Genre:

Comedy, Drama, Music

Country:

Ireland|UK|USA

Year:

1991

Run Time:

117 Minutes

Character:

Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, Trumpet

Director:

Alan Parker

Stars:

Robert Arkins Johnny Murphy Angeline Ball Michael Aherne Maria Doyle Kennedy Dave Finnegan Bronagh Gallagher Félim Gormley Glen Hansard Kenneth McCluskey Andrew Strong

Keywords:

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Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.

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Into the West

Genre:
Kids & Family, Adventure
Country:
Ireland|UK
Year:
1992
Run Time:
102 Minutes
Character:
Tracker
Director:
Mike Newell
Stars:
Gabriel Byrne Colm Meaney Ellen Barkin Ciaran Fitzgerald Ruaidhri Conroy David Kelly Johnny Murphy John Kavanagh
Keywords:
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Grandpa Ward gives a horse he found to his grandchildren, who keep it in their tower-block flat in Dublin. The horse is stolen from them, and the two young boys set out to find it and flee on it.

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War of the Buttons

Genre:

Drama

Country:

UK|France|Japan|USA

Year:

1994

Run Time:

90 Minutes

Character:

Jonjo

Director:

John Roberts

Stars:

Liam Cunningham Gregg Fitzgerald Colm Meaney John Coffey Eveanna Ryan Paul Batt Thomas Kavanagh Johnny Murphy Brendan McNamara Gerard Kearney Kevin O'Malley

Keywords:

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The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents. This is to get the boys in trouble with ... See full summary »

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Johnny Murphy Movies

The Commitments

Into the West

War of the Buttons