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A woman becomes furious when her husband arrives home from the local pub and turns into a rat.

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Cast

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Conchita Flynn
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Uncle Matt
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Phelim Spratt
Andrew Lovern ...
Pius Flynn
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Marietta Flynn
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Hubert Flynn
Veronica Duffy ...
Daisy
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Rudolph
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Father Geraldo
Alfie ...
Mickey the Dog
Peter Caffrey ...
Mick the Barman
Rita Hamill ...
Estate Woman
Roxanna Nic Liam ...
Hopscotch Child (as Roxanna Williams)
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The Doctor
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Newsreader
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Bookies Manager
Niall O'Brien ...
Man in Bookies
John O'Toole ...
Man in Bookies
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Man in Pub
Mick Nolan ...
Man in Pub
Gavin Dowdall ...
Kid
Jamie McCormack ...
Kid
Keith O'Brien ...
Kid
Sian Napper ...
Kid
Aaron Joseph-Galvin ...
Kid
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Mr. Reilly
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Barrister
Arthur Riordan ...
Sergeant
Michael Hayes ...
Young Garda
Billie Traynor ...
Woman Shopping
Mary Moynihan ...
Woman Shopping
Margaret Twomey ...
Woman Shopping
Keith Moran ...
Busker
Aaron Moran ...
Busker
John Farrell ...
Busker
Shane Moran ...
Busker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Donal O'Farrell ...
Barrister (uncredited)

Directed by

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Steve Barron

Written by

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Wesley Burrowes ... (written by)

Produced by

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Stephanie Allain ... executive producer
Steve Barron ... producer
David Collins ... co-producer
Brian Henson ... executive producer
John McDonnell ... co-producer
Alison Owen ... producer
Stewart Till ... executive producer

Music by

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Pete Briquette
Bob Geldof

Cinematography by

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Brendan Galvin ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Yardley

Editorial Department

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Kevin Ahern ... second assistant editor
Phil Bricklebank ... colorist
Ray Lau ... first assistant editor
Jennifer Lewicki ... post-production coordinator
Jamie Pearson ... second assistant editor

Casting By

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Nina Gold
Maureen Hughes

Production Design by

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Mark Geraghty

Art Direction by

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Conor Devlin

Set Decoration by

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Johnny Byrne

Costume Design by

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Siobhan Barron

Makeup Department

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Rosie Blackmore ... key makeup artist
Carole Dunne ... key hair stylist
Fiona Hogan ... makeup artist
Aisling Nairn ... makeup trainee
Elaine O'Sullivan ... hair trainee
Marion O'Toole ... assistant hair stylist

Production Management

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John McDonnell ... unit production manager
Louis Phillips ... executive in charge of production
Neris Thomas ... post-production supervisor
Mickey Walsh ... production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Catherine Dunne ... second assistant director
Adrienne Greenhalgh ... trainee assistant director
Claire Keogh ... assistant director: second unit
Clare Keogh ... second unit director / trainee assistant director
Suzanne Nicell ... co-second assistant director
Robert Quinn ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Eoin Bailey ... stagehand
Russ Bailey ... construction manager
Deirdre Byrne ... set dresser
William Byrne ... dressing props
Julian Caldow ... storyboard artist
Ken Carroll ... signwriter
Amber Carter ... assistant scenic artist
Austin Connolly ... carpenter
Manus Daly ... supervising carpenter
Glyn Dillon ... storyboard artist
Fionnuala Dorney ... construction contact
Neil Duggan ... props runaround
Joe Gaynor ... stand-by painter
Ciara Gormley ... assistant art director
John Greene ... carpenter
Tony Kelly ... stagehand
Kevin Kileen ... rigger (as Kevin Killeen)
Rene Knol ... chargehand dressing props
Nuala McKiernan ... stand-by props
Colm Murnane ... carpenter
Owen Murnane ... master painter
Fenton O'Brien ... plasterer
Eamonn O'Higgins ... property master
Jimmy O'Meara ... stand-by stagehand
Jenny Oman ... production buyer
Gary Purdey ... carpenter
Robbie Reilly ... stand-by rigger
Tommy Rennick ... carpenter
Edward Richardson ... painter
Dave Wallace ... stand-by props
Graeme Bird ... propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Paula Boram ... foley artist
Tim Cavagin ... re-recording mixer
Jens Christensen ... foley editor / foley recordist
Felicity Cottrell ... foley artist
Twydor Davis ... dialogue editor
Brendan Deasy ... sound recordist
Conor Mackey ... assistant sound editor
Steve McLaughlin ... sound utility
Steven McLoughlin ... sound maintenance (as Stephen McLoughlin)
Stephen Pelluet ... assistant sound engineer
Eddie Quinn ... boom operator
James Seddon ... dolby consultant
Steve Single ... re-recording mixer
Ian Wilson ... supervising sound editor
Garry Fiferman ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Daniel Burnett ... animatronic designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop (as Dan Burnett)
Graham Bushe ... special effects coordinator
Chris Coxon ... animatronic designer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Chris Fitzgerald ... creative project supervisor
Maurice Foley ... special effects supervisor
Marie Fraser ... foam supervisor
Julian Manning ... electronic supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Geoff Paige ... workshop supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Adrian Parish ... animatronic designer
Andreas Rostock ... laser recording
Vicky Stockwell ... hair supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Nicola Tedman ... fabrication supervisor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Kenny Wilson ... model/mold shop supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Clare Burgess ... visual effects editor
Nick Drew ... visual effects coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Robert Duncan ... ratvision effects
Steen Lyders Hansen ... inferno artist
Jolene McCaffrey ... digital compositor: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Adam McInnes ... digital compositor
Joelle Newton-Mold ... digital compositor: Jim Henson Creature Shop
Collette Nunes ... visual effects coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Karim Sahai ... digital compositor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Michael Turoff ... visual effects producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Val Wardlaw ... compositing supervisor: Jim Hanson's Creature Shop
Royston Willcocks ... digital compositor: Jim Henson Creature Shop

