IRELAND Production Listings - May 30 2003

Copyright: Screen International

AURORA ISLAND
(Magma Films [Ire], Art Oko Film [Ger]) Co-prods: Future Films Ltd [UK]. Budget: e5m. Backers: Buena Vista Germany (Ger), First Look Media (US). Dist: First look Media (RoW exc North Am, Canada); Buena Vista (Ger). Thriller. Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Stephen Margolis, Michele Berk. Prods: Karel Dirka, Clodagh Freeman. Dir: Peter Medak. Scr: Agatha Dominik, Robert Newton. Main cast: Kim Basinger, Emily Hamilton, Patrick Bergin. Shooting from August to September.
Contact: Clodagh Freeman, Magma Films, (353) 9156 9142

BABY BABY
(Samson Films [Ire]) Co-prod: Fillum Limited (NI). Budget: Low. Backer: Niftc. Drama. Exec prods: David Collins. Prods: Martina Niland, Colin McKeown. Dir/scr: Scott Morgan. Main cast: Tara Lynne O'Neill, Mary Moulds, Niamh O'Donnell. Shooting from autumn 2003 in Belfast.
Contact: Martina Niland, Samson Films, (353) 1667 0533

DEAD LONG ENOUGH
(Grand Pictures) Co-prod: Boda (UK). Budget: e2.5m. Backers: Arts Council of Wales, Irish Film Board, Section 481. Romantic comedy. Exec prod: Michael Garland. Prod: Paul Donovan. Co-prod: Nerys Lloyd. Dir: Tommy Collins. Scr: James Hawes, from his novel. Shooting in October in Ireland and Wales.
Contact: Paul Donovan Grand Pictures Ltd, (353) 1411 3759

KING ARTHUR
(Jerry Bruckheimer Films [US], World 2000) Int'l dist: Touchstone. Backers: Disney, Section 481. Budget: $90m. Drama. Exec prods: Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Ned Dowd, Morgan O'Sullivan. Prod: Jerry Bruckheimer. Dir: Antoine Fuqua. Scr: David Franzoni, John Lee Hancock. Main cast: Clive Owen, Kiera Knightly, Stephen Dillane. Shooting from June to November 2003 on location in Ireland.
Contact: Production Office, (353) 1286 2971

LAWS OF ATTRACTION
(Deep River Production, Irish Dreamtime [Ire-US], Stratus Films, Intermedia Film [US]) Budget: $30m. Romantic comedy. Exec prods: Moritz Borman, Mark Gill, Mark Gordon, Basil Iwanyk, Arthur Lappin, Bob Yari. Prods: David T Friendly, Marc Turtletaub, Beau St Clair, Julie Durk. Dir: Peter Howitt. Scr: Robert Harling, Aline Brosh McKenna, Karey Kirkpatrick. Main cast: Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore. Shooting from June 16 until Aug 22 in Ireland and New York City.
Contact: (353) 1667 5599

LOVE IN LIMBO
(Grand Pictures Ltd) Co-prods: 42nd St Prods (Sp), Tradewind Pictures (Ger), Fame (UK). Budget: e2m. Backers: Irish Film Board, Section 481. Romantic drama. Exec prod: Michael Garland. Prod: Paul Donovan. Co-prods: Thomas Spieker, Helmut Weber, Sam Taylor. Dir/scr: Orla Walsh. Shooting from October in Dublin and Barcelona.
Contact: Paul Donovan, Grand Pictures Ltd, (353) 1411 3759

THE SECOND LAYER
(Magma Films) Budget: e1.2m. Thriller. Exec prod: Ralph Christians. Prod: Ann Brehony. Dir: Colm Villa. Scr: Mathew Thomas. Main cast: Patrick Bergin. Shooting from November to December.
Contact: Ann Brehony, Magma Films, (353) 9156 9142

STARFISH
(Starfish Enterprise) Budget: e100,000. Backer: Irish Film Board. Romantic comedy. Prod: Victoria Parks. Dir/scr: Stephen Kane. Shooting in August.
Contact: Victoria Parks, Starfish Enterprise, (353) 874 152 479

32A
(Janey Pictures) Backers: Irish Film Board. Drama. Prod: Tommy Weir. Co-prod: Les Kelly. Dir/scr: Marian Quinn. Shooting late 2003.
Contact: Tommy Weir, Janey Pictures, (353) 719 164 809

DERRICK THE MOVIE
(Magma Films, ndF [Ger], ZDF Enterprise [Ger]) Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Matthias Walther, Horst Mueller. Dir: Michael Schaack. Scr: Ralph Christians, Marteinn Thorisson, Juergen Wolff. Main cast: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper. Shooting from January until December 2003.
Contact: Ralph Christians, Magma Films, (353) 9156 9142

