perrier’s bounty
thursday18th march
the phoenix cinema 8pm
OPENING RECEPTION ! PREMIERE FILM & FESTIVAL CLUB €15
SOLD OUT
DIRECTOR - Ian Fitzgibbon
WRITER - Mark O’Rowe
PRODUCERS - Stephen Woolley, Alan Moloney and Elizabeth Karlsen
88mins/Ire-UK/Colour/2009/35mm
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker
FILM COURTESY OF OPTIMUM RELEASING
Michael owes money to Dublin’s meanest gangster, Darren Perrier. When the debt is called in Brenda,Michael’s recently “dumped” and suicidal best friend, accidentally shoots dead one of his goons. To make matters worse Michael’s estranged father, Jim, arrives just in time to witness the scene. With a bounty on their heads Michael, Jim and Brenda flee to the mountains.
On the run with his eccentric father, who’s convinced he’ll die the next time he sleeps, and an increasingly morose Brenda, Michael is about to lose his mind. But as the net tightens and the helter-skelter chase reaches its climax he is forced to forgive his father and confront his true feelings for Brenda. With every hard man in Dublin on their trail it looks like Michael won’t make it through the next 24 hours; however, The Grim Reaper and a gang of savage dogs have a funny way of intervening.
music at lord bakers directly following screening 10pm
special guest - cillian murphy
Cillian first garnered international attention for his performance as the reluctant survivor Jim in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later. Following Batman Begins, he starred opposite Rachel McAdams in Wes Craven’s Red Eye and received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Patrick "Kitten" Brady in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto. Cillian starred in Ken Loach’s 2006 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He re-teamed with Boyle and writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later) on Sunshine (2007). Cillian’s screen credits also include Beeban Kidron’s forthcoming Hippie Hippie Shake, John Maybury’s Edge of Love, John Crowley's Intermission, Peter Webber's Girl With a Pearl Earring, Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain, How Harry Became a Tree, On the Edge, and Sunburn.
Cillian is currently working on Inception (Warner Bros.), a contemporary sci-fi thriller set within the architecture of the mind, The "lm, which also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, marks his third collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. In 2005, Murphy made an indelible impression as Dr. Jonathan Crane/The Scarecrow in Batman Begins and reprised the role in last year’s The Dark Knight.
Cillian made his mark on stage with a stunning performance in Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs and later starred in the excellent film version directed by Kirsten Sheridan. His stage collaborations with Garry Hynes include Playboy of the Western World which many of us remember in Siamsa Tíre.