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The Boys & Girl from County Clare

Year:

2003

Duration:

Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:90 min

Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

John Irvin

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: Ireland

Release Date: 2003-09-12

Filming Locations: Isle of Man

Earnings

Budget: $8,000,000

Opening Weekend: $20,856 (USA) (13 March 2005)

Gross: $132,071 (USA) (22 May 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Charlotte Bradley

Margi Clarke

Bernard Hill

John Joe

Andrea Corr

Anne

Stephen Brennan

Miko

Eamonn Owens

Pat

Malachy Bourke

Ben

Brendan O'Hare

Brendan

Ian Shaw

Johnny

Leslie Bingham

Leslie

Colm Meaney

Jimmy

Shaun Evans

Teddy

Philip Barantini

Alex

Frank Twomey

Roger

Emmet Kirwan

Clive

Noel Bridgeman

Drummer

Russell Smith

Terry

Aidan Mulholland

Aidan

Pat Laffan

Gerry, the Custom Officer

Jo Taylor

Sean, the Postie

Bridie Canning

The Woman of the House

Cha Cha Seigne

Hippie Girl

Rob Kolar

American Hippie

Philip Richey

English Hippie (as Philip Richie)

Marc O'Shea

Barry

James Doran

Dave

Nuala O'Neill

Hotel Receptionist

Brian Devlin

Registration Official

Catherine Byrne

Bernie

Sean Brown

Tall Black Man

Aiden McKenna

Rory

Mary Jordan

Rory's Mother

Bill Boylan

The Adjudicator (as Billy Boylan)

Pascal Scott

The Official

Alan Crozier

The Soundman

T.P. McKenna

The Announcer (as TP McKenna)

Frank Kelly

The Chairman

Patrick Bergin

Padjo

Horace Oliver

Paul Francis

Zela Gayle

Aisling McCaffery

Zelia Attzs

Elliot Ngubane

Aisling McCaffery

Padjo's Band Member

Elliott Ngubane

Padjo's Band Member

Biggy Bigmore

Village Resident (uncredited)

Tony Brown

Police Officer (uncredited)

Laurence Doherty

Popular Villager (uncredited)

Simpson McKendry

Receptionist / Waitress / Reveller) (uncredited)

James Nesbitt

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

An Irish music competition such as the one portrayed in the film is called a "fleadh" (pronounced like "flahhh"). However, nobody uses this word in the movie.

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Goofs

The film is supposedly set in the early 60's when the Beatles were a beat band. Yet we see an English car with an H registration - not issued until August 1969. Alex and Teddy also mention Kevin Keegan signing for Liverpool. This did not happen until 1971.

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At various times throughout the film (notably in the pub and during the ceilidh band competition) when we see Anne (Andrea Corr) playing fiddle, her bow is moving but her fingers are not.

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Quotes

Anne: Is that all You ever think about, Music?

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John Joe: [to the hippies] Ah, you're musicians, is it?

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Faq

Who played the traditional music on the soundtrack?

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