A new two part special of Rte's 2005 hit drama, 'Pure Mule', has started shooting in-and-around Birr Co. Offaly. Produced by Accomplice Television 'Pure Mule: The Last Weekend' will come to our screens this autumn. 'Pure Mule' is written by Eugene O'Brien, directed by Declan Recks, produced by David Collins, Peter Norris and exec produced by Ed Guiney. Featuring a cast of Irish actors including Charlene Mc Kenna (Raw, Whistleblower), Garrett Lombard (Rough Diamond, Love Is A Drug), Dawn Bradfield (The Clinic), Gail Fitzpatrick (Strength and Honour), Orla Fitzgerald (The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Liam Carney (Speed Dating) and many more besides, the original series gained critical and commercial success when the final episode of the first series culminated with an audience of 437,000. New faces joining the cast will be J.J Feild (Blood The Last Vampire, Goal) and Diarmuid Noynes (Five Minutes of Heaven, Prosperity)...
- 7/2/2009
- IFTN
Harry Became a Tree
Prolific Yugoslavian filmmaker Goran Paskaljevic's third film in English after 1983's "Twilight Time" and 1995's "Someone Else's America" is an odd concoction that stars Colm Meaney as a thick-headed Irishman who believes that the best measure of a man is who his enemies are. Making the festival rounds and a crowd-pleaser at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, "How Harry Became a Tree" is written by Paskaljevic, Stephen Walsh and Christine Gentet-Paskaljevic and based on a fable by Chinese writer Yang Zhengguang.
Co-starring Adrian Dunbar and featuring young duo Cillian Murphy ("Disco Pigs") and Kerry Condon ("Angela's Ashes") as initially unfortunate newlyweds, "Harry" is set on the Emerald Isle during the 1920s. A superb showcase for gravelly Meaney and a twisted love story, "Harry" could grow on art house audiences in tune with such similar fare as "Behind the Sun". Paskaljevic's film screens March 16 in Hollywood as part of the American Cinematheque's minifest of new Irish cinema.
A widower and half-mad cabbage farmer, Harry Maloney (Meaney) had a son killed by English soldiers and lives with his other, somewhat troubled boy Gus (Murphy). One day, local pubkeeper and matchmaker George (Dunbar) brings home "new girl" Eileen (Condon), and Gus is instantly smitten. The problem is Harry has chosen George as his enemy. In psychotic fashion, Harry slanders and outright antagonizes George, but the former simmers down just long enough to sanction Gus and Eileen's betrothal.
Married and with a new baby, George is no saint either. After the wedding of Gus and Eileen takes place, George makes a deal in which she works as a house servant with his own wife recovering from childbirth. Less than swept off her feet by the shy, introverted Gus, Eileen is quickly seduced by George. Harry's rantings start to make some sense.
From the priest who fields unpious questions in the confessional to one of George's past conquests who is still desperately in love with him, the atmospheric scenario swings from situational comedy to bitter tragedy. By degrees, George and Harry's tit-for-tat behavior gets serious, and at least one assassination is attempted. Gus and Eileen's road to happiness is bumpy to say the least.
Paskaljevic, whose last film was the grim and disturbing "Cabaret Balkan", never overstates the universality of the story, while the title refers to Harry's mystical dreams of transforming into a formidable tree. Beautifully shot by Milan Spasic, "Harry" is a handsome production in all aspects. Paskaljevic encourages great performances from the strong cast, including Gail Fitzpatrick and Maighread Ni Conghaile as the most important women in George's life.
HOW HARRY BECAME A TREE
Paradox Pictures, Cattleya
Director: Goran Paskaljevic
Screenwriters: Goran Paskaljevic, Stephen Walsh, Christine Gentet-Paskaljevic
Producers: Clive Parsons, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnere, Riccardo Tozzi, Liam
O'Neill
Executive producer: Umberto Sambuco
Director of photography: Milan Spasic
Production designer: Lesley Oakley
Editor: Petar Putnikovic
Costume designer: Carol Betera
Music: Stefano Arnaldi
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harry Maloney: Colm Meaney
George Flaherty: Adrian Dunbar
Gus: Cillian Murphy
Eileen: Kerry Condon
Margaret: Gail Fitzpatrick
Maeve: Maighread Ni Conghaile
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Co-starring Adrian Dunbar and featuring young duo Cillian Murphy ("Disco Pigs") and Kerry Condon ("Angela's Ashes") as initially unfortunate newlyweds, "Harry" is set on the Emerald Isle during the 1920s. A superb showcase for gravelly Meaney and a twisted love story, "Harry" could grow on art house audiences in tune with such similar fare as "Behind the Sun". Paskaljevic's film screens March 16 in Hollywood as part of the American Cinematheque's minifest of new Irish cinema.
A widower and half-mad cabbage farmer, Harry Maloney (Meaney) had a son killed by English soldiers and lives with his other, somewhat troubled boy Gus (Murphy). One day, local pubkeeper and matchmaker George (Dunbar) brings home "new girl" Eileen (Condon), and Gus is instantly smitten. The problem is Harry has chosen George as his enemy. In psychotic fashion, Harry slanders and outright antagonizes George, but the former simmers down just long enough to sanction Gus and Eileen's betrothal.
Married and with a new baby, George is no saint either. After the wedding of Gus and Eileen takes place, George makes a deal in which she works as a house servant with his own wife recovering from childbirth. Less than swept off her feet by the shy, introverted Gus, Eileen is quickly seduced by George. Harry's rantings start to make some sense.
From the priest who fields unpious questions in the confessional to one of George's past conquests who is still desperately in love with him, the atmospheric scenario swings from situational comedy to bitter tragedy. By degrees, George and Harry's tit-for-tat behavior gets serious, and at least one assassination is attempted. Gus and Eileen's road to happiness is bumpy to say the least.
Paskaljevic, whose last film was the grim and disturbing "Cabaret Balkan", never overstates the universality of the story, while the title refers to Harry's mystical dreams of transforming into a formidable tree. Beautifully shot by Milan Spasic, "Harry" is a handsome production in all aspects. Paskaljevic encourages great performances from the strong cast, including Gail Fitzpatrick and Maighread Ni Conghaile as the most important women in George's life.
HOW HARRY BECAME A TREE
Paradox Pictures, Cattleya
Director: Goran Paskaljevic
Screenwriters: Goran Paskaljevic, Stephen Walsh, Christine Gentet-Paskaljevic
Producers: Clive Parsons, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnere, Riccardo Tozzi, Liam
O'Neill
Executive producer: Umberto Sambuco
Director of photography: Milan Spasic
Production designer: Lesley Oakley
Editor: Petar Putnikovic
Costume designer: Carol Betera
Music: Stefano Arnaldi
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harry Maloney: Colm Meaney
George Flaherty: Adrian Dunbar
Gus: Cillian Murphy
Eileen: Kerry Condon
Margaret: Gail Fitzpatrick
Maeve: Maighread Ni Conghaile
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/21/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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