THE TIGER’S TAIL – Brendan Gleeson – d: John Boorman
The Tiger’s Tail (2007)
Direction and Screenplay: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Briain Gleeson, Sean McGinley
Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall in The Tiger’s Tail
One might initially be surprised to find that John Boorman’s latest film, The Tiger’s Tail, has all but gone straight to DVD in the United States. Surely the director of Point Blank, Deliverance, and Hope and Glory deserves at least the benefit of the doubt of a significant theatrical release? (Especially since his 21st-century output, particularly the 2005 drama In My Country, has been among his best work.)
But the film industry being what it is these days, The Tiger’s Tail probably has a better shot at an audience on home video than it [...]
by Dan Erdman | September 1, 2009
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Tags: Brendan Gleeson, Briain Gleeson, Film Reviews, John Boorman, Kim Cattrall, Socially Conscious Movies, The Tiger's Tail
Irish Film Awards 2007: Nominations
The nominees for the 2007 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards have been announced.
Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto, the tale of an Irish transvestite cabaret singer in the London of the 1960s and 1970s, dominated the list with a total of 10 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor (Cillian Murphy, above, with Gavin Friday) and best screenplay (Jordan and Pat McCabe).
Other top nominees were Brian Kirk’s Middletown, about a borderline-fanatical Catholic priest who believes it’s his mission to save the souls of a small Irish town (9 nods); veteran John Boorman’s The Tiger’s Tail, about a businessman (best actor nominee Brendan Gleeson, above, with Kim Cattrall) stalked by his down-and-out twin (7 nods); and Ken Loach’s [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2007
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Tags: Breakfast on Pluto, Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Film Awards, John Boorman, Ken Loach, Kim Cattrall, Neil Jordan, The Tiger's Tail, The Wind That Shakes the Barley
