has nothing to do with the action. The calm and slow way of telling that's significant for the film, makes it perfect for Michael Rea as the sensitive reluctant IRA-volunteer. The musical theme (like the title) is simply Bull's Eye.
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This film (I have seen it twice) is a real piece of first class handy-craft. The supposed (and advertised as offensive to some) turn in the middle of it, might disturb some viewers and has nothing to do with the action. The calm and slow way of telling that's significant for the film, makes it perfect for Michael Rea as the sensitive reluctant IRA-volunteer. The musical theme (like the title) is simply Bull's Eye.