Hard Times (2009)

The town of Kilcoulins Leap will never be the same after a down-on-his-luck mailman botches a get-rich-quick scheme.

Director:

Tom Reeve

Writer:

Michael O'Mahony

Stars:

John Lynch, Cornelius Clarke, Lochlann O'Mearáin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Lynch	...	Tom Gaffney
Cornelius Clarke	...	Podger Byrnes
Lochlann O'Mearáin	...	Donal O'Connell (as Lochlann O'Mearain)
Cian Barry	...	Sean Casey
Susan Lynch	...	Geraldine Gaffney
Deirdre Mullins	...	Kate Mulvey
Linda Hamilton	...	Cory Williams
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	...	SixPac Jordan
Stanley Townsend	...	Inspector Brian Hogan
Angeline Ball	...	PC Anne Mooney
Ray Callaghan	...	Uncle Tim
Frank Dunne	...	Old Ned Lynch
Dermot Crowley	...	Father Grogan
Pascal Scott	...	Mihal Casey
Marianne March	...	Sheila Casey

Storyline

The village of Kilcoulins Leap was once a thriving spa town, and was home to a famous Holy Well, but now offers little by way of employment for its people, and its decline seems inexorable. When local Postie, Podger Byrnes, comes up with a plan to hijack a consignment of Viagra, and sell it on the open market in Amsterdam, his friends are desperate enough to try it. Not counting on the muscular response of Viagra's makers, the boys panic and hide the lorry load of Viagra down the town's Holy Well.

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Plot Keywords:

viagra | ireland | heist | 

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Taglines:

A new breed of hardened criminals

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hard Times

Filming Locations:

Devon, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Feature Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Won Best Film at the first ever New York's Friars Club Comedy Film Festival in September 2009.

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Quotes

Podger Byrnes: The American Swat Fellas, You should see the big fella they have with them. God! the big black fella he took out a big sniffer, and waived it all over me.
Donal O'Connell: Yeagh! Well, will be seeing a lot more of that in prison!

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Crazy Credits

Coq au Vin (serves 6) 1 Large Coq 18 shallots, 1 Bouquet Garni 1 litre Coq Stock 200 g diced back bacon 6 cloves garlic, 1 bottle of Merlot Method: Have your butcher prepare your Coq into 8 joints. Fry your coq pieces until a lovely golden colour forms, set aside. Fry bacon, add garlic and then shallots until a lovely golden colour emerges. Add above ingredients to your lovely golden Coq and keep frying in a casserole dish. Pour on Coq stock and bring to boil, add wine, put a lid back on and simmer, then... do the laundry, collect kids from school, do more groceries, rant and rave at the state of the traffic and congestion charges. Rush home, put youngest kid on naughty step. Cry briefly in laundry room, set table and Serve Coq with crusty bread... Then make pasta and ketchup because the kids don't like it. Give up, have a drink, and go to bed crying. Feck the dishes, you are nobody's slave!

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Connections

Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #12.25 (2010)

User Reviews

Authentic? Who cares?

I saw this film in London when it was release in February and was surprised when I read some negative reviews. Some sour-faced reviewer said there were no laughs in it. He must have seen a different film. But what annoyed me about the naysayers most was their insistence that it wasn't a good film because it was not filmed in Ireland, but in Devon and therefore not authentic and therefore no good! I can't see the logic to this argument at all. It's not a documentary, it's a comedy that happens to take place in Ireland with Irish characters. In fact all the Irish characters in the film are played by Irish actors(I have lots of free time to comb the net). I got some news for those who disliked this film for daring to be filmed not in Ireland; Gone with the Wind was not filmed in the "Deep South", but in Hollywood. The Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films were not filmed in India or Africa, but in Hollywood. The Wizard of Oz was not filmed in the Land of Oz or even in Australia, but in Hollywood. WAKING NED (Irish film with a Scot playing one of the main leads) was filmed in the Isle of Man, not Ireland. Mary Poppins was not filmed in London, but in Hollywood.Okay, Seven Samuraii was filmed in Japan, but did the film-makers go back in time to the 1600s? No!NOT AUTHENTIC! Most of Titanic was filmed in a water tank in Mexico, not the North Atlantic. Casablanca was not film in Morrocco, but in ... you guessed it. Does it make any of those films less enjoyable knowing they are not "authentic"? If you answered yes, then go and write crappy reviews of films that are trying nothing more than to entertain you. How dare they? I WILL NOT FEEL GOOD AND POSITIVE BECAUSE I HATE HATE HATE. I WANTED TO WRITE NOVELS INSTEAD OF THREE COLUMNS IN A NEWSPAPER!!!! Anyway, I thought Holy WAter was a good film. Okay, it could have been better, but as far as I know it is a low-budget independent film that probably needed a break. But the school bullies have grown up and now write film reviews!"Let's kick it before it has a chance to get up"!