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Don Wycherley
Don Wycherley (born 15 September 1967, Skibbereen, County Cork) is an Irish actor. He played Father Cyril McDuff in ''Father Ted'', Father Aidan O'Connell in ''Ballykissangel'', and Raymond in ''Bachelors Walk''. Wycherley is a fluent Irish speaker. He is the brother-in-law of actress Tina Kellegher. His father was Florence Wycherley, an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork West from 1957 to 1961. Selected filmography * ''Father Ted'' (TV series; 1995–1998) * ''Michael Collins'' (1996) * ''Ballykissangel'' (TV series; 1998–2001) * '' The General'' (1998) * ''One Man's Hero'' (1999) * ''Bachelors Walk'' (TV series; 2001–2003) * ''Veronica Guerin'' (2003) * '' Shrooms'' (2007) * ''Garage'' (2007) * ''Perrier's Bounty'' (2009) * '' Ondine'' (2009) * ''Zonad'' (2009) * ''Pentecost'' (short film; 2011) * ''Scúp'' (TV series; 2013) * ''Moone Boy'' (TV series; 2014) * ''Sing Street'' (2016) * ''Wild Mountain Thyme "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin International Film Festival
The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF; ) is an annual film festival held in Dublin, Ireland, since 2003. History Dublin International Film Festival was established in 2003. It was revived by Michael Dwyer, international film critic and ''The Irish Times'' Chief Film Correspondent, along with David McLoughlin, film producer. The duo had started the initial Dublin film Festival in the 1980s when Mc Loughlin was still an undergraduate in Trinity College Dublin. The festival was established to present an opportunity for Dublin's cinema-going audiences to experience the best in Irish and international cinema. "Dublin has remarkable film attendance per capita, among the highest in Europe, certainly the highest in the EU," Dwyer said in a 2003 interview. "It seems absurd that the city didn't have an international film festival." The festival secured €25,000 in funding from the Arts Council of Ireland for planning purposes the first year which has since increased to over €1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Guerin (film)
''Veronica Guerin'' is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role. The screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue focuses on Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, at the age of 36. The film is the second to be inspired by Guerin's life. Three years earlier, ''When the Sky Falls'' centred on the same story, although the names of the real-life characters were changed. Plot Veronica Guerin, a crime reporter for the '' Sunday Independent'', becomes aware of how much Dublin's illegal drug trade is encroaching upon the lives of its working class, especially the children, and vows to expose the men responsible. Guerin begins by interviewing the pre-pubescent addicts who shoot up on the street or in abandoned buildings in the housing estates. Her investigation leads her to major suppliers and John Traynor, a notable source of information about t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe; 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor, model and musician. He is known for his roles in the films ''Michael Collins (film), Michael Collins'' (1996), ''Velvet Goldmine'' (1998), ''Titus (film), Titus'' (1999), ''Bend It Like Beckham'' (2002), ''Alexander (2004 film), Alexander'' (2004), ''Match Point'' (2005), ''Mission: Impossible III'' (2006) and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries ''Elvis (miniseries), Elvis'' (2005), for which he won a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, as King Henry VIII in the historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–10), which earned him two Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award nominations, and in the NBC drama series ''Dracula (2013 TV series), Dracula'' (2013–14) as the title character. He also starred as List of Vikings characters#Bishop Heahmund, Bishop Heahmund, a character inspired by the Heahmund, Catholic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Running Mate (TV Drama)
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A running mate is a person running on a joint ticket in an election. Running Mate(s) or The Running Mate may also refer to: * "Running Mates" (''Family Guy''), an episode * "Running Mates" (''The West Wing'' episode) * ''Running Mates'' (1992 film), a film starring Diane Keaton and Ed Harris * ''Running Mates'' (2000 film), a television film starring Tom Selleck and Laura Linney * ''Running Mates'' (2011 film), a film produced by Nicholas Tabarrok * ''The Running Mate'', an Irish miniseries, winner of a 2008 Irish Film & Television Award * ''The Running Mate'', a novel by Joe Klein Joe Klein (born September 7, 1946) is an American political commentator and author. He is best known for his work as a columnist for ''Time'' magazine and his novel ''Primary Colors'', an anonymously written roman à clef portraying Bill Clinton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leading Actor
A leading actor, leading actress, or simply lead (), plays the role of the protagonist of a film, television show or play. The word ''lead'' may also refer to the largest role in the piece, and ''leading actor'' may refer to a person who typically plays such parts or an actor with a respected body of work. Some actors are typecast as leads, but most play the lead in some performances and supporting or character roles in others. Sometimes there is more than one significant leading role in a dramatic piece, and the actors are said to play ''co-leads''; a large supporting role may be considered a ''secondary lead''. Award nominations for acting often reflect such ambiguities. Therefore, sometimes two actors in the same performance piece are nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress—categories traditionally reserved for leads. For example, in 1935 Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone were each nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for ''Mutiny on the Bounty''. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Mountain Thyme (film)
