Puckoon (2002)

Country of Origin: Ireland / UK / Germany
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 82 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Bórd Scannán na hÉireann / Distinguished Features / Insight Ventures Limited / MBP (Germany) / NatWest Ventures / National Lottery / Northern Ireland Film Commission / VCL Communications GmbH / Y2K Productions
Executive Producers: Rainer Mockert, Brooks Riley
Co-Executive Producers: Kevin Menton, Stephen Margolis, Jamie Brown
Producers: Ken Tuohy, Terence Ryan
Line Producer: Ken Tuohy
Associate Producers: John Briggs, Joan Tuohy
Production Manager: Helen Murry
Production Co-Ordinator: Michelle Walsh
Northern Ireland Film Commission: Richard Taylor, Andrew Reid
Irish Film Board: Rod Stoneman
Distinguished Features Ireland: David Mcloughlin, Clare Scully
Development and Pre-Production Financing: Freewheel International, Derek Roy, Sara Giles
Pre-Production Financing: Mountshannon Productions Inc, Susan Morrall, Helen Morrall
Developed in Association With: RiverJam Ltd, John Ramsay, Cheltenham Studios Ltd, David Bill, Fairholme Ltd, Theo Gobat

SCRIPT
Script: Terence Ryan
Novel: Spike Milligan
Script Editor: Susan Morrall

DIRECTION
Director: Terence Ryan
1st Assistant Director: Neil Tuohy
2nd Assistant Directors: Kit Ryan, Jules Moore
3rd Assistant Director: Darren Fee

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Hannan
Additional Photography: Stephen Smith, Chas Bain
Camera Operator: Stefan Stankowski
Focus Puller: Shane Deasy
2nd Focus Puller: Conor Hammond
Camera Loaders: Fiona Deasy, Angus Mitchell
Camera Trainee: Thomas Hassan
Gaffer: Brian Livingstone
Best Boy: Carlo McDonnell
Electricians: Brett McCrum, Seamus Lynch, Martin Holland
Electrical Labour: Bert James
Geny Operators: Phil Fitzsimons, Sean Graig
Grips: Luke Quigley, Glynn Harrison
Stills: Lisa Carville
Cameras: Panavision; Hugh Whittaker
Lights: Lee Lighting Ltd; Tony Lucas
Grip Equipment: Cranes VFG; Roy Harrison
Film Stock: Fuji Photo Film, Ireland; Jo Hooper
Rushes Screening: Moviehouse, Belfast; 13 Denzille Lane, Dublin
Telecine: Telefilm, Peter Waston

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Dermot Diskin
Additional Editing: Bill Jones
1st Assistant Film Editor: Declan McGrath
Negative Cutting: Sylvia Wheeler, Jason Wheeler, Wayne Jones
Lightworks Supplied By: Editline, Dublin; Jim Colgan

MUSIC
Music: Pol Brennan, Richard Hartley
Song: Neil Hannon (Sunrise)
Orchestrations: Pol Brennan, Richard Hartley, Geoff Alexander
Music Performed By: The Irish Film Orchestra; Una Ni Channain (cello); M.J. O'Carroll (electric guitar); Pol Brennan (guitar); Ben Findlay (Jew's harp); Hugh Donoghue (piano); Tommy Kane (viola); Emer Mayock, Pol Brennan (whistle); Marie Breathnach, Oisin McCauley (fiddle); Neil Lyons, Pol Brennan, Tommy Lannigan (bodhran); Tommy Martin, Leanord Barry (uileann pipes); Christine Wyss (vocal); Peter Browne, Mick McCauley (accordion); Eammon DeBarra (flute); Paul O'Byrne (drums); Nicholas Bailey (percussion); Jackie Burke (harp); Dave Howard (banjo); Alan Smale (1st violin); Mike Darcy (2nd violin); Aura Stone (contrabass)
Wake Musicians:David Lyttle, Keith Lyttle, Jan Lyttle
Keyboard Programming: Pol Brennan
Engineer: Phil Chapman
Assistant Engineers: Dave Slevin, Debbie Smith
Music Preparation: Roger Williams
Orchestral Management: Caitriona Walsh
Recording Engineer: Ben Findlay
Music Recorded and Mixed At: Westland Studios, Dublin; Powerswood, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny

