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The Van (1996 Film)
''The Van'' is a 1996 film, based on the novel '' The Van'' (the third in ''The Barrytown Trilogy'') by Roddy Doyle. Like '' The Snapper'' (1993), it was directed by Stephen Frears. The first film of the trilogy, '' The Commitments'' (1991), was directed by Alan Parker. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Colm Meaney and Donal O'Kelly. Plot Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job as a baker in Barrytown, a working-class quarter of Dublin. With his redundancy cheque, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his best mate, Larry. Due, in part, to Ireland's surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well. The relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo and his wife, Maggie, behave more and more like typical bosses. Larry believes that Maggie is the cause of the strained friendship, as he thinks she is pushing Bimbo away from him. The van is closed down because of poor hygiene by healt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Frears
Sir Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is a British director and producer of film and television, often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply-drawn characters. He has received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards. In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' named Frears among the 100 most influential people in Culture of the United Kingdom, British culture. In 2009, he received the Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He received a knighthood in 2023 for his contributions to the film and television industries. Born in Leicester and educated at Gresham's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Frears started his career working as an assistant director in theatre and film while directing many television plays. Frears directed his debut feature film ''Gumshoe (film), Gumshoe'' in 1971 and received critical acclaim for his films in the 1980s su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films. Parker was known for using a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres. He directed musicals, including ''Bugsy Malone'' (1976), ''Fame (1980 film), Fame'' (1980), ''Pink Floyd – The Wall'' (1982), ''The Commitments (film), The Commitments'' (1991) and ''Evita (1996 film), Evita'' (1996); true-story dramas, including ''Midnight Express (film), Midnight Express'' (1978), ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), ''Come See the Paradise'' (1990) and ''Angela's Ashes (film), Angela's Ashes'' (1999); family dramas, including ''Shoot the Moon'' (1982), and horrors and thrillers including ''Angel Heart'' (1987) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardmore Studios
Ardmore Studios, in Bray, County Wicklow, is Ireland's oldest film studio. It opened in 1958 under the management of Emmet Dalton and Louis Elliman. Since then, it has evolved through many managements and owners. It has been the base for many successful Irish and international productions, including '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,'' '' Fair City'', ''Braveheart'', '' My Left Foot'' and '' Veronica Guerin''. The studio struggled through several changes of ownership in its early years, entering receivership in 1963, 1971 and 1972. After several ownership changes, the studio became the government-backed National Film Studios of Ireland in 1975, under the management of Sheamus Smith. During Smith's tenure, notable movies based there included Michael Crichton's '' The First Great Train Robbery'', starring Sean Connery. When government funding was withdrawn in the early 1980s, Ardmore was briefly owned by the Indian producer Mahmud Sipra, before the studios were taken over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilbarrack
Kilbarrack ( or 'church of young Barra') is a residential suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, running inwards from the coast, about from the city's centre. It is also a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the ancient Barony (Ireland), barony of Coolock (barony), Coolock. Modern-day Kilbarrack is within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council, with part of its old lands now in Donaghmede, and part in Bayside, Dublin, Bayside under Fingal County Council jurisdiction. Location Kilbarrack is situated on the Northside (Dublin), Northside of the city, between the suburbs of Raheny, Donaghmede and Bayside, Dublin, Bayside (the latter was formed from Kilbarrack's old core). It originally bordered Sutton, Dublin also, and the coastal part may still do so. Its coastal area faces North Bull Island across the water known as Raheny Lake or Crab Water. History and nature Kilbarrack is an old district, whose name can be found on maps and sea charts, many held at Dublin C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kenny
Jonathan Kenny (28 September 1957 – 15 November 2024) was an Irish comedian and actor, best known as one half of the Irish comic duo D'Unbelievables with Pat Shortt. They were a successful duo until 2000, releasing ''One Hell of a Video, D'Unbelievables, D'Video, D'Telly, D'Mother'' and ''D'collection'' but the group stopped touring after Kenny was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Early life Jonathan Kenny was born in Hospital, County Limerick, on 28 September 1957. His mother's Maiden and married names, maiden name is Dirraine and his maternal grandparents came from Inishmore in the Aran Islands. He started his career in , aged 15, performing with the Limerick band Gimik before switching to acting. Career Kenny had dyslexia and never received formal training. He played two characters in separate episodes of ''Father Ted'': Michael Cocheese in "The Passion of Saint Tibulus" and Fred Rickwood in "A Song for Europe (Father Ted), A Song for Europe". He later said that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Mullen
