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Waking Ned
A wonderful comedy and Ian Bannen's last film. When Ned Devine dies from shock after winning the lottery, two long-time friends, Michael and Jackie, discover his body and both agree that Ned would have wanted them to benefit from his good luck. The pair embark on an outrageous scheme to claim the ticket which also involves the help of the townsfolk.
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Waking Ned/ Evelyn/ In America
Three films. Waking Ned - Ian Bannen's last film. When Ned Devine dies from shock after winning the lottery, two long-time friends, Michael and Jackie, discover his body and both agree that Ned would have wanted them to benefit from his good luck. The pair embark on an outrageous scheme to claim the ticket which also involves the help of the townsfolk. Evelyn - Based on a true story and set in Ireland in 1953. Pierce Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, a man whose wife has just left him. His mother-in-law reports the fact that he has been abandoned by her daughter and that he is struggling to bring up three children on his own. Unfortunately for Mr. Doyle there is a 1941 law that allows the Catholic church to take his three children and place them in an orphanage until he can find a job, which will not be easy to do. His children suffer the abuses that are present every day in the orphanage system and Doyle is determined to regain custody by fighting the law. In America - Emotional tale of an Irish family and their move to New York in search of success. With little money to spare they live with their two daughters in a tough tenement and battle for survival. While the parents struggle with jobs, the children are fascinated and intrigued by their exciting new surroundings.
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20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT Waking Ned [1999]
When local wag Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) discovers that one of his neighbours in the village of Tulaigh Mohr is a lottery winner he sees a chance to share in the wealth. Things get complicated when Jackie and his pal Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) discover that the winner, Ned Devine, died of shock at the very moment he learned of becoming a millionaire. Undaunted, Jackie and Michael dispose of the lucky stiff and hatch a plot to impersonate him and claim the prize. Soon the whole village is involved and the plot rapidly thickens.<p> This film has been compared to <I>The Full Monty</I>, but it lacks the vein of desperation that added depth to that film. Instead, <I>Waking Ned</I> is closer in tone to classic British comedies like <I>Whisky Galore!</I>, with its cast of eccentrics gleefully conspiring to outwit the authorities. Those with a low tolerance for twinkly eyed Irish charm might be tempted to steer clear, although the movie is saved, for the most part, by its central performances. Bannen is superb as an old man who is clearly hungry for any excitement he can drum up and David Kelly is remarkable as his scrawny sidekick. Kelly has had a long career as a character actor in film and television, but here he has a chance to really let loose. His naked motorcycle ride is a marvellous set-piece and in all of his other scenes his twitchy, perfectly timed performance quite simply steals the movie. --<I>Simon Leake, Amazon.com</I>
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ScreenPress Books Waking Ned Devine: Film Screenplay
Pages: 160, Paperback, ScreenPress Books
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