SOUND
Sound Designer: Andre Jacquemin
Production Sound Mixer: Mervyn Moore
Sound Mixer: Brendan Deasy
Sound Engineer: Daniel Crowley
Sound Trainee: Barry Cassidy
Re-Recording Mixers: John Fitzgerald, Douglas Murry, Michelle Cunniffe
Supervising Sound Editor: Jon Stevenson
Sound Editors: Hugo Monks, Fionn Higgins
Assistant Sound Editor: Martin Fitzpatrick
ADR Recordist: Jean McGrath
ADR Crowd Co-Ordinator: Derek Reid
ADR Re-Recording Mixer (Dublin): Gerry Roche
ADR Re-Recording Mixers (London): Trevor Swanscott, Robert Thompson
ADR Re-Recording Mixer (Los Angeles): Dan Ortiz
ADR Recording (London): dB Post Production Ltd
ADR Recording (Los Angeles): Interlock Studioss
Sound Effects: Editor Mark Duff
Foley Recordist: Michelle Cunniffe
Foley Artist: Jenny Lee Wright
Foley Assistant: Caoimhe Dolye
Sound Post Production Facilities: Ardmore Sound, Ireland, Paul Moore, Alan Collins

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Pamela Smyth
Make Up: Vicky Smith
Hair: Kelly Tuohy
Costume Designer: Hazel Web Crozier
Senior Costume Assistant: Nuala McCafferty
Costume Assistant: Caroline McCall
Junior Costume Assistant: Louise Stewart

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Dominic Tuohy
Special Effects Technicians: Robert Liddington, Martin Neil

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Effects: Peerless Camera Company
Visual Effects Supervisor: Paul John Docherty
Digital Effects Producer: Andrew Fowler
2D Artists: John F Swinnerton, Steve Cutmore, Patrick Wong
Rotoscope Artist: Martin Body
3D Artist: Andrea Adams
Camera Tracking: 2D3
Opticals: Cineimage, Charles Green, Steve Boag
Titles: Frameline, Nick Comley, Roger Phillips

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Bunker
Designer: Shane Bunting
Art Director: Gillian Devenney
Prop Buyers: Emer McAvin, Liam Taylor
Property Master: Jim Barr
Dressing Props: John McCatney, Vincent Kinnard
Standby Props: Pat McKane, William Simpson
Construction Manager: Russel Fulton
Unit Rigger: Drew Meldon
Standby Carpenter: Alan Nixon
Standby Painters: Beverly Craig, John Ibbitson
Stagehand: Gerry Quigley
Studio Landscaping: Dalzell Landscape Company, Gareth Dalzell
Scenic Artist: Andrew Garnet Lawson
Storyboard Artist: William Simpson
Art Deparment Trainees: Paul Stewart, Cole Doherty

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisors: Louise Gaffney, Sabine Wuhrer, Caroline Sax
Production Accountant: Gerry Fitzsimons
Accountant: Gerry McInerney
Accounts Assistant: Cathy Mooney
Payroll: Sargeant Disc
Administration: Dave Taraskevics, Beckie Parsons
Consultant: Julian Doyle
Producer's Assistants: Magnus McLeod, Nick Bedford, Claire Newberry
Production Assistant: Angela McClune
Production Trainees: Benjamin Sloan, Margaret McGaffin
Unit Publicist: Gerry Lundberg
Assistant Publicist: Sinead O'Doherty
Floor Runner: Barry Keil
Runner: Anita Gribble
Armourer: Robert Gyle
Transport Captain: Alan Crozier
Drivers: Jimmiy Barren, Morris Brown, Billy Carty, Peter Catling, Steven Cull, Tom Grahaem, Dennis Hanna, John McDowell, Gavin McGlassin, Cray McGlassin, Davey Mulholland, Pete Morrow, Derek Rea, Pat Hughes, James Garry, Will Grace
Tracking Vehicle Operators: Colin McCathy, Martin Kelly
Unit Nurse: Tracy Ferguson
Catering: Route Catering, Dessie Wilson, John McConaughie, Marie Colon, Sandra Savage; Catering On The Spot, Sarah Hickey
Security Locktight: Robert Ferguson
Animal Trainers: Bronco McLoughlin, Karen Bennett
Choreographer: Anne Lyttle
Production Lawyers: A & L. Goodbody, Geraldine East
Production Insurers: AON Insurance, Sue Haddow
Completion Bond: Film Finance Inc, Huw Penallt Jones
Post-Production Scripts: Sapex Scripts, Paul Sattin
Libary Footage: Index
Couriers: Courier Systems, Richard Rainford; Initial City Link, Stephen Wallace; Aerly Bird, Dublin, Debbie and Rachel; Express Cargo Forwarding, Cliff Farr
Freight Couriers: Wills Freight Services
Travel Agent: Stranmillis Travel
Airlines: Aer Lingus, Virgin Airways
World revenues collected and distributed by Fintage Collection Account Management B.V.