Marie Mullen (born 1953) is an Irish actress. She is known for co-founding the Druid Theatre Company, located in Galway, Ireland. She is also known for her performance in the 1998 production of ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'', for which she received a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Career Mullen is from Drumfin, south Sligo."On the long hard road of acting for forty years" ''Sligo Champion'', (independent.ie), 13 June 2015 She said that she wanted "to try to be an actor from when I was in secondary school." Garry Hynes recalls meeting Mullen at Dramsoc at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Dunne
Stuart Dunne (born 1957) is an Irish actor and artist. He is best known for his dark and violent portrayal of the character Billy Meehan on the Irish soap opera ''Fair City''. He was nominated at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards for Best Actor in a Television Drama for ''Fair City''. Career Dunne was born in 1957 in Dublin, Ireland. He comes from a large family, nine sisters and two brothers, from Drimnagh. He studied for five years in the Focus Theater under the direction of Deirdre O'Connell. Dunne married in 1988 years to his wife Geraldine, who is also his agent, and in 1991 their son Neil was born. Dunne is a self-taught artist who has had his work shown on '' The Late Late Show'' on RTÉ One. He has also exhibited in the IFSC, the Davis Gallery, the James Gallery, and in England and the USA. Dunne's work hangs in The Roily Gallery, the oldest gallery in Dublin. Dunne is currently working on the project; "Vincent: Questioning the Method", a character study wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan O'Carroll
Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September 1955) is an Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying foul-mouthed matriarch List of Mrs. Brown's Boys characters#Agnes Brown, Agnes Brown on stage and in the BBC and RTÉ television sitcom ''Mrs. Brown's Boys''. In 2015, O'Carroll was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish television. Early life The youngest of 11 children, O'Carroll was born in Finglas, Dublin on 17 September 1955.Profile , BBC. Retrieved 14 September 2015. His mother, Maureen O'Carroll, Maureen, was a Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party Teachta Dála, TD and his father, Gerard O'Carroll, was a carpenter. His father died in 1962 when O'Carroll was seven, and Brendan's mother raised their eleven children with little money. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Rúaidhrí Conroy (born 30 November 1979) is an Irish actor. He is the son of actor Brendan Conroy. One of his first castings was as Tito (and not Tayto as commonly misconceived) in the 1992 film '' Into the West'', for which he won a Young Artist Award in the Outstanding Youth Actors in a Family Foreign Film category. In 1998, Conroy received the Theatre World Award for his performance in Martin McDonagh's play, '' The Cripple of Inishmaan''. Conroy also appeared in another McDonagh piece, '' Six Shooter'', which won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 2006. Although invited to the 78th Academy Awards, Conroy was unable to attend due to a "passport infringement" on arrival, resulting in his being returned home. Filmography Film Television Theatre credits * 1998 – Public Theater, New York production of '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' – Billy (Lead) * 1997 – Royal National Theatre production of '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' – Billy (Lead) * 1999 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ger Ryan
Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress, whose credits include '' Queer as Folk'', ''Family'', '' The War of the Buttons'', '' The Van'', ''Moll Flanders'', ''Intermission'' and '' Little Dog''. Career Ryan has twice been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for ''Family'' and ''Amongst Women'', and received several nominations in the Irish Film and Television Awards, including for ''Amongst Women'', ''Intermission'' and ''The Return''. She is also a recipient of a ''Belfast Telegraph'' EMA Award in for her work on ''A Place with the Pigs'' and ''Song of the Yellow Bittern''. In 2007, she received an IFTA for her work on the two-part docu-drama, '' Stardust'', by RTÉ. She also played Margie McEvoy in the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ... d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Mexico in 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation Italy national football team, Italy and defending champions Argentina national football team, Argentina. The tournament was won by Germany national football team, West Germany, for the third time. They 1990 FIFA World Cup Final, beat defending champions Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a rematch of 1986 FIFA World Cup Final, the previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third and England national football team, England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
