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Cast
Imelda Staunton | ... |
Conchita Flynn
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Frank Kelly | ... |
Uncle Matt
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David Wilmot | ... |
Phelim Spratt
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Andrew Lovern | ... |
Pius Flynn
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Kerry Condon | ... |
Marietta Flynn
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Pete Postlethwaite | ... |
Hubert Flynn
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Veronica Duffy | ... |
Daisy
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Ed Byrne | ... |
Rudolph
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Niall Toibin | ... |
Father Geraldo
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Alfie | ... |
Mickey the Dog
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Peter Caffrey | ... |
Mick the Barman
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Rita Hamill | ... |
Estate Woman
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Roxanna Nic Liam | ... |
Hopscotch Child
(as Roxanna Williams)
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Geoffrey Palmer | ... |
The Doctor
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Stanley Townsend | ... |
Newsreader
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Simon Delaney | ... |
Bookies Manager
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Niall O'Brien | ... |
Man in Bookies
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John O'Toole | ... |
Man in Bookies
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Jer O'Leary | ... |
Man in Pub
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Mick Nolan | ... |
Man in Pub
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Gavin Dowdall | ... |
Kid
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Jamie McCormack | ... |
Kid
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Keith O'Brien | ... |
Kid
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Sian Napper | ... |
Kid
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Aaron Joseph-Galvin | ... |
Kid
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Pat Kinevane | ... |
Mr. Reilly
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Mark Doherty | ... |
Barrister
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Arthur Riordan | ... |
Sergeant
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Michael Hayes | ... |
Young Garda
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Billie Traynor | ... |
Woman Shopping
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Mary Moynihan | ... |
Woman Shopping
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Margaret Twomey | ... |
Woman Shopping
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Keith Moran | ... |
Busker
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Aaron Moran | ... |
Busker
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John Farrell | ... |
Busker
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Shane Moran | ... |
Busker
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Donal O'Farrell | ... |
Barrister (uncredited)
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Directed by
Steve Barron |
Written by
Wesley Burrowes | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
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
Pete Briquette | ||
Bob Geldof |
Cinematography by
Brendan Galvin | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
David Yardley |
Editorial Department
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
Nina Gold | ||
Maureen Hughes |
Production Design by
Mark Geraghty |
Art Direction by
Conor Devlin |
Set Decoration by
Johnny Byrne |
Costume Design by
Siobhan Barron |
Makeup Department
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lynn Glaser | ... | casting assistant (as Lynn Emblem) |
Amy Rowan | ... | casting assistant: Ireland (as Amelia Rowan) |
Holly Carey | ... | casting assistant (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
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
Leonora Frawley | ... | assistant location manager |
Catherine Geary | ... | location assistant |
Cathy Pearson | ... | location manager |
Music Department
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
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Stephen Carroll | ... | action vehicles |
Al Morris | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
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) |
Production Companies
- Jim Henson Company (in association with)
- Jim Henson Productions
- Ruby Films
- Samson Films
- The Jim Henson Company
- Universal Pictures (presents)
Distributors
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Spain) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (France) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Italy) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Universal Focus (2001) (United States) (theatrical)
- Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (video)
- Finnkino (2001) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
- Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Air-Edel Associates (music supervision)
- Cine Electric Ltd. (electrical equipment)
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
- Landsdowne Recording Studios (music recorded at)
- Midnight Transfer (telecine)
- Panavision (camera equipment provided by)
- Sapex Scripts (post-production script)
- Soho Images (film lab)
- The Courtyard (video assist equipment)
- UK Computamatch (negative cutting)
Storyline
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?
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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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Did You Know?
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 |
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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. See more » |