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| The Guard | |
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| Directed by | John Michael McDonagh |
| Written by | John Michael McDonagh |
| Produced by | Chris Clark Flora Fernandez-Marengo Ed Guiney Andrew Lowe Executive producers: Paul Brett Don Cheadle Martin McDonagh David Nash Ralph Kamp Lenore Zerman |
| Starring | Brendan Gleeson Don Cheadle Liam Cunningham David Wilmot |
| Cinematography | Larry Smith |
| Edited by | Chris Gill |
Production companies | Crescendo Productions Element Pictures Reprisal Films |
| Distributed by | Element Pictures Optimum Releasing |
| Country | Template:FilmIreland |
| Language | English |
The Guard is a Irish comedy thriller film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh and produced by Don Cheadle, Martin McDonagh, and David Nash, and starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.[1][2]
Production
Principal filming began on October 29, 2009, in Spiddal Co. Galway. Filming is scheduled for six weeks in Connemara, Spiddal and Barna with some scenes for filming in Wicklow.[1] Involved companies are Reprisal Films and Element Pictures in association with Prescience, Aegis Film Fund, UK Film Council and Crescendo Productions, with the participation of An Bord Scannán na hÉireann (Irish Film Board).[1] International sales are being handled by Metropolis Films and the film is to be released by Optimum Releasing in the United Kingdom and Element Pictures Distribution in Ireland.[1][3][4]
Background
Director John Michael McDonagh is known for his screenplay for the 2003 film Ned Kelly and as writer/director of the 2000 film The Second Death.[1] Film director Larry Smith is known for his work on Eyes Wide Shut and production designer John-Paul Kelly for his work on Venus.[1][3][4]
Synopsis
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Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a small-town cop with a confrontational personality, a subversive sense of humour, a dying mother, a fondness for prostitutes, and absolutely no interest whatsoever in the international cocaine-smuggling ring that has brought FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) to his door. However, despite the fact that Boyle seems more interested in mocking and undermining Everett than in actively working to solve the case, Boyle finds that circumstances keep pulling him back into the thick of it. First his tiresomely enthusiastic new partner McBride disappears, then his favourite hooker attempts to blackmail him into turning a blind eye, and finally the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off as they have every other member of the local police force. These events unwittingly offend Boyle's murky moral code. He realises that he needs to take matters into his own hands, and the only person he can trust is Everett.
Partial cast
- Brendan Gleeson as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
- Don Cheadle as FBI Agent Wendell Everett
- Liam Cunningham as Francis Sheehy
- David Wilmot as Liam O'Leary
- Mark Strong as Clive Cornell
- Fionnula Flanagan as Eileen Boyle
- Sarah Greene as Sinead Mulligan
- Pat Shortt as Colum Hennessey
- Rory Keenan as Garda Aidan McBride
- Dominique McElligott as Aoife O'Carroll
- Katarina Cas as Gabriella McBride
- Darren Healy as Jimmy Moody
- Gary Lydon as Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Cheadle & Gleeson Join Forces For 'The Guard'". IFTN. October 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ Jaafar, Ali (November 4, 2009). "Gleeson, Cheadle join 'Guard'". Variety. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ a b Cooper, Sarah (November 2, 2009). "Brendan Gleeson joins Irish comedy thriller The Guard". Screen. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
- ^ a b Hayden, Esther (November 4, 2009). "Gleeson and Cheadle line up for new movie". Bray People. Retrieved 2009-11-18.