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Waking Ned Devine

Original title: Waking Ned
  • 1998
  • PG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
27K
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Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Home Video Trailer from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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1 Video
52 Photos
Comedy

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

  • Director
    • Kirk Jones
  • Writer
    • Kirk Jones
  • Stars
    • Ian Bannen
    • David Kelly
    • Fionnula Flanagan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    27K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kirk Jones
    • Writer
      • Kirk Jones
    • Stars
      • Ian Bannen
      • David Kelly
      • Fionnula Flanagan
    • 245User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 9 wins & 8 nominations total

    Videos1

    Waking Ned Devine
    Trailer 0:56
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    Photos52

    David Kelly Stars as Michael O'Sullivan
    Pig Finn & Maggie
    Susan Lynch stars as Maggie
    James Nesbitt stars as Pig Flynn
    Fionnula Flanagan stars as Annie O'Shea
    Michael & Jackie
    Ian Bannen stars as Jackie O'Shea
    Ian Bannen and David Kelly in Waking Ned Devine (1998)
    Ian Bannen and David Kelly in Waking Ned Devine (1998)
    Ian Bannen, Fionnula Flanagan, David Kelly, and James Nesbitt in Waking Ned Devine (1998)
    David Kelly in Waking Ned Devine (1998)
    Susan Lynch in Waking Ned Devine (1998)

    Top cast

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    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • Jackie O'Shea
    David Kelly
    David Kelly
    • Michael O'Sullivan
    Fionnula Flanagan
    Fionnula Flanagan
    • Annie O'Shea
    Susan Lynch
    Susan Lynch
    • Maggie O'Toole
    James Nesbitt
    James Nesbitt
    • Pig Finn
    Paul Vaughan
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Adrian Robinson
    • Lotto Observer
    Maura O'Malley
    • Mrs. Kennedy
    Robert Hickey
    • Maurice O'Toole
    Paddy Ward
    • Brendy O'Toole
    James Ryland
    • Dennis Fitzgerald
    Fintan McKeown
    Fintan McKeown
    • Pat Mulligan
    Eileen Dromey
    • Lizzy Quinn
    Kitty Fitzgerald
    • Kitty
    Dermot Kerrigan
    • Father Patrick
    Jimmy Keogh
    • Ned Devine
    Brendan Dempsey
    • Jim Kelly
    • (as Brendan F. Dempsey)
    Matthew Devitt
    • Tom Toomey
    • Director
      • Kirk Jones
    • Writer
      • Kirk Jones
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      A significant sleeper success, this earned over $50 million from a $3 million budget.
    • Goofs
      When the lotto man comes to the village the fist time to verify the ticket, Jackie states that he has left the little bag with the ticket in it in the phone booth. However, earlier when Jackie and Michael are making the call to the lotto we see Jackie placing a red bag with the ticket in it on top of the phone, but when they leave the phone booth there is clearly no red bag left behind.
    • Quotes

      Jackie O'Shea: Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead. What a wonderful thing it would be to visit your own funeral. To sit at the front and hear what was said, maybe say a few things yourself. Michael and I grew old together. But at times, when we laughed, we grew young. If he was here now, if he could hear what I say, I'd congratulate him on being a great man, and thank him for being a friend.

    • Crazy credits
      Catherine Rutter is thanked twice
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Enemy of the State/Waking Ned Divine/A Bug's Life/Celebrity/The Rugrats Movie (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      The Parting Glass
      (1998)
      Composed and arranged by Shaun Davey
      Performed by Liam O'Maonlai
      By courtesy of London Records

    User reviews245

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    Featured review
    9/10
    A lovely Tale!
    Fionnula Flanagan, Ian Bannen and David Kelly, are just a few of an excellent cast in this tale about an Irish Lotto-winner, who is unable to collect.

    Never have I seen a lovelier yarn, and, I tell ye', I've seen a few! Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) figures out that one of the inhabitants in the local hamlet must have won the latest Lotto draw, and does he best to find out who, by every mean possible, and eventually finds out who.

    I don't want to spoil it, but it sure is a lovely story! Very close to a masterpiece, and it gets better each time I see it!

    Yours, Tord
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    • tord-1
    • Feb 19, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 1999 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Ireland
      • France
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
      • Irish Gaelic
    • Also known as
      • El divino Ned
    • Filming locations
      • Isle of Man
    • Production companies
      • Tomboy Films
      • Gruber Bros
      • Mainstream S.A.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,792,251
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $148,971
      • Nov 22, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $55,257,450
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1
      • 2.35 : 1

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