The Last of the High Kings

The Last of the High Kings
Directed by	David Keating
Written by	Ferdia MacAnna (novel) Screenplay: Gabriel Byrne David Keating
Produced by	Gabriel Byrne Paul Feldsher Keith Northrop Tim Palmer
Starring	Jared Leto Christina Ricci Catherine O'Hara Gabriel Byrne Colm Meaney Stephen Rea
Cinematography	Bernd Heinl
Edited by	Ray Lovejoy
Music by	Michael Convertino
Distributed by	First Independent Films Miramax Films
Release date	22 November 1996
Language	English

The Last of the High Kings, also released under the title Summer Fling in some countries, is a 1996 coming of age comedy-drama film set in Howth, Dublin, Ireland in the 1970s where the teenagers of the story are dealing with the birth of punk, the death of Elvis Presley and the various dramas of their teens. The lead role of Frankie Griffin is played by Jared Leto. Christina Ricci also stars as an American visiting for the summer. The film is based on the eponymous book by Ferdia Mac Anna.

Plot

It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie (Leto), caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.

Cast

• Jared Leto as Frankie Griffin, a teen coping with his age and bizarre family
• Catherine O'Hara as Cathleen, Frankie's extroverted mother
• Gabriel Byrne as Jack, Frankie's father
• Christina Ricci as Erin, a visiting American family friend
• Colm Meaney as Jim Davern, a sleazy politician
• Stephen Rea as Cab Driver
• Emily Mortimer as Romy Thomas

External links

• The Last of the High Kings at IMDb