Kings (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Tom Collins |
| Produced by | Tom Collins Jackie Larkin |
| Written by | Tom Collins |
| Based on |
The Kings of the Kilburn High Road by Jimmy Murphy |
| Starring |
Colm Meaney Donal O'Kelly Brendan Conroy Donncha Crowley |
| Music by | Pol Brennan |
| Cinematography | P.J. Dillon |
| Edited by | Dermot Diskin |
| Distributed by | High Point Film and Television Ltd |
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88 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | Irish English |
Kings is a 2007 Irish film written & directed by Tom Collins and based on Jimmy Murphy's play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road. The film is bilingual, having both Irish and English dialogues. It premiered at the Taormina Film Festival (Italy) in June 2007, and was selected as Ireland's official entry for the 2008 Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category. The film tells the story of a group of Irish friends who, after emigrating to England 30 years previously, meet for the funeral of a friend. In 2008, the Irish postal service, An Post, issued a series of stamps honouring the Irish film industry. Colm Meaney, as Joe Mullan, was featured on the 55 cent stamp.
In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at the funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. The film intersperses flashbacks of a lost youth in Ireland with the harsh realities of modern life.
For some the thirty years has been hard, working in building sites across Britain. Slowly the truth about Jackie's death become clear and the friends discover they need each other more than ever. However, by the end, the friends split up for good, going their separate ways.
In 2007, Tom Collins won the Director's Guild of America / Ireland New Finders Award. The film itself was nominated for a record 14 Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) in 2008, – going on to win 5 IFTAs, including Best Irish Language Film
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