Mickybo and Me (2004)

Regisseur:

Terry Loane

Drehbuchautoren:

Terry Loane (screenplay)
Owen McCafferty (play)

Premierendatum:

25. März 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

We all need heroes

Plot:

The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.

Plot Keywords:

Children | Belfast | Based On Play

Filmpreise:

1 win & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Watch this movie and you will learn what it's all about to be a Catholic in Northern Ireland

Besetzung

John Joe McNeill	...	Mickybo
Niall Wright	...	Jonjo
Julie Walters	...	Mickybo's Ma
Ciarán Hinds	...	Jonjo's Da
Adrian Dunbar	...	Mickybo's Da
Gina McKee	...	Jonjo's Ma
Susan Lynch	...	Torch Woman
Laine Megaw	...	Auntie Rita
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Barbara Adair	...	Elderly Wife
Hannah Carnegie	...	Niamh
Patricia Carson	...	Annie
Brendan Caskey	...	Gank
Charlie Clarke	...	Fartface
Maria Connolly	...	Travel Agent Lady
Chris Corrigan	...	Policeman 1
Brian Devlin	...	Rifle Stall Owner
Gerry Doherty	...	Policeman 2
James Doran	...	Barman
Anthony Finigan	...	Barney
Dan Gordon	...	Preacher
Conor Grimes	...	Policeman 3
Niall Hanna	...	Shoe Shop Boy
Vincent Higgins	...	Con
Ashley Hillis	...	Mary
Gemma Hillis	...	Dee
B.J. Hogg	...	Sydney
Paul Jennings	...	Security Guard 2
Tim Loane	...	Barman Present Day
Michael McElhatton	...	Mechanic
Paula McFetridge	...	Shoe Shop Boys Mum
Christina McQuillan	...	Roisín
Andy Moore	...	Policeman 4
Antoinette Morelli	...	Chippy Van Attendant
J.J. Murphy	...	Elderly Husband
Paul Newman	...	Butch Cassidy (archive footage)
Sheelagh O'Kane	...	Nosey Neighbour
Owen O'Neill	...	Adult Mickybo
Robert Redford	...	The Sundance Kid (archive footage)
Martin Rogan	...	Security Guard 1
Pascal Scott	...	Garda
Paddy Scully	...	Bank Teller
Bronagh Taggart	...	Fusco's Ice-Cream Waitress

Alternativ:

Jonjo Mickybo (Ireland: English title) (working title)
Mickybo & Me (Ireland: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

Länge:

UK:95 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | USA:R | UK:15

Drehorte:

Australia

Firma:

Fatts

Pannen:

Anachronismus: The train that passes under the Tate's Avenue bridge at the start of the film (in the impressive aerial shot) is of a type not introduced on the Northern Ireland Railways network until 1974. It is also sporting a recent colour scheme which places it at the start of the current century.

Dialogzitate:

Jonjo: [narrating] My Auntie Rita had no husband, no children. She was wedded to the Good Lord, she said. God knows what He did to deserve someone like her.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "Give My Head Peace" (1998)

Watch this movie and you will learn what it's all about to be a Catholic in Northern Ireland

I felt so comfortable, and uncomfortable watching Mickybo and Me. It reminded me of my (happy) childhood but also of the bigotry (or, should I say ignorance and fear) which is still rampant in my country. The movie sums up succinctly how things spiralled out of control here

It was like this for me - I was the age of the characters as I grew up in Belfast. It was a great adventure to see red glows emanating from a Catholic ghetto when (I did not understand at the time) it was attacked by hoards of ignorant, angry and frightened individuals whose insecurity was used for the political ends of their religious and political peers. The majority of my friends were Protestant and I never hear a bigoted word from any of them. I was that unique individual. A Catholic, living in a middle class Protestant neighborhood, with a mother who converted to marry my Catholic father - and the crap that ensued from that.

The movie is an excellent first feature for it's director. The art direction and camera work is excellent as is the acting talent of all leads. It's great to see someone from Belfast doing so well - creatively - i.e. writer/director Terry Loane.

peace, Stephen.