UGLY DUCKLING AND ME
(Magma Films, A-Film [Den], Dygra Films [Sp], Futurikon [Fr]) Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Anders Mastrup. Dir: Karsten Killerich. Scr: Mark Hodkinson. Shooting from May 2003 until 2004.
Contact: Daina Sacco, Magma Films, (353) 9156 9142

COUNTRY OF MY SKULL
(Studio Eight, Merlin Films [Ire], The Film Consortium, Ingenious, Phoenix Pictures [US], IDC [S Africa]) Prods: Kieran Corrigan, Robert Chartoff, Mike Medavoy. Dir: John Boorman. Main cast: Samuel L Jackson, Juliette Binoche.
Contact: Kieran Corrigan, Merlin Films, (353) 1676 4373

COWBOYS AND ANGELS (aka THE REAL THING)
(Wide Eye Films, Stockhaus Filmproduktion [Ger], Grosvenor Park [UK]) Exec prod: James Flynn. Prod: Natalie Lichtenthaeler. Dir/scr: David Gleeson. Main cast: Michael Legge, Alan Leech, Amy Shields, Frank Kelly.
Contact: Natalie Lichtenthaeler, Wide Eye Films, (353) 1678 7930

DEAD MEAT
(Three Way Productions) Exec prod: Brendan McCarthy. Prods: Edward King, Michael Griffin. Dir/scr/ed: Conor McMahon. Main cast: Marian Araujo, David Mauyllard, Eoin Whelan, David Ryan.
Contact: Edward King, (353) 868 898 740

ELLA ENCHANTED
(Jane Startz Productions [US], World 2000). Exec prod: Su Armstrong. Prod: Jane Startz. Dir: Tommy O'Haver. Scr: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith. Main cast: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Joanna Lumley.
Contact: Gerry Lundberg, (353)1679 8476

THE HALO EFFECT
(Fatface Films, Fastnet Films) Prods: Lance Daly, Macdara Kelleher. Dir/scr: Daly. Main cast: Stephen Rea, Grattan Smith, Kerry Condon, Simon Delaney, Brendan Cauldwell.
Contact: Fastnet Films, (353) 1491 0461

HEADRUSH
(Zanzibar Productions) Exec prod: Tristan Lynch. Prod: Edwina Forkin. Dir/scr: Shimmy Marcus. Main cast: Wuzza Conlon, Laura Pyper, Gavin Kelty, Pat Kinevane Steven Berkoff, Huey Morgan.
Contact: Zanzibar Productions, (353) 1671 9480

HONEYMOONERS
(Samson Films, Utah Films [UK]) Exec prods: David Collins, Lucy Darwin. Prods: Martina Niland, Martin Brinkler. Dir/scr: Karl Golden. Main cast: Jonathan Byrne, Alex Reid.
Contact: Martina Niland, Samson Films (353) 1667 0533

MYSTICS
(MR Films [Ire], Murphia Pictures [UK]) Exec prod: Michael Wearing. Prods: Mark O'Sullivan, Nigel Warren Green. Co-prods: Carrie Comerford, Emma Scott. Dir: David Blair. Main cast: David Kelly, Milo O'Shea, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham.
Contact: MR Films, (353) 1881 4010

SPIN THE BOTTLE
(Grand Pictures) Exec prod: Jane Doolan. Prod: Michael Garland. Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon. Scr: Fitzgibbon, Michael McIlhattan. Main cast: McIlhattan, Peter McDonald, Bronagh Gallagher, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Samantha Mumba.
Contact: Michael Garland, Grand Pictures, (353) 1411 3759

STRAIGHT TO VIDEO
(Parallel World Productions [UK], Wildfire Productions) Prod: Michael Casey. Dir/scr: John Simpson.
Contact: Michael Casey, (44) 289 057 3000

TIMBUKTU
(Magahy & Co, Yellow Asylum) Prod: Laura Magahy, Martin Mahon. Dir: Alan Gilsenan. Scr: Paul Freaney.
Contact: Martin Mahon, (353) 1679 0427

ULYSSES
(Odyssey Pictures, What's the Story [UK]) Exec prod: Gerry Murphy. Prod: Sean Walsh, Mark Byrne, John & Ros Hubbard. Dir/scr: Walsh. Main cast: Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor.
Contact: Sean Walsh, (353) 1493 2147/ Mark Byrne, (44) 207 636 9991