Galway's finest movie moment?

Foxerella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdkk2qCshjI

Saw this movie last weekend. Bloody brilliant for all the wrong reasons.
Hilarious, and some great local talent to boot.

Krieg

Haha, I remember when part of henry st. was closed off for this, though I didnt see the filming.
I see its on amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Bloodfist-8-Hard-Way-Out/dp/B00005B1ZV
Im gonna order a copy, should go great with a few beers & mates

edit: Dont suppose theres any shops selling it in town?

lovelyhome

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Krieg

lovelyhome wrote: »

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Aye, I dont know how much of the film is galway, foxerella would know. IMDB have galway listed as the primary shoot location

Foxerella

Yes, whole movie was shot here in about 1996, by concorde studios. Parts of galway doubled for the states, before the story moves to ireland.
I managed to get this from someone who got it from some galway head, who bought it in Hawaii, of all places:)

Hotwheels

Nope nope Nope..not by a long shot..
The North Sea Hijack from 1979 with Rodger Moore.
I came round the corner of the docks one morning and thought I was in another country
They had changed all the signs on the buildings etc....:D

Foxerella

I remember it well. Anthony Perkins passed me at Mervue Church bus stop on way to town. No Joke, Him & rest of cast were staying in Corrib Great Southern at the time. Great Flick,

Hotwheels

Foxerella wrote: »

I remember it well. Anthony Perkins passed me at Mervue Church bus stop on way to town. No Joke, Him & rest of cast were staying in Corrib Great Southern at the time. Great Flick,

Yep met a lot of the cast & crew up town during the making of the film, kinda cool to see these folks walking round shop street...

Krieg

Hotwheels wrote: »

Nope nope Nope..not by a long shot..
The North Sea Hijack from 1979 with Rodger Moore.
I came round the corner of the docks one morning and thought I was in another country
They had changed all the signs on the buildings etc....:D

Excellent!. Just had a look at the film and took a few sceenshots and posted them in the 'Old Galway' thread. The film looks half decent too, Im gonna watch it through sometime over the weekend.

Anymore Galway movies?

Edit: IMDB actually list films by location of shooting
http://www.imdb.com/List?endings=on&&locations=Galway%20City,%20County%20Galway,%20Ireland&&heading=18;with+locations+including;Galway%20City,%20County%20Galway,%20Ireland
One not listed is a recent enough one, Marley & Me. Which was shot out in Roundstone, though I haven't seen it

rabbitinlights

The scene in the shop from "Hard Way Out" was filmed in a shop in Inverin, Co. Galway. I remember because when I was 15 I walked about 2 miles to the bloody thing one evening and it was closed and made to look all american. Had to do without any bon-bons that night!

S.

bigeasyeah

Thay made 8 of these films?! :eek::)

EJLL

Hard Way Out is so bad it's entertaining. I lent it to a friend and she passed it on to someone else and I haven't seen it since. Typical!

Hector is in it at one point playing one of the Gardai. He manages to look even more of a muppet than usual.

They filmed the Medicine School entrance by Shantalla and tried to pass it off as some bureau in L.A.

And the worker in the sweet shop in the Cornstore pulls out a shotgun when a fight breaks out in the store. Galway in the 90's..... sure it was mental!

It is quite interesting to see a shot of the docks and see how much it has changed since the mid-90's.

ronnie3585

Bad Karma staring Patsy Kensit and Patrick Muldoon. Filmed on location in St. Enda's Secondary School, god I remember the excitement.

Looks like complete cack.

Edit: Here's a clip of the film I found on YouTube;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj1xyxRQvIY

Any past students will recognise the classrooms. First time since the war they got a lick of paint.

Foxerella

EJLL wrote: »

Hector is in it at one point playing one of the Gardai. He manages to look even more of a muppet than usual.

.

How did I forget to mention that earlier. The state of him!

Foxerella

That Patsy Kensit film looks Ace.
what about this classic, this i gotta see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpdGbu1tt-U

jenno86

Can't wait for this film!

Plot summary for Honeymoon in Galway (2011)

A young American stunt woman joins her reckless brother, his uptight bride, and their daughters by previous marriages on an ill-fated honeymoon at the Galway Races in Ireland, to fulfill a deathbed promise to her mother. (Adapted from the award-winning stage play.) Written by Mary Anne McGarry

IMDB Linky!

