The General (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.2/10   

Réalisateur:

John Boorman

Writers:

John Boorman (writer)
Paul Williams (novel)

Release Date:

18 décembre 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Crime | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill.

Plot:

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Robbery | Irish | Gangster | Money

Awards:

9 wins & 8 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

The perfect anti-hero

Ensemble

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
Pat Laffan	...	Police Sgt. Patrick Higgins
Eamonn Owens	...	Young Martin Cahill
Colleen O'Neill	...	Patricia
Maebh Gorby	...	Sylvie
Frank Melia	...	Lawless
Ronan Wilmot	...	James Donovan
Lynn Cahill	...	Arcade Woman
David Wilmot	...	Assassin
Stephen Brennan	...	Arthur Ryan
Don Wycherley	...	Henry Mackie (as Don Wicherley)
Kevin Flood	...	Judge
Pat Kinevane	...	Desk Guard
Barry McGovern	...	IRA Man 1
Patrick Condren	...	IRA Man 2 (as Patrick Condron)
Darren Miley	...	Young Anthony
Mark Quigley	...	Young Paddy
Frank Laverty	...	Garda 1
Kieran Hurley	...	Garda 2
Cathy White	...	Guide
Anne Kent	...	Mrs. Cahill
Donncha Crowley	...	1962 Priest (as Donnacha Crowley)
Aoife Moriarty	...	Young Frances
Clive Geraghty	...	Commissioner
Neilí Conroy	...	Maeve
John Cronin	...	Aiden
Peter-Hugo Daly	...	Beavis, Fence
Des Cave	...	HC Chairman
Brendan Conroy	...	Corporation Official
Brian McGrath	...	Doctor
Alan Barry	...	Judge 2
Pat Leavy	...	Mrs. Duggan
Niamh Lineham	...	Reporter
Jason Byrne	...	Reporter 2
Owen O'Neill	...	Revenue Man 1
David Carey	...	Revenue Man 2
Ann Doyle	...	TV Newsreader
Brendan Coyle	...	UVF Leader
Jim Sheridan	...	CPAD Leader
Emma McIvor	...	Woman Worker
Darragh Kelly	...	Young Detective
Andrew Bennett	...	Hollyfield Priest
Anthony Fox	...	Garda 3
Gavin Kelty	...	Young Hood 1
Darren Healy	...	Young Hood 2
Jeffrey O'Toole	...	Young Hood 3
Mark Dunne	...	Young Hood 4
Gerard Kearney	...	Young Hood 5 (as Ger Kearny)
Tony Flynn	...	Security Guard
Jim Reid	...	Mr. Crenshaw
Liz Schwartz	...	Nanny
Ami Hedges	...	Baby
Karl Deegan	...	Garda 4
Mick O'Brien	...	Garda 5
Des O'Malley	...	Himself
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Stewart Stafford	...	Football Supporter (uncredited)

Réalisé par
John Boorman

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
John Boorman		writer
Paul Williams		novel "The General"

Produit par
John Boorman	....	producer
Kieran Corrigan	....	executive producer
Betsy Davis	....	co-executive producer
P.J. Pettiette	....	co-executive producer

Musique originale
Richie Buckley

Image
Seamus Deasy

Montage
Ron Davis

Distribution des rôles
Jina Jay

Création des décors
Derek Wallace

Direction artistique
Jim Furlong

Création des costumes
Maeve Paterson

Maquillage
Orla Carrol	....	head hair stylist (as Orla Carroll)
Lynn Johnson	....	assistant makeup artist
Conor McAlistair	....	assistant hair stylist
Maire O'Sullivan	....	head makeup artist

Directeur de production
Jo Homewood	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Kevan Barker	....	first assistant director
Paul Barnes	....	second assistant director
Paddy McCarney	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Audrey Corr	....	assistant prop buyer
Noel Coughlan	....	stand-by painter
Alan Dunne	....	stand-by props
Paul Hedges	....	prop master
Shirley Henderson	....	set dresser
Paul Keogh	....	stand-by carpenter
Eoin Lewis	....	dressing props
Tony Nicholson Jr.	....	dressing props
Irene O'Brien	....	assistant art director
Dave Wallace	....	stand-by prop
Dave Whelan	....	construction supervisor

