10: Grease (1978)
The high school musical that effectively launched Olivia Newton John's acting career follows the rocky relationship between Sandy and Danny, who are reunited after a summer holiday romance when Sandy attends Rydell High as an exchange student. On home ground, Danny finds it difficult to merge his bad boy T-Bird's image with his feelings for the squeaky-clean Sandy. Featuring scenes in Rydell High's canteen, the Twi-Light drive-in and the Frosty Palace malt shop, singing and fast-food are focal to the 50s gang culture.
9: Waitress (2007)
Waitress follows Jenna's (Keri Russell) attempt to escape an unhappy abusive marriage and start up a new life elsewhere. Living in the American South and working in Joe's Pie Diner, with the support of her friends/co-workers and a new lover, talented pie-maker, Jenna, gets the courage to make the break. While the film's ending may be happy, the writer/director's wasn't – Adrienne Shelly...
The high school musical that effectively launched Olivia Newton John's acting career follows the rocky relationship between Sandy and Danny, who are reunited after a summer holiday romance when Sandy attends Rydell High as an exchange student. On home ground, Danny finds it difficult to merge his bad boy T-Bird's image with his feelings for the squeaky-clean Sandy. Featuring scenes in Rydell High's canteen, the Twi-Light drive-in and the Frosty Palace malt shop, singing and fast-food are focal to the 50s gang culture.
9: Waitress (2007)
Waitress follows Jenna's (Keri Russell) attempt to escape an unhappy abusive marriage and start up a new life elsewhere. Living in the American South and working in Joe's Pie Diner, with the support of her friends/co-workers and a new lover, talented pie-maker, Jenna, gets the courage to make the break. While the film's ending may be happy, the writer/director's wasn't – Adrienne Shelly...
- 4/15/2010
- by [email protected] (Leo Owen)
- Shadowlocked
Dublin based Production Company Little Bird Holdings, who have been involved in films such as 'Bridget Jones Diary' and 'Into The West', has folded with debts of over €3.5m. The company that were in the process of producing a film about the life of convicted murder Catherine Nevin went into liquidation after failing to restructure in receivership. Kieran Wallace the receiver is in negotiations with a British film company to sell the on-going productions and back catalogue rights to Irish television series 'On Home Ground' and 'The Irish Rm'.
- 6/25/2009
- IFTN
Principal Photography commenced this week on the new a six part comedy series - 'Anseo', produced by Wildfire Films for TG4. Charlie McCarthy (On Home Ground) will helm the drama which tells the story of civil servant Setanta de Paor who is the guardian of the Irish language but is about to become lost in translation with a savagely tightened public purse - and his only hope a parrot called Mairtin O Cadhain. Risteard Cooper (The State of Us) stars in the lead role and is joined by Conor McNeill (Cherrybomb), Norma Sheahan (New Boy), Kate Nic Chonaonaigh (Rolla Saor) and Michelle Beamish (Eden).
- 4/30/2009
- IFTN
Dcd Media, the independent TV production and distribution group, has established a wholly owned Irish production company, through its West Park Pictures subsidiary, operating as West Park West. The company has won three commissions already including of in excess of 1m euro combined value, and each already sold to Rte for broadcast. The Dublin-based business has been created in order to build on Dcd's existing relationship with Irish commissioners, such as Rte and the Irish Film Board, specifically in the documentary and factual programming genres. Dcd has contracted the services of Dublin-based, and internationally renowned, producer James Mitchell (Ordinary Decent Criminal, On Home Ground) as the new venture's Executive Producer, working alongside Andre Singer, CEO and Creative Director of Dcd-owned West Park Pictures. The Company is delighted to announce West Park West's first three commissions.
- 4/23/2009
- IFTN
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