Good Irish Films

luce

Oh wow War of the Buttons and Into the West!!!
*Lucy takes a trip down memory lane*

ilovehoovering

How Harry Became A Tree - stars Colm Meaney and Cillian Murphy as his useless son.

caro

being irish is no excuse for being a gimp, especially when u go abroad and develop a thick dublin accent and some oirish charm cos its the only way people will pay any attention to you even though all you really need is a good swift kick in the nuts.

into the west ruled. damn horse... aah memories

stacy

when you think of great irish films, one just rises above the rest.

FATAL DEVIATION


http://www.risingsunproductions.net/features/deviation.html

catgirl

i'd sign the petition to get rid of colin farrel, but don't feed him to the dolphins. poor dolphins. fish would be much better any day than that muck. besides it's cruelty to animals.

i love war of the buttons! i haven't watched it years, but now you've made me want to go and rent it out. thank you.

i love that bit in into west where they're in the lift with the horse. classic tayto...

McGonagles

Originally posted by Paul Clarke
If you can get your hands on "I went down", starring Brendan Gleeson.

The music on it was by The Mexican Pets, I think...

It also has yer man who was the best man in Fergus's Wedding and
the guitarist in Paths To Freedom / Spin The Bottle... good actor,
forget his name.

Also look out for The Halo Effect, when and if it gets a release.
It was closing film in this year's Dublin Film Festival, and it has a Phil
Lynott theme running through it (Philomena Lynott is in the credits
for providing old posters and helping get music clearance)

There's a review of it on IMDB.com which is pretty accurate...
...if you have spent more than a weekend in Dublin, you will be
looking at familiar lamp posts and corners, trying to guess where
it was set, as Stephen Rea's character hums "Old Town".

Aidan Lynch

Yeah, now that you've reminded me, the soundtrack on I Went Down was pretty good an' all. They even had "Don't lead me down" by Revelino.

Have to go out and get a copy now. I just know that, as soon as I get it on VHS, it'll be released on DVD. It's always the way.

P.

Aidan Lynch

Oh, and it ended with that great Lír song as well:
"There are more things"

McGonagles

The Case of Majella McGinty was a brilliant Irish short, about a girl who hides in a suitcase.

And speaking of the Mexican Pets, frontman Pat Clafferty did some good film music.
Most obvious one being for Blessed Fruit (by Orla Walsh)

IMDB entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319070/

They list it as being from the UK, but don't worry,
it's as Irish as Jimmy Rabbitte's b****x!

The snag with short films is that they usually get shown once in a film
festival, once at a launch event (usually in the IFC), and aired once or
twice late at night on RTE2. And then you never see them again.

bilbao

I'd put Magdalen sisters... if i remember well, it's been made by a Scottish film-maker, Peter Mullan, but actresses are definitevely Irish, & the story too.
It's quite violent though (mentally speaking). If you like Irish history, it's a film to watch.

christi

All of the suggestions have been noted - the soundtrack for I went down as well, and as soon as HMV calls to tell me that the copy of "the boxer" that I ordered over ten days ago now is in - (slow as molases they are), I'm going to put in an order for a few of the titles that you've all so unselfishly told me about... And their being so many good movies, I think it best if I nock-off a bank on the way to the store : ) Oh goodie, then I will use all the trashie publicity to #1 help sell my book and #2 to protest the price of dvds in Canada... honestly - drugs are cheaper!

Again, thank you for all of the great suggestions.

And added to the list "the general"