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Grabbers
''Grabbers'' is a 2012 Monster movie, monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tovey among an ensemble cast of Irish actors. ''Grabbers'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and received mostly positive reviews upon release. Plot Garda Síochána, Garda Ciarán O'Shea (Richard Coyle), an alcoholic, initially resents his new partner, Garda Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley), a workaholic seeking to impress her superiors by volunteering for temporary duty in a remote Irish island. After discovering mutilated whale corpses, the quiet community slowly comes to realise that they're under attack by bloodsucking tentacled aliens of various sizes that came from a ball of green light that fell from the sky, dubbing them "Grabbers". When Paddy (Lalor Roddy), the town drunk, inexplicably survives an attack, the local marine e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lehane
Kevin Lehane is an Irish screenwriter. In 2009, his speculative screenplay ''Grabbers'' was listed on the Brit List and in late 2010 it began production marking his feature film debut. In 2013, he was nominated for a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best First Feature and an IFTA Award for his script to ''Grabbers'' at the 10th Annual Irish Film and Television Academy awards. References External links How to write a horror movieHeads Will Roll for Irish writer Kevin Lehane’s new filmKevin Lehane interview: Grabbers, Twitter, and filming in the rainGrabbers Writer Kevin Lehane Reveals His Take On Where A Grabbers 2 Could Go External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehane, Kevin Irish screenwriters Irish male screenwriters Living people Irish writers Writers from County Cork Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bradley
Sharon Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in ''Primeval'' (2011) and Karen Voss in ''Humans'' (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in ''Legend'' (6 episodes, 2006), ''The Innocence Project'' (8 episodes, 2006–07), '' Plus One'' (6 episodes, 2009) and '' Love/Hate'' (seasons 1 and 2). She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for '' Stardust''. Afterward, Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film ''In Her Skin''. Career Bradley's first screen appearances were in 2002 in ''Ultimate Force'' (as Georgia Gracey) and ''Sinners'' (as Angela). Since then, she has had recurring roles in '' The Clinic'' (3 episodes, 2003), ''Love Is the Drug'' (4 episodes, 2004), ''Legend'' (6 episodes, 2006), ''The Innocence Project'' (8 episodes, 2006–07), '' Plus One'' (6 episodes, 2009) and '' Love/Hate'' (seasons 1 and 2). She presented at the 4th I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronagh Gallagher
Bronagh Gallagher (born 26 April 1972) is an Irish singer and actress from Northern Ireland. Gallagher had her first acting role in the 1989 television movie '' Dear Sarah''. In 2020, she was listed at number 33 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life During her teenage years, she got involved in drama and music activities through school and joined a local amateur dramatics group called the Oakgrove Theatre Company. At one time she was a backing singer in a local band called The Listener (1989–90). The band practised in a garage that belonged to Kevin McLaughlin, the drummer. Laurence Harkin, aka L, was lead singer and guitar. Career A former hairdresser, Gallagher's big break came when she starred as Bernie in '' The Commitments'' (1991). She followed up with small parts in ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994) and '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999). Other film appearances include '' You, Me & Marley'' (1992), '' Mary Reilly'' (1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Wright
Jon Wright is a Northern Irish writer and film director. Career He is known for directing the Irish monster movie ''Grabbers'' and the British low budget horror comedy '' Tormented'' starring Alex Pettyfer. He directed and co-wrote the science fiction adventure film ''Robot Overlords'' starring Ben Kingsley. He has co-wrote and directed '' Unwelcome'', an fantasy horror film, released in January 2023. Wright was inspired by the Grimm fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a "home invasion movie" and pitched it as "''Gremlins ''Gremlins'' is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of ...'' meets '' Straw Dogs''". The film uses many of the same production members as his previous film ''Grabbers''. References External linksJon Wright, Film Director- O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coyle
Richard Coyle is an English actor. He portrayed lead role of Father Faustus Blackwood in Netflix series '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'', and Jeff Murdock in the sitcom ''Coupling''. Early and personal life Coyle was born in Sheffield, England. Coyle is the second youngest of five sons. Their father was a builder. He began his acting career after a stint working on a ferry entertaining passengers, where he was told by a theatre director that he had a talent and should pursue it further. He graduated in Languages and Philosophy from the University of York in 1995 and was then accepted into the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1998, the same year as his close friends Dean Lennox Kelly and Oded Fehr. Coyle was married to actress Georgia Mackenzie. He was in a relationship with actress Ruth Bradley from early 2011 though by 2017 this had ended and he was seeing someone else. Film and television work He began by appearing in such television programmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Sundance Film Festival
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 until January 29, 2012 in Park City, Utah. 64 short films were selected for the festival from 7,675 submissions, including 27 international shorts from 3,592 submissions. Non-competition features Midnight * '' Black Rock'' * '' Excision'' * ''Grabbers'' * '' The Pact'' * '' Shut Up and Play the Hits'' * ''Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'' * ''V/H/S'' Award winners * Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - '' The House I Live In'' * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - ''The Law in These Parts'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - ''Violeta Went to Heaven'' ''(Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos)'' * Audience Award: U.S. Documentary - ''The Invisible War'' * Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic - ''The Surrogate'' (retitled '' The Sessions'') * World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - ''Searching for Sugar Man'' * World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - ''Valley of Saints ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clelia Murphy
