This film looks pretty sharp from what i've heard and seen of it so far.
Tis just what Ireland needs and has needed for so long really. A premanent documentation and fresh perspective of how our recent history has impacted on the extraordinary life of this Irish man. This film has a thrilling plot and pace akin to 'the lives of others'.
This film sucked major balls, worst film I've seen in a while
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okok this film has been totally torn apart by movie critics...Just watchin the View the other night....One particular critic downgraded it completly as being confusing,bad dialogue,time span moving too quickly etc.
What must be noted is this was a small budget film and i mean small... €5,000?
Whats credible is the debut of Anthony Fox onto film screens, and of course a mighty Gerard McSorley... I say well Done Anthony to you and yours...and after months of waiting to see this..I finally can..not as a 'film critic' but just as a lover of film...and especially home grown films.Thats all i gotta say.
Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today- James Deanshare
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Irish films in general are a hard sell to Irish audiences the most recent example 'Wide Open Spaces', starring Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Ted) took just €8,000 at the Box Office and was pulled after its 1st week. Box office statistics show that Irish audiences have an enormous appetite for Hollywood blockbusters and prefer to wait for the DVD release of Irish films.
Ireland does not have the audience size (4.5 million population) to justify spending €200 million to produce one film, so the budgets for Irish movies don't go much higher than €4 million and are generally co-produced with other countries, in fact the entire budget at the Irish Film Boards disposal is in the region of €19 million.
Of the over 7,000 movies produced each year an average of five are Irish films. It is simply not an industry that is supported in Ireland, so movies like 'Anton' are very rare. 'Anton' like 'The Lives of Others' is based on true events. Unlike 'The Lives of Others' 'Anton' had a tiny budget of €500,000, so it is a remarkable accomplishment. Unlike a lot of Irish films 'Anton' got worldwide distribution (under the title Trapped) and despite the typical begrudgery that afflicts certain insecure Irish people 'Anton' was a great success.
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You're not seriously going to mention this in the same name as the lives of others. You're living on a different planet/ego
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