Irish Classic Movies - 4 Film Boxset

Was €25.95

Now €14.95

Four Films in one boxset - costing almost 60 Euro if bought seperately.

The General

From Oscar nominated John Boorman (point Blank, Deliverance), comes his latest black comedy film which charts the rise and falloff the notorious Irish gangster Martin Cahill (Brendan Glesson – Braveheart, Michael Collins, Butcher Boy) who held Dublin in his thrall during the 1980’s with a series of daring robberies, gaining the name ‘The General’

This film tells the story of Cahill’s life of crime exposing this deep –seated resentment and open defiance of all authority with his relentless battle with the Irish police force. He overreaches himself when he and his gang ( Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinle) steal paintings belonging to the Beit collection. Cahill and his men are watched day and night by the police, but he continues to defy and elude them.

However, when the IRA become involved the consequences are devastating for ‘ The General’ and his gang.

The Butcher Boy

1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis casts a shadow over the world. "It'll be a bitter day for this town if the world comes to an end." A woman in Francie Brady's Irish hometown laments. But if planet Earth exlodes into a hundred-million, billion, trillion pieces, Francie won't be surprised one single bit. It's just like grownups to do something like that.

Funny, chilling and full of visual flair, The Butcher Boy, the story og how Francie copes with cruel fate and a dysfunctional homelife, is "Neil Jordan's best movie yet" (Entertainment Weekly). The Academy Award winning director of the Crying Game and Interview with a Vampire casts Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw and Sinead O'Connor as adults inhabiting Fancie's real or imagined worlds. And newcomer Eamonn Owens, chosen from 2,000 hopefuls to play the charmingly lethal Francie, gives "a spectular, amazing performance that will take your breath away"

Michael Collins

Michael Collins, the man and the movie, stands tall. The man is a hero whose fighting tactics became a model for other 20th century struggles, a statesman who negotiated Ireland’s break with England, a political martyr slain for the great cause he lived and breathed. The movie is an epic triumph “as brave and heartfelt as Braveheart” (Jack Matthews, Newsday).

“I will never make a more important film”, Academy Award winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) says. Only time will tell if he makes a more exciting one. Michael Collins roils with the passions of war furiously waged and peace desperately sought. Liam Neeson (winner of a Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award) plays the title role. Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman and Julia Roberts also deliver vivid performances. They, Jordan and the superb behind-the-cameras team make Michael Collins a man and a movie you won’t soon forget.

Ryan’s Daughter

Lovely, headstrong Rosy (Sarah Miles) cannot forsake her passionate romance with the handsome British officer (Christopher Jones). Yet there is a greater love ? the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher husband Charles (Robert Mitchum), who stands by Rosy when her illicit affair leads to a charge of treason.illicit affair leads to a charge of treason.

Two honoured alumni of Lawerence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago – director David Lean and screenwriter Robert Bolt – frame this brooding tale within the expansive beaches, craggy cliffs and heathered hills of Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula. Freddie Young’s lush cinematography and John Mill’s memorable portrayal of a town simpleton won Academy Awards. The remarkable movie containing them casts a haunting spell.