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The Guard, which is probably going to be the most successful Irish film in the last couple of years, has been released in France under the title “L’irlandais”.
It makes sense, as The Guard wouldn’t mean a lot to French audiences.
Here’s the poster:
L'Irlandais - The Guard French Poster
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Irish director Jim Sheridan is probably best known for films like My Left Foot or In The Name of the Father.
His most recent film, which got a very negative review in this weekend’s Sunday Business Post is much more commercial and stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Wiesz.
Dream House is a horror – but with this film it’s pretty clear that the horror refers not only to the film’s genre but the film itself. According to the LA Times, Sheridan was so unhappy with the cut that the studio released that he wanted his name removed from it!
Even the trailer (below) was met with negative reception, as it gives away more of the film’s plot and twists than many would be comfortable with
Brendan Gleeson at the Galway Film Fleadh
Irish film The Guard was a critical success before its general release in Ireland a few weeks ago.
It’s now proving that it can also be a box office success, with its current box office take heading towards topping 2 million Euro. According to the latest figures I’ve been able to find it was already on track to break the two million mark last week:
Irish Box Office figures from the Irish Film Board
What’s interesting is that it’s doing very well against much bigger productions like Michael Bay’s Transformers Dark of the Moon. And don’t forget that Transformers Dark of the Moon is also out in 3D, which often means that ticket prices are higher.
It’s great to see an Irish film do so well!
The Guard, which is currently on general release in Ireland, has met with rave reviews both in Ireland and overseas.
The film stars a host of Irish actors led by Brendan Gleeson, who is joined by American Don Cheadle
Here are a few stills from the film:
Go see it – it’s hilarious!
Although Camelot seems to have done well in terms of audience figures, Starz announced earlier today that it would not be returning for a second season.
The show, which was filmed in Ardmore studios, attracted record audience figures when it debuted in the US early this year and also attracted high viewing figures in the UK and Ireland on Channel 4
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The Irish home entertainment giant Xtravision appears to be having difficulties.
An interim examiner has been appointed to the chain, which has 1300 employees and over 180 outlets across the 32 counties of Ireland.
According to The Examiner, the company is suffering from cashflow issues due to the withdrawal of trade credit facilities combined with falling revenues.
Xtra-vision has been very vocal in recent months about copyright theft and has been pressing the Irish government to enact legislation to deal with illegal downloads of copyright content ie. films
However, in some respects these kind of problems are not that surprising.
In the US the mega-chain Blockbuster, which also had interests in several European markets, got into difficulties and was sold off.
So while video may have killed the radio star, has iTunes and the other streaming services, combined with Amazon, killed off the “traditional” home entertainment market?
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