Technicien du son
Pat Brennan	....	assistant dubbing editor
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer (as Edward Colyer)
Michelle Cunniffe	....	sound re-recordist
Brendan Deasy	....	sound recordist
John Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paddy Gibbons	....	dubbing editor
Joe Gilmore	....	dubbing editor
Pauline Griffiths	....	foley artist
Pat Hayes	....	adr recordist
Jenny Lee Wright	....	foley artist
Anthony Litton	....	assistant sound editor
Teddy Mason	....	foley editor (as Ted Mason)
Eddie Quinn	....	boom operator
Doug E. Turner	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Douglas E. Turner)

Visual Effects
Craig Chandler	....	digital compositor

Cascadeur
Anthony Condren	....	stunt performer
Brendan Condren	....	stunts
Joe Condren	....	stunts
Dominick Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator
Eamon A. Kelly	....	stunts
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunts
Philippe Zone	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Seamus Corcoran	....	additional camera operator
Sean Creagh Jr.	....	electrician
Noel Cullen	....	gaffer
Cedric Culliton	....	camera operator: video camera
Seamus Deasy	....	camera operator
Shane Deasy	....	focus puller
Kieran Dempsey	....	best boy
Richie Egan	....	trainee grip
Graeme Haughton	....	electrician
John Murphy	....	key grip
Patrick Redmond	....	still photographer
Kevin Scott	....	generator operator
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Alf Tramontin	....	Steadicam operator
Simon Walsh	....	clapper loader

Casting Department
Shaheen Baig	....	casting assistant
Chloe Emmerson	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Crosse	....	wardrobe mistress
Susan O'Connor Cave	....	wardrobe assistant
Fiona Whelan	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Simon Davis	....	assistant editor
James Finlan	....	assistant editor
Bob Robinson	....	assistant editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Brian Masterson	....	music supervisor
Richard McCullough	....	assistant music engineer

Divers
Dermot Cleary	....	location assistant
Con Cremins	....	production accountant
Mairtin De Barra	....	location trainee
Sonya Gildea	....	assistant: John Boorman (as Sonya Supple)
Pauline Hume	....	title designer
John McKenna	....	chief armorer
Carol Moorhead	....	production coordinator
Poll Moussoulides	....	dialogue coach
Joe Murdiff	....	location assistant
Laerke Sigfred Pedersen	....	script supervisor
Rachel Smith	....	production secretary
Siobhan Sweeney	....	accounting assistant
Clodagh Tierney	....	assistant location manager
Mickey Walsh	....	location manager (as Mick Walsh)
Robert Wilkinson	....	location scout

Production Companies

• J & M
• Merlin Films

Distributors

• Filmark (Brazil) (video)
• Filmax International (Spain)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Silvio Sardi Communications (1999) (Italy) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Classics (USA)
• Warner Bros.

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Team FX

Other Companies

• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services

Autre(s) titre(s):

I Once Had a Life
Le général (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and pervasive language.

Durée:

124 min

Pays:

UK | Ireland

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | France:U | New Zealand:M | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

J & M

Anecdotes:

The home of director John Boorman was robbed by the real life Martin Cahill. Among other things, he stole a gold record that Boorman had on the wall, which inspired Boorman to include that scene in the movie.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Set in 1984, the background of the anti-drug march features a car with a license plate beginning with "96," indicating 1996.

Guillemet:

Martin Cahill: [looking at himself on television] It makes me look fat.
Tina: You're not fat. You're cuddly.

Movie Connections:

References Deliverance (1972)

The perfect anti-hero

There are few modern directors whom I respect as well as John Boorman. His biopics are always keenly observed, and he has a great eye for the comic moment. Cahill, history tells us, was a vicious thug - his only redeeming qualities, Boorman tells us, were his love for his family and comrades. Even if a few of Cahill's blemishes were airbrushed out to present him as a modern day Robin Hood, what the hell, it makes great cinema. Cahill is the perfect anti-hero, and with Boorman's decision to show us the ending at the beginning - we know that he ultimately pays the ultimate price for his crimes.

No point in harping on about the use of monochrome photography. I don't particularly think it matters - it just makes me wish I was watching Casablanca. But the principal actors are perfect. Brendan Gleeson and Adrian Dunbar make a fine pairing, and Jon Voight as Cahill's nemesis, Inspector Ned Kenny, is surprisingly good at the Irish accent, and back to his best form as an actor.

Boorman, although not as prolific, deserves to be regarded alongside Scorsese, Coppola and Kubrik for his insight into humanity and the sometimes strange bonds that result. No other modern directors do this as well as the above mentioned.