Hard Times

Original title: Holy Water

20092009
RR
1h 34min

Linda Hamilton and Tom Lister Jr. in Holy Water (2009)

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

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Holy Water (2009)

The Priest leads the mourners at Dermot's funeral

Someone in the village has money if they can afford an Ascari, Donal helps a young lady out.

Sean, Podger, Donal and Gaffer are caught searching the river

Gaffer, Donal, Sean and Podger pose by the fruits of their crime

Sixpac, Cory and Kimberly arrive to take over the investigation

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#LisaCatara and #LindaHamilton on the set of "Holy Water" (aka Hard Times) in the UK.

Lisa Catara with Linda Hamilton, Stanley Townsend, Angeline Ball and Tiny Lister in "Hard Times".

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The village of Kilcoulin's 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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Taglines
- Time for a stiff drink
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity
Parents guide

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

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!

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!

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

Top review

6/10

Not as good as I had hoped, but still entertaining

It's been a long time since I saw an Irish film, so when I came across this, I thought I'd give it a go.

I was however, underwhelmed. I didn't laugh once. The characters' plan and execution was just too ridiculous to believe (think Allo Allo), and the main characters seemed a bit over acted. It's a shame, because I think the entire storyline could have been done so much better! I don't think it was a complete waste of time though, and would recommend if you want to turn off your brain for the evening and just want something a bit different.

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PinkPuffin
Oct 20, 2021

Release date
- June 2013 (United States)
Country of origin
- Ireland
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Waters Rising
Filming locations
- Devon, England, UK
Production companies
- Centurion
- Feature Productions
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Gross worldwide
- $148,498

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Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Color

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