Release Date: 09/02/2008
Label/Distributor: BFS
Rating: Unrated
Prebook DVD: 08/05/2008
Retail Price: $24.98
Genre: Drama Cast: Donncha Crowley,Colm Meaney,Brendan Conroy,Donal O'Kelly,Barry Barnes
Director: Tom Collins
Running Time: 89
DVD Video Options: Color,DVD-Video,NTSC
DVD Audio Options: English;Original Language
UPC Code: 066805308567
Kings
By C.S. O’Brien -- Video Business, 8/18/2008
BFSStreet: Sept. 2
Prebook: now
> Haunting indie on the bad luck of the Irish.
Thirty years after their youthful emigration from the Irish countryside to working-class London, five middle-age friends (Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Brendan Conroy, Barry Barnes, Donncha Crowley) gather for the funeral of their fellow “paddy” (Sean O Tarpaigh). But it is all too clear that hard labor, booze, varying degrees of failure and the promises of the past have taken a toll. Kings might be an unrelentingly bleak and brutally honest portrait of men at the brink, but it transcends its roots as an award-winning play thanks to even-handed direction and a fine ensemble cast.
Shelf Talk: A thoughtful portrait of the aging Irish underclass, Kings will appeal to those already steeped in serious Irish dramas such as The Butcher Boy.
Drama, color, NR (mature themes, language), 89 min., DVD $24.98, Irish/English with English subtitlesExtras: cast and crew interviews
Director: Tom Collins
First Run: L, Jan. 2008, <$1 mil.
