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The Tiger's Tail

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 47m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.4K
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The Tiger's Tail (2006)
ComedyCrimeDrama
After a chance encounter, a Dubliner stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.After a chance encounter, a Dubliner stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.After a chance encounter, a Dubliner stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.
IMDb RATING
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1.4K
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    • John Boorman
    • John Boorman
  • Stars
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Kim Cattrall
    • Ciarán Hinds
    • John Boorman
    • John Boorman
  • Stars
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Kim Cattrall
    • Ciarán Hinds
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    Ciarán Hinds and Brendan Gleeson in The Tiger's Tail (2006)
    The Tiger's Tail (2006)
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    Kim Cattrall and Brendan Gleeson in The Tiger's Tail (2006)
    Brendan Gleeson in The Tiger's Tail (2006)
    Kim Cattrall and Brian Gleeson in The Tiger's Tail (2006)
    Brendan Gleeson in The Tiger's Tail (2006)

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    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Liam O'Leary…
    Kim Cattrall
    Kim Cattrall
    • Jane O'Leary
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Father Andy
    Sinéad Cusack
    Sinéad Cusack
    • Oona O'Leary
    Sean McGinley
    Sean McGinley
    • Declan Murray
    Cathy Belton
    Cathy Belton
    • Sally
    Brian Gleeson
    Brian Gleeson
    • Connor O'Leary
    Angeline Ball
    Angeline Ball
    • Ursula
    Paul Gannon
    • Obstructing Man
    Ruth McCabe
    Ruth McCabe
    • Large Woman
    Stanley Townsend
    Stanley Townsend
    • Jim Brady - The Banker
    Moira Deady
    • Maeve - Liam's Mother
    Michael McElhatton
    Michael McElhatton
    • Dr. Alex Loden
    Michael Ford-FitzGerald
    Michael Ford-FitzGerald
    • Male Nurse
    • (as Michael FitzGerald)
    Denis Conway
    Denis Conway
    • Bertie Brennan
    Charlene McKenna
    Charlene McKenna
    • Samantha
    Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
    Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
    • Larry Cooney
    • (as Tom Vaughan Lawlor)
    Ruth Lawlor
    • Larry's Secretary
      • John Boorman
      • John Boorman
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      "The Tiger's Tail" refers to the "Celtic Tiger" economic boom that Ireland experienced from 1995 to 2008 (Ireland was said to officially be in recession as of June 24th 2008).
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Liam pulls up at Oona's house, his car is a 03 Golf with wheel trims. When they are taking Conor to the hospital a side shot of the car is shown which clearly shows the car with alloy wheels. The number plate on the car 03-D-55897 is the same in both shots.
    • Quotes

      Liam O'Leary: You fired a shotgun at me, that wasn't very brotherly was it?

    • Crazy credits
      Credits role over Liam's boat sailing out of the harbor into the horizon

    User reviews19

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    8/10
    Worth seeing
    I was an extra on this movie, in the Awards Dinner scene near the beginning, and I looked forward to the finished product with some trepidation because the dialog seemed quite poor. However, i have been pleasantly surprised. This is a good movie, and maybe I'm stupid but I didn't see the ending coming; It thought it was a very good resolution, and I don't understand why one reviewer says it leaves numerous threads hanging. I thought all of the production values the music and everything were very good. My criticisms would be the same for most Irish movies; the relatively poor acting of the more junior actors (I refer in particular to the drunken girlfriend we first encounter in the Temple Bar nightclub. There were other weaknesses, things that could have been much better handled such as the first appearance of the doplleganger, and O'Leary getting coshed in the toilets (again, bad acting by the other actors there). Some things were just stupid, like the statement that the more houses O'Leary builds the more homeless there are; Boorman should stick to the directing and leave the economics to others. Kim shouldn't have attempted the Oirish (sic) accent. It would have been quite believable for O'Leary to have married an American, and better, even.

    It gives a reasonably good insight into middle-class Ireland, and a glimpse of the world of the down-and-out (which is the same everywhere, I suppose). I stayed until the very end of the credits.
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    • Nov 26, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 2006 (Ireland)
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Merlin Films
      • Fern Gully Tales
      • National Lottery through UK Film Council
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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