The General (1998 film)
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| Directed by | John Boorman |
| Produced by | John Boorman |
| Written by | John Boorman Paul Williams |
| Starring | Brendan Gleeson Adrian Dunbar Maria Doyle Kennedy Angeline Ball Jon Voight |
| Music by | Richie Buckley |
| Cinematography | Seamus Deasy |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | December 18, 1998 |
| Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $1,214,198 |
The General is an Irish film directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who pulled off several daring heists in the early 1980s, and attracted the attention of the Gardaí, IRA, and UVF. The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998. Brendan Gleeson plays Cahill, Adrian Dunbar plays his close friend Noel Curley, and Jon Voight plays Inspector Ned Kenny.
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[edit] Cast
- Brendan Gleeson - Martin Cahill
- Adrian Dunbar - Noel Curley
- Sean McGinley - Gary
- Maria Doyle Kennedy - Frances
- Angeline Ball - Tina
- Jon Voight - Inspector Ned Kenny
- Eanna MacLiam - Jimmy
- Tom Murphy - Willie Byrne
- Paul Hickey - Anthony
- Tommy O'Neill - Paddy
- John O'Toole - Shea
- Ciarán Fitzgerald - Tommy
- Ned Dennehy - Gay
- Vinny Murphy - Harry (as Vinnie Murphy)
- Roxanna Williams - Orla
[edit] Production
The film was based on the book of the same name by Irish journalist Paul Williams, who is also crime editor of Ireland's best-selling tabloid, The Sunday World, and not forgetting that the movie was based on the criminal mastermind, Martin Cahill.
Director John Boorman was himself one of Cahill's burglary victims. This event was dramatized in the film in a scene where Cahill breaks into a home, stealing a gold record and pilfering a watch from the wrist of a sleeping woman. The gold record, which Cahill later broke in disgust after discovering it was not made of gold, was awarded for the score of Deliverance, Boorman's best-known film.
The General was filmed in colour, but it has been released in both a colour version and a black-and-white version.
Filming was at various locations around Dublin including The South Lotts and Ranelagh.
[edit] Reception
The General was nominated for and won several awards, including Best Director at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The General". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4909/year/1998.html. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
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