Waking Ned (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.2/10   

Réalisateur:

Kirk Jones

Scénariste:

Kirk Jones (written by)

Release Date:

20 novembre 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

Finally, a comedy that will make you feel like a million bucks.

Plot:

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Plot Keywords:

Lottery | Telephone Box | Motorcycle | Fiddle | Village Life

Awards:

7 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Enjoyable quirky comedy

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4	9:30 PM	PBS
Sun. July 5	12:50 AM	PBS

Ensemble

Ian Bannen	...	Jackie O'Shea
David Kelly	...	Michael O'Sullivan
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Annie O'Shea
Susan Lynch	...	Maggie O'Toole
James Nesbitt	...	Pig Finn
Paul Vaughan	...	Narrator (voice)
Adrian Robinson	...	Lotto Observer
Maura O'Malley	...	Mrs. Kennedy
Robert Hickey	...	Maurice O'Toole
Paddy Ward	...	Brendy O'Toole
James Ryland	...	Dennis Fitzgerald
Fintan McKeown	...	Pat Mulligan
Eileen Dromey	...	Lizzy Quinn
Kitty Fitzgerald	...	Kitty
Dermot Kerrigan	...	Father Patrick

Autre(s) titre(s):

À la santé de Ned (France) (DVD title)
Vieilles canailles (France)
Waking Ned Devine (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for nudity, language and thematic elements.

Durée:

91 min | Argentina:92 min

Pays:

UK | France | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Latin | Irish Gaelic

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Cregneash, Isle of Man

Company:

Tomboy Films

Anecdotes:

Despite being set in Ireland the film was shot in the Isle of Man.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Lizzy is calling the National Lottery from the phone booth, it is clearly visible that the entry in the yellow pages is in fact a cut-out piece of paper glued onto a different entry.

Guillemet:

Jackie O'Shea: Annie, where's me ticket?
Annie O'Shea: In your trousers.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dot the I (2003)

Soundtrack:

The Parting Glass

Enjoyable quirky comedy

A quirky comedy that could just as easily have been a TV hit, and to some extent it has that kind of feel. Some fine performances from the cast especially the late Ian Bannen.

Jackie O'Shea lives in a quiet little village, which is beset by the kind of gossip normal in such communities. When he finds that the lottery has been won by someone in the village, Jackie is obsessed by finding who the winner is. After a lengthy process of elimination, Jackie concludes that his friend Ned must be the winner.

But noone has seen Ned for days, so Jackie pays him a visit only to find that Ned has died of shock in his armchair in front of the TV when the lottery results were announced.

Realising that with no heir, Ned's winnings won't be paid out, Jackie persuades his friend Michael to impersonate Ned in order to claim the winnings, but things soon start to get very complicated as they attempt to keep up the facade.....

Not a blockbuster nor a 'split your sides laughing' type comedy (though it has it's moments) but thoroughly enjoyable all the same.