Stunts

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Dominick Hewitt ... stunt driver
Eamon A. Kelly ... stunt coordinator (as Eamonn Kelly)
Phil Lonergan ... stunts
Donal O'Farrell ... stunts
Alan Walsh ... stunts
Philippe Zone ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Frank Benvenuto ... behind the scenes camera
Alan Butler ... focus puller
Pete Cavaciuti ... steadicam operator (as Peter Cavaciutti)
Hugh-Thomas Cavanagh ... electrician
Dermot Coleman ... practical electrician
Sean Corcoran ... additional director of photography: second unit
Con Dempsey ... rigging electric
Richard Donnelly ... focus puller: second unit (as Richie Donnelly)
Richie Egan ... crane operator: second unit
Eoin Farrell ... focus puller: second unit
Nicky Fitzgerald ... electrician
Russell Gleeson ... focus puller: second unit
David Grennan ... clapper loader
Aidan Griffin ... grip: second unit
Roy Hill ... electrician
Malcolm Huse ... crane operator: second unit
Dracey Jobbins ... crane operator: second unit
Declan King ... focus puller: second unit
Helen Madden ... camera trainee
Niall Mannion ... best boy
Michael McDermott ... gaffer
John Murphy ... grip
Peter O'Toole ... generator operator
Xandy Sahla ... steadicam operator (as Alexander Sahla)
Fionn Seavers ... video assist operator
Keith Sewell ... steadicam operator
Brian Sheridan ... rigging electric
Brendan Walls ... electrician
Des Whelan ... camera operator: "a" camera

Casting Department

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Lynn Glaser ... casting assistant (as Lynn Emblem)
Amy Rowan ... casting assistant: Ireland (as Amelia Rowan)
Holly Carey ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sharon Beatty ... costume maker
Clodagh Deegan ... wardrobe assistant
Jessica Draper ... wardrobe assistant
Gill Howard ... assistant costume designer
Tanja Loch ... wardrobe assistant
Bobbie Peach ... costume maker (as Bobby Peach)
Liz Treacy ... wardrobe assistant

Location Management

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Leonora Frawley ... assistant location manager
Catherine Geary ... location assistant
Cathy Pearson ... location manager

Music Department

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Becky Bentham ... score supervisor
Bob Geldof ... music supervisor
Michael Higham ... music editor
Maggie Rodford ... score supervisor
Nick Wollage ... music engineer
Dom Kelly ... musician: oboe (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Laerke Sigfred Pedersen ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Stephen Carroll ... action vehicles
Al Morris ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Sandra Corbally ... stand-in
Paul Davidson ... production coordinator
Simon Eriksen ... assistant animal handler
Donna Fitzsymons ... accounts assistant
Donal Geraghty ... production accountant
Mathew Gibson ... assistant animal handler
Gerry Grennell ... dialogue coach
Piers Hampton ... project producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Ann Head ... animal trainer
Nigel Horn ... laboratory coordinator
Angela Jackson ... production legal services
Hilary Kehoe ... production executive
Ashifa Lalani ... first assistant accountant
Jennifer Lewicki ... assistant to producer
Gerry Lundberg ... unit publicist
Owen Magee ... Production Trainee / production trainee
Brian McBreen ... assistant: Mr. Barron
Ciaran McCabe ... on-set production assistant
Ciara McGowan ... production secretary
Sinead O'Doherty ... assistant publicist
Ciara O'Sullivan ... crowd coordinator
Katie O'Sullivan ... assistant animal handler
Emma Scott ... production office coordinator
Frankie Tervit ... second assistant accountant
Billi Webster ... accounts trainee (as Billie Webster)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Dublin deliveryman Hubert Flynn feels peaked. Home from the pub, he lies down; while his nagging wife Conchita looks on, he turns into a rat. She's chafed at how inconsiderate he is: hardly touching his food the next morning and leaving droppings on the good doilies. With curiosity seekers outside the flat and a writer at the door offering to help Conchita turn her story into a book, she calls a family meeting. Her seminary-bound son Pius wants to kill the rat; other family members are ambivalent. They opt to hurl Hubert over the fence of a maggot farm. Christmas approaches; an exorcism is in the cards, and the book becomes the Holy Grail. What of Hubert's conversion? Written by

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Taglines He might eat maggots and live in a cage but he's still our Dad See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'étrange histoire d'Hubert (France)
  • Mi vida como una rata (Spain)
  • Плъх (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • To pontiki tis symforas (Greece)
  • Мистер крыс (Russia)
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  • 89 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The cast of this film includes three Academy Award nominees: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, and Kerry Condon. Of these three actors, Postlethwaite is the only one who was nominated before the release of this film. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Take Me Home Tonight (2011). See more »
Soundtracks Secret Love See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Hubert: Seventy years ago, me grandfather, Hubert Flynn Foster, set out from his home in the County Wexford, and joining north over the hills and valleys of Whitlock, until he came to Dublin City.
Hubert: I remember once, when I was a chiseler, he caught me whittlin' up against the wall. And he told me if I behaved like a dog, I might turn into a dog. And then he was off on one of his old yarns about people he knew that turned into goats and weasels. Of course we ran afoul, he said, of more than his prayers. But sometimes, in and among the ramblings, there'd be a grain of truth.
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