Robbo

Hotwheels wrote: »

Nope nope Nope..not by a long shot..
The North Sea Hijack from 1979 with Rodger Moore.
I came round the corner of the docks one morning and thought I was in another country
They had changed all the signs on the buildings etc....:D

I was drinking with a chap last night who helped them out with boats for filming that.

Roger Corman shot a spate of films in the mid-late 90s in this part of the world, thanks to various "tax efficiencies" and grants. Those who remember the almighty Blizzard of Odd will remember that Corman flicks made up a large part of their "Made in Ireland" segment.

Utopia Parkway

Yeah Corman shot a lot of direct to video films around Galway when Concorde studios was on the go.

bigeasyeah

bigeasyeah wrote: »

Thay made 8 of these films?! :eek::)

They actually made 9 of them. Many of them would have been retitled to Bloodfist films in a bid to attract more attention and sales.

inisboffin

A lot of folks I know will be SO embarrassed with this zombie thread!:P

padi89

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Bad Karma staring Patsy Kensit and Patrick Muldoon. Filmed on location in St. Enda's Secondary School, god I remember the excitement.

Looks like complete cack.

Edit: Here's a clip of the film I found on YouTube;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj1xyxRQvIY

Any past students will recognise the classrooms. First time since the war they got a lick of paint.

That's hilarious

hoody

Alfred the Great, filmed over the road from Kilchreest National School.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9m8HVhIOt8

I remember seeing them shoot one of the scenes in the OP.

The bit where you have a police car coming up an alley was shot on Kirwans lane.

I got given out to for walking across the set - I was looking at the action and not at the cameras.

ErnieBert

I remember a movie being made in Salthill in the 80's. It was called something like "Reffer and the Model".

Anyone remember it?

siltirocker

What was that one filmed out Joyce Country and Cong and the like? Yer man,Liberty Valance was in it? The name has left me!:D:P

Carraig

ErnieBert wrote: »

I remember a movie being made in Salthill in the 80's. It was called something like "Reffer and the Model".

Anyone remember it?

Yes, it was called "Reefer and The Model" and half the town was in it.
It was to be shown at the Film Fleadh lst month open air in Eyre Square but it never came off:

Moving from classic Irish comedy to classic Irish drama the Fleadh is excited to offer a rare screening of Joe Comerford’s excellent Reefer and the Model, the tale of a prostitute, an ex-republican, a disenchanted criminal and a gay man that come to form an unorthodox ‘family’ in 1980’s Ireland. Reefer and the Model is rare gem of an Irish film that successfully mixes romance, comedy, thriller and politics, and one deserving of a wider audience.

Wompa1

Criminal Affairs!! What a P.O.S! There was another movie that was about some magical six pack...the guy that played the garda in the old kit kat ads was in it...terrible!

Euro_Kraut

Foxerella wrote: »

what about this classic, this i gotta see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpdGbu1tt-U

Oh my god! @ 3.39 - its the parochial house on craggy island!

inisboffin

Carraig wrote: »

Yes, it was called "Reefer and The Model" and half the town was in it.
It was to be shown at the Film Fleadh lst month open air in Eyre Square but it never came off:

Moving from classic Irish comedy to classic Irish drama the Fleadh is excited to offer a rare screening of Joe Comerford’s excellent Reefer and the Model, the tale of a prostitute, an ex-republican, a disenchanted criminal and a gay man that come to form an unorthodox ‘family’ in 1980’s Ireland. Reefer and the Model is rare gem of an Irish film that successfully mixes romance, comedy, thriller and politics, and one deserving of a wider audience.

Ah yes! Ray McBride was in that one. I remember it being a good one.

Aglomerado

I remember that being filmed, I used to live in Shantalla when I was in college. The med school had a "Federal Building" sign. I never knew what the film was though, so thanks, for this, I'll try and get a copy!

EJLL wrote: »

Hard Way Out is so bad it's entertaining. I lent it to a friend and she passed it on to someone else and I haven't seen it since. Typical!

Hector is in it at one point playing one of the Gardai. He manages to look even more of a muppet than usual.

They filmed the Medicine School entrance by Shantalla and tried to pass it off as some bureau in L.A.

And the worker in the sweet shop in the Cornstore pulls out a shotgun when a fight breaks out in the store. Galway in the 90's..... sure it was mental!

It is quite interesting to see a shot of the docks and see how much it has changed since the mid-90's.

ms flywheel

I think I was in one of these films, as a background person. When I was in school, they filled the playground with their trucks and filmed there at night. They were filming around the back of the CSI building and in the car park of The River Inn. It was class but then again I was only 9 years old.