"Boys and Girl from County Clare" opens in U.S.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:10 pm

The movie was well done. The music is a bit muted for my tastes.

A bunch of standard jokes got into the film. To a US hippie bodhran player '...and I bet you know all of the tunes, too.' Pipers are always messing with reeds and an Irish piper was shown with his set at an angle that one almost never sits with in an effort to get his reed and set going. The idea of a missionary returning with a winning ceili band is beyond wild and seems like a bar discussion fantasy. In the strange world of film reality shifting, it was mostly filmed on the Isle of Man and parts in Antrim.

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:22 pm

Justine- don't hold back...

are we all over here since the other site is shut off???

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:39 pm

Hey Fel, anything going on in SoCal the weekend of the 15th?

J.

The Sporting Pitchfork · Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:30 am

A reviewer in the local rag, the Willamette Week, wrote that it was "like watching a feature-length Irish Spring commercial" and that it should be "avoided at all costs."
I've never been much of a Corrs fan, but wow, that sounds pretty harsh. Maybe I'll just wait for it to come out on video...Or maybe I'll go watch "Downfall." That looks like a peachy, feel-good flick...

So are all of us pipers going to take over the ITM forum or what? Perhaps we should start writing in code so that we don't let Dale know what we're up to.

Shhhhhhhhh.................

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:54 am

Sporting, try here: http://www.animavitae.com/php/viewforum.php?f=2

djm

fel bautista · Post by **fel bautista** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 9:41 pm

feadogin wrote:
Hey Fel, anything going on in SoCal the weekend of the 15th?

J.

-copied from www.Folkworks.org ,March/April 05-I'm sure Steve won't mind some free advertising

There is "The Gold Ring"- Dr. Lillis O'Laoire ( LMU English dept- alumni plug), Richard Gee on Vocals; Frank Simpson on whistle ( whom I think you know), Cait Reed (who we all know), ans Steve Forman. They will do sean-nos singing, as well as others- Interesting artice in the news letter; O'Laoire taught at Limerick-all taking place at the CTMS center in Encino.

Then there's the session at the auld dubliner at the Pike- the normal suspects inhabit that

If you are in town check that out-I'm thinking of going as well- send an email if you're down

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:33 pm

Hey Fel !

Looks like I won't have a car while I'm in the OC, so I may head down to the San Diego session instead of LA...much closer to the train station. That sounds like an amazing concert, though, sorry to miss it. I'll let you know if I decide to make the trek to LA after all....

Later.

J.

Baglady · Post by **Baglady** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:00 am

Jim McGuire wrote:The movie was well done. The music is a bit muted for my tastes.

A bunch of standard jokes got into the film. To a US hippie bodhran player '...and I bet you know all of the tunes, too.' Pipers are always messing with reeds and an Irish piper was shown with his set at an angle that one almost never sits with in an effort to get his reed and set going. The idea of a missionary returning with a winning ceili band is beyond wild and seems like a bar discussion fantasy. In the strange world of film reality shifting, it was mostly filmed on the Isle of Man and parts in Antrim.

Since the movie is about relationships more than about the music, the lack of focus on the music is understandable. Don't go thinking you will see a lot of great ceili performances. It was like reliving many a pipeband trip to competitions, or any group of youths on the pull while away from Mum's apron strings. It is a standing joke here about one band that gets stopped at the border every time because of suspicion of certain substances. You could pick out where the musicians were in the audience because they laughed at completely different places than the rest of the crowd.

I enjoyed it as an inside look at musicians and our innate competitiveness, among other things.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:59 pm

The music is very muted during the movie, too. In a movie production, the musical soundtrack is added as the final step.

I am still trying to get over Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's 'Irish' accent from that Irish movie several years ago.

flanum · Post by **flanum** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:30 am

Well 12 months after it opened in the US, It is finally opened in Irish cinemas!!
http://www.iftn.ie/news/index3.htm?area ... on=section

Richard Katz · Post by **Richard Katz** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:42 am

I saw this film earlier this year on DVD. I rented it at my local Hollywood Video store. Odd that it is coming to theatres.

I thought it was very entertaining and the music soundtrack was very well done. That said, Andrea should have been cast as a whistle player, which is what she is, not a fiddler. In all the scenes where she plays the fiddle, her fingers never move on the neck of the fiddle. Quite odd looking, but I doubt the general audience even noticed.

I saw the Corrs live last year and I have to say that they are polished and very competent musicians. The most amazing sound mix I have heard at a live concert as well. Beautiful to listen to and to look at.

Sorry Justine, but I think Andrea is not only gorgeous, but a very talented singer and whistle player. Give her a good listen sometime.

So....when's the next get together at your place anyway?

Cheers! Richard

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:37 pm

Oh well, Richard, we will have to agree to disagree, both on the movie and on Andrea Corr. I thought the movie was really bad, sorry.

The pipers are here on April 2nd, (next Sunday I believe). Come on by, it's been a while! Hope this good reed weather holds up...

J.

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:32 pm

Maybe the distributors realized that the movie wouldn't 'fly' in Ireland. I'm with feadogin...the movie wasn't worth the time I spent watching it. I dont' remember if any tune is played all the way through. I kept wondering why she/they couldn't fake their playing better. Or if there could be any other stereotypes shoe=horned in. Or whether they were going to try to use vomit for a laugh again. . .eh.

Kevin L. Rietmann · Post by **Kevin L. Rietmann** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:15 pm

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote:A reviewer in the local rag, the Willamette Week, wrote that it was "like watching a feature-length Irish Spring commercial" and that it should be "avoided at all costs."

I was going to ask if it were playing down these parts. When's it coming to the Bagdad, PFork?

"PFork."
"S***, God****, Get Off Your *** and Jam!"

Pipemaker Nick Adams wrote the script, of course Hollywood could...ah, can't use that quote either...these are family forums...

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:17 am

Kevin L. Rietmann wrote: Pipemaker Nick Adams wrote the script, of course Hollywood could...ah, can't use that quote either...these are family forums...

A lot of tampering has been done with the original script, even that awful name is there because they thought the yanks wouldn't be able to understand any of the original intention. Who'd go to the great Ceili Wars afterall?

I am sure the fillum will fly here, but only for the jokes left in it and the music, not for the Corr woman (for the truth on her look up the first of the RTE program the Unbelievable Truth

).