Clelia Murphy (born 5 December 1975) is an Irish actress. From 1996 to 2017, Murphy starred in the RTÉ soap opera ''Fair City'' as Niamh Cassidy. After leaving her role as Niamh, she competed in the third series of the Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'', where she reached the quarter finals. In January 2022, Murphy was cast in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as Maeve Ludlow, for which she moved from Dublin to Birmingham. Early and personal life Murphy trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. She also has an MA in screenwriting. In 1998, Murphy gave birth to a daughter, Clarabelle. Clarabelle is an actress. Career Murphy began her career in ''Fair City'' in 1996 playing schoolgirl Niamh Cassidy. Her character was featured in numerous storylines, involving having an illegal relationship with teacher Barry O'Hanlon (Pat Nolan), her tumultuous relationship with her husband, Paul Brennan (Tony Tormey), having an affair and eventually leaving her husb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Graham (actor)
Stuart Graham (born 31 August 1967) is a Northern Irish film, television, and stage actor, born and brought up in Northern Ireland. Life Born in Belfast and educated at the University of Ulster, where he took a degree in media studies, Graham trained for an acting career at a drama school in London. In 1990 he played a minor part in a revival of ''Berenice'' at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth, and in 1991 appeared at the Dublin Theatre Festival in a production of ''Michael Collins Big Fella!'' by the Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, playing the part of Eoin O'Duffy. Most of Graham's stage work has been in Dublin and Belfast, while in film and television he has worked in both Irish and British productions, specializing in playing Irishmen. However, his leading roles have included the part of the Englishman Howard Carter in ''Egypt'' (2005). In an interview in 2011, Graham commented In April 2017, he appeared in '' The Ferryman'' at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalor Roddy
Lalor Roddy (born 30 November 1954) is a Northern Irish actor, described by the ''Irish Times'' theater critic Fintan O'Toole as "surely the finest Irish actor of his generation". Youth Roddy was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2014, he stated in an interview about his youth: "Theatre was very much part of our upbringing and the cinema as well. My mother was associated with the Lyric Theatre in its early days in both a managerial and performing capacity back when they were in Derryvolgie Avenue. We were dragged along to the theatre and I never lost a love for it. It was a magical experience where you were transformed to another world. My mother’s father managed cinemas in Belfast, in the Falls Road and the top of the Shankill, and he would have brought me along on a lot of Saturdays to the matinees and that filled me with a similar love, so that love was always there despite me taking another route in life." As an young man, he left for the United States to pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward Films
Forward Films is a British-based film production company founded by producers Tracy Brimm and Kate Myers. So far they have produced the feature films '' Tormented'' starring Alex Pettyfer and Tuppence Middleton, ''Skeletons'' starring Jason Isaacs and in 2011 they completed filming on their third feature film, the Irish monster movie ''Grabbers'' starring Richard Coyle, Russell Tovey and newcomer Ruth Bradley Sharon Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in ''Primeval'' (2011) and Karen Voss in ''Humans'' (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in ''Legend'' (6 episodes, 2006), ''The Innocence Project'' .... Filmography * '' The Salvation'' (2014) Film production companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Film Board
Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, formerly known as Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board, is the Republic of Ireland's state development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. It provides funds for the development, production and distribution of feature films, feature documentaries, short films, TV animation series and TV drama series. History The Irish Film Board (IFB) originally ran from 1980 to 1987. During this period it produced or co-produced ''Eat the Peach'', ''Anne Devlin'', ''The Outcasts (1982)'', and ''Angel''. After its closure, the success of several externally funded Irish films, such as ''My Left Foot'', ''The Crying Game'' and '' The Commitments'', motivated local lobbyists to push for its re-establishment, which occurred in 1993. The board was reconstituted under the chairmanship of Lelia Doolan in 1993 by the then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht Michael D. Higgins who said "The whole reasoning behind my decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Tovey
Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama '' Being Human'', Rudge in both the stage and film versions of ''The History Boys'', Steve in the BBC Three sitcom '' Him & Her'', Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series ''Looking'' and its subsequent series finale television film '' Looking: The Movie''. Early life Tovey was born on 14 November 1981 in Billericay, Essex.Randall, Lee.Actor Russell Tovey graduated to Dickens, Doctor Who and Gavin & Stacey. Now starring as a modern-day werewolf in a new TV sitcom, he's headed for the top of the class" ''The Scotsman.'' 1 February 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2013. He is the younger of two sons of Carole (''née'' Webb) and George Tovey, who ran a Romford-based coach service taking passengers from Essex to Gatwick Airport. Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He attended Harold Court School in Harold Wood and She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