LOCATIONS
Unit Location Manager: Stephen Killen
Location Assistants: Chiara-Jane Grindle, Colin McIvor

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks To: DigiDesign Pro-Tools; Sensible Music Dublin; Audio Technical NJM; Kilcullen Recording Studio Abbey House; Silks Restaurant; Carrolls Bar; Sheridans Solicitor London

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Jo Condron
Stunts: Brendan Condron, Paddy Condron, Ken Doherty, Barbara Conway, Norman Kelly, Paul Valentine, Paul Burke, Bronco McLoughlin

CASTING
Casting: Jo Gilbert
American Casting: Don Pemrick, Dean Fronk

CAST
Sean Hughes (Dan Madigan)
Elliott Gould (Dr Goldstein)
Daragh O'Malley (Father Rudden)
John Lynch (O'Brien)
Griff Rhys Jones (Colonel Stokes)
Nickolas Grace (Foggerty)
B.J. Hogg (Rafferty)
David Kelly (O'Toole)
Milo O'Shea (Sergeant McGillikuddie)
Freddie Jones (Sir John Meredith)
Richard Rickings (Alex Walker)
Richard Attenborough (the writer-director)
Marc Sinden (Surveyor White)
Frankie McCafferty (Lenny)
Conor Mullen (Shamus)
Margaret Darcy (Madam Tooney)
Maureen Dow (Agnes Grope)
Enda Fields, Seamus Fields, Patrick (Shosa) Fields (officers in court martial)
Anthony Finagin (Madigan's dad)
Gerard Ban Lavery (Sergeant Major)
Stuart Gibson, Kieran McCormick, Kevin McCartan, Owen McCavana, Ben Gould (Caesar scout)
Clifford Hadyn-Tovey (retired Colonel)
Muriel Hobson (Mrs Doonan)
Jenny Howe (Mrs Croucher)
Terry Keely (Mammy Scout)
Trudie Kelly (Winfred Grope)
Allan McKee (supercillious official)
Jane Milligan (Mrs Madigan)
Mark Mulholland (George Devine)
J.J. Murphy (Furg)
Olivia Nash (Maudie O'Toole)
Ruth Urquhart (Miss Murphy)
Brenda Winter (Mrs Eels)
Peter Woodward (Major Martin)

Stand In: Nathan Hogg

PLOT SUMMARY

The small Irish village of Puckoon becomes embroiled in a dispute about where exactly the border between the north and the south should lie. As a compromise, a new border is drawn through the village, causing chaos for the inhabitants who find themselves needing passports for their dead relatives, smuggling weapons and crowding into the smallest corner of the local pub, which lies in the north where the beer is cheaper.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Guerrilla Films

USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists

UK
Rating: PG

2002
June
7: France – shown at the Cannes Film Festival

September
26: UK – shown at the Ealing Film Festival

2003
March
29: UK – shown at the Bradford Film Festival
31: UK - charity screening at Manchester Odeon, Oxford Street, Manchester

April
2: UK - charity screening at Moviehouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland
4: Ireland, UK – theatrical release; UK - charity screening at Odeon Glasgow

Knowing where to draw the line

KEYWORDS

book into film

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008