The Last of the High Kings
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The Last of the High Kings

Year:
Duration:
Argentina:102 min | Spain:102 min | UK:104 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
David Keating
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: Denmark
Release Date: 1998-04-10
Filming Locations: Cape Breton Highlands, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cast
Actor
Character
Catherine O'Hara
Cathleen
Jared Leto
Frankie Griffin
Christina Ricci
Erin
Gabriel Byrne
Jack Griffin
Stephen Rea
Cab Driver
Colm Meaney
Jim Davern
Jason Barry
Nelson Fitzgerald
Emily Mortimer
Romy Thomas
Karl Hayden
Hopper Delaney
Ciarán Fitzgerald
Noelie Griffin (as Ciaran Fitzgerald)
Renee Weldon
Maggie Griffin
Des Braiden
Teacher (as Des Braden)
Darren Monks
Davy Dudley
Peter Keating
Ray Griffin
Alexandra Haughey
Dawn Griffin
Vincent Walsh
Bobby Gallo
Kevin Russell
Figgis Twin #1
Lisa Russell
Figgis Twin #2
Mal Whyte
Mr. Figgis
Kay Creighton
Mrs. Figgis
Gabriel Brady
Television Reporter
Clodagh Reid
Mo
Emma Stewart
Jo
Don Wycherley
Peter Colcannon
Amanda Shun
Rainbow
Joe Savino
Bus Conductor
Jack Lynch
Returning Officer
Mark O'Regan
Father Michael
Oliver Maguire
Billy
Graham Wilkinson
Henchman
Luke Hayden
Fireman
Elvis Presley
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Trivia
Director David Keating met with hundreds of young actors and conducted casting sessions in Ireland, England and America to find the right actor to play Frankie.
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Goofs
At a party early in the film, "Rosalie/Cowgirl's Song" is playing from the live Thin Lizzy album Live and Dangerous. This album was not released until June of 1978, the year after the film is set.
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When the boys go to get drinks for everyone after the election, one of the bottles of alcohol is Malibu brand rum, which was not distributed world wide until the early 1980s.
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Quotes
Cathleen: Victory is ours! Frankie, Ray, drinks for everyone! Drinks! Jim, come and meet everyone.
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Cathleen: Romy Thomas. Her and the other one she runs around with. All hair and legs.
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Frankie: Today's the thirtieth of June. My exam results should come on the 18th of August. God, it's not long. Forty-nine days, then I'm dead. If I was a *real* rebel, I wouldn't give a damn.
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Photos from cast
Lorraine Pilkington
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