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Director
Paddy Breathnach
Credits
Producers: Robert Walpole, Simon Channing Willis. Writer: Pearse Elliott
Principal Cast
Allen Leech, Tom Murphy, Ciaran Nolan, Sean McGinley, Pat Shortt
Category
Feature
A boisterous comedy, Man About Dog follows the exploits of three young men who entangle themselves in a web of crooked bookmakers and greyhound trainers. In exchange for ownership of a champion greyhound, dog-racing enthusiasts Mo Chara (Allen Leech), Cerebral Paulsy (Tom Murphy), and Scud Murphy (Ciaran Nolan) spoil a fixed race, crossing criminal bookmaker J. P. McCallion (Sean McGinley) in the process. The ultimatum McCallion gives the trio is clear: pay the 50,000 their interference cost him or face violent consequences. In response the three go on the run, setting in motion a road trip adventure where their greyhound is their best chance of making money and keeping one step ahead of a bad end. Irish comedian and actor Pat Shortt also stars as one of the many people the boys manage to offend in this raucous, good-time film that is, by turns, charming, irreverent, and hilarious.
85 minutes, Ireland/UK, 2004, Colour
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:45
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SPRING FORWARD (PROGRAMME 1) 13.20
BALTIMORE 13:30
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
FROM THE VAULTS: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: THE ART OF LIVING 18.30
IO CAPITANO 15:50
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 18:10
ON THE WATERFRONT 70TH ANNIVERSARY 13:40
PERFECT DAYS 20:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 17:15
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.00 (OC)
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