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David Kelly
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Michael O'Sullivan
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The Cranky Critic® Guide
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Ian Bannen
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Jackie O'Shea
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Sex! Death! Money! Greed! Nudity!,
Waking Ned Devine
has everything you want, except for Big Name Stars or a Big
Name Director. If nothing else, it is a totally disarming and
delightfully funny story that comes out of nowhere and will
have you splitting your sides in no time. To be honest, Cranky
would have passed on the flick, but other critics insisted.
He liked it so much that, with the aid of writer/director
Kirk Jones and stars Ian Bannen and David Kelly,
we're going to give y'all a leg up. Start with the basics,
below, then click on either star photo above, for more Cranky
StarTalk!
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Read Cranky's
Review |
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Meet writer
director Kirk Jones |
Kirk Jones
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| Jones: I come
from Bristol, in the West Country, in England. Went to film school
in Newport in Wales, then into the film industry in London. I
could have followed the usual route, but I used my money to make
test commercials, 'cuz I was really keen on becoming an commercial
director.
Cranky: Did directing commercials
help lay out and make WND?
Jones: I think so. I think it taught me the importance
of keeping the audience's attention and making the story clear,
tying up all the loose ends. At the script stage I would go
back and read through and if nothing happens for 2 or 3 pages
I'd work on that screen. I like saying I'm going in one direction
and then switching to go in another.
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Cranky:
Did you giggle as much writing the script as the audience does
when they see it?
Jones: As much as I giggled, I got quite depressed. Then
I'd leave it a couple of months and come back and find it wasn't
so bad. I'd giggle when I'd hit a problem and think "I know!
I'll put a guy naked on a bike!" |
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Meet a naked guy on a bike!
That would be poor old Michael
O'Sullivan (Kelly) caught in his skivvies when the lotto man
comes looking for him. Or Ned Devine. The lotto man doesn't
know, he just wants to give away the money and get home for
dinner . . .
Ian Bannen: When it came
to the motorbike riding it was harder on Kelly because I got
me underpants on. David thought he'd have a g-string on but
the camera could see it so off it had to come. The director
told him "35 miles an hour and try to look scared."
Well, he had no problem with that. His butt was sliding on the
seat.
David Kelly: When it came
to the day, faced with the reality of this thing, I was so scared
and I was so cold, I kept sliding off the thing. It's going
at 35 mpg. I was so terrified and cold that I didn't give a
damn about the nude bit. I thought I'd be saying to Steve McQueen
"you try making Bullit stark naked" Kirk said
to me, "David we want you to look worried." No
problem. I'd never been nude in public before. Not much
in private either. But it may start a whole new game!
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Now,
meet the rest of the crew....
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Farmer Pig Finn (James Nesbitt) wouldn't mind getting
a piece of the money. He could buy soap and smelly things to
take away the pig stink so he can woo his love . . .
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Maggie (Susan Lynch), an unwed mother whose child might
be his. Nobody knows and Maggie isn't telling.
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This is Annie O'Shea (Fionnula Flanagan), the long suffering
and non-lawbreaking partner of Jackie O'Shea who, with partner
Michael O'Sullivan and the rest of the town of Tully More is
set on swindling the . . .
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Lotto Man Jim Kelly (Brendan F. Dempsey) out of Millions
and Millions of British Pounds Sterling. Kelly could screw the
scheme up of course, but . . .
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Lizzy Quinn (Eileen Dromey), the nastiest witch in town
has the nerve to take it all for herself! Anyone who gets in
her way gets run down by her electric wheelchair!!!
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Cranky
would be more than happy to show you Ned Devine, but he's feelin'
a bit poorly . . . |
Left click on the links for more Cranky Critic
StarTalk with David Kelly and Ian
Bannen, the stars of Waking Ned Devine
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