''Wild Mountain Thyme'' is a 2020 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, based on his play ''Outside Mullingar''. The film stars Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Dearbhla Molloy and Christopher Walken. ''Wild Mountain Thyme'' was released in the United States on 11 December 2020, by Bleecker Street, and in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2021, by Lionsgate via PVOD. Plot In County Mayo, Ireland, two introverted misfits in their late 30s have lived in adjacent farms their whole lives. Rosemary Muldoon (Emily Blunt) is in love with Anthony Reilly (Jamie Dornan), but he fails to show interest. In a flashback to their childhood, Anthony smells a flower and gets pollen on his nose. A girl laughs at Anthony, and Rosemary pushes her in anger. Anthony, in turn, pushes Rosemary down. Then Erin comes on and beats the head off of Anthony. Seeing that she is upset, Rosemary's father plays the score to the ballet Swan Lake and tells her she is the white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sing Street
''Sing Street'' is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney from a story by Carney and Simon Carmody. Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Kelly Thornton, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl in 1980s Ireland. It is an international co-production among producers from Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2016. It was released in Ireland on 17 March 2016, in the United States on 15 April and in the United Kingdom on 20 May. The film received positive reviews from critics, grossed $13 million worldwide on a $4 million budget, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the 74th Golden Globe Awards. Plot In inner-city south Dublin in 1985, Robert Lawlor struggles with his architecture practice and his marriage, and drinks and smokes to excess. At a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moone Boy
''Moone Boy'' is an Irish sitcom created, co-written by and co-starring Chris O'Dowd for British broadcaster Sky One. The series is co-written by Nick Vincent Murphy and is produced by Baby Cow Productions, Sprout Pictures, Hot Cod Productions, and Grand Pictures. The series is semi-autobiographical of O'Dowd and focuses on a young boy's life growing up in Boyle, County Roscommon, in the west of Ireland in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ''Moone Boy'' is the second series produced from Sky One's ''Little Crackers'' shorts and is inspired by O'Dowd's contribution, "Capturing Santa", which was produced by Sprout Pictures. The introductory music for much of each episode is "Tico's Tune" by Geoff Love (recorded by him under the name "Manuel & The Music of the Mountains"). This piece of music has near-iconic status in Ireland as it was used as the theme music for ''The Gay Byrne Show'', a long-running and immensely popular morning radio show on RTÉ Radio 1. Background music and sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scúp
''Scúp'' (; "Scoop (news), Scoop") is a Northern Ireland, Northern Irish Dramatic programming, drama television series which was broadcast on TG4 and BBC Northern Ireland in 2013–14. The series was nominated to the ''Special Irish Language Award'' at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards in 2014. Plot Rob Cullan is sacked from his job at ''The Guardian'' following a phone hacking scandal. He returns home to Belfast where Diarmuid Black puts him in charge of failing Irish language newspaper ''An Nuacht''. Cast * Don Wycherley as Rob (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Kelly Gough as Alix (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Denis Conway as Diarmuid (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Caitríona Ní Mhurchú as Janine (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Donncha Crowley as Cormac (14 episodes, 2013–2014) * Tim Creed as Michael (8 episodes, 2013) * Patrick McBride as Seán (8 episodes, 2013) * Conor MacNeill as Gerry (6 episodes, 2014) * Shane Fallon as Patrick (6 episodes, 2014) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecost (film)
''Pentecost'' is a 2011 Irish comedic live action short film directed by Peter McDonald. The film was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. The film follows an eleven-year-old boy who is a last-minute call-in by his local parish to serve as an altar boy An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy. An altar server attends to supporting tasks at the altar such as fetching and carrying, ringing the altar bell, helps bring up the gifts, brings up the book ... at an important mass. References External links * Irish short films 2010s English-language films Irish comedy films Comedy short films {{short-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zonad
''Zonad'' is a film by John Carney and Kieran Carney that premiered in July 2009 at the ''Galway Film'' Fleadh. The film went to general release in Ireland March 19, 2010. Premise An escaped convict fools a whole Irish village into thinking he's a visitor from outer space. Zonad, a strange visitor comes to the town of Ballymoran, is taken in by the Cassidy family and accepted by the locals as an extraterrestrial. His comfortable existence is spoiled when Bonad arrives to replace him. Unreleased short film version In 2003, John Carney co-wrote and co-directed an earlier version of ''Zonad'', a short film, with Kieran Carney and Tom Hall. Starring Simon Delaney and Cillian Murphy, ''Zonad'' was low-budget and was never released. Murphy played the role of Guy Hendrickson, later played by Rory Keenan. Cast * Simon Delaney as Zonad, Liam Murphy. * David Pearse as Bonad, Francis O'Connor. Bonad is Zonad's superior officer. * Geoff Minogue as Dick Cassidy * Donna Dent as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondine (film)
''Ondine'' is a 2009 Irish romantic drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Alicja Bachleda. The film was shot on location in Castletownbere, and it touches upon the possible existence of the mythological selkie bringing hope and love to humans they so much want to become. The film had its North American premiere as part of the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2009 in Toronto and European premiere as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on 18 February 2010 in Dublin. Plot Syracuse, uncomfortably called "Circus" by some, is trawling on his boat and finds a scantily clad young woman caught in his net. He sees she is alive and resuscitates her. She calls herself Undine, Ondine and refuses to be taken to the hospital, not wanting to be seen by anyone else. He shelters her in a Travel trailer, caravan house that belonged to his late mother in a quiet harbor, which makes him late for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
