Waking Ned (1998)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Kirk Jones

Guionista:

Kirk Jones (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 noviembre 1998 (USA)

Género:

Comedia

Frase comercial:

Finally, a comedy that will make you feel like a million bucks.

Plot:

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

Plot Keywords:

Lottery | Telephone Box | Motorcycle | Fiddle | Village Life

Premios:

7 wins & 9 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Enjoyable quirky comedy

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4	9:30 PM	PBS
Sun. July 5	12:50 AM	PBS

Reparto

Ian Bannen	...	Jackie O'Shea
David Kelly	...	Michael O'Sullivan
Fionnula Flanagan	...	Annie O'Shea
Susan Lynch	...	Maggie O'Toole
James Nesbitt	...	Pig Finn
Paul Vaughan	...	Narrator (voice)
Adrian Robinson	...	Lotto Observer
Maura O'Malley	...	Mrs. Kennedy
Robert Hickey	...	Maurice O'Toole
Paddy Ward	...	Brendy O'Toole
James Ryland	...	Dennis Fitzgerald
Fintan McKeown	...	Pat Mulligan
Eileen Dromey	...	Lizzy Quinn
Kitty Fitzgerald	...	Kitty
Dermot Kerrigan	...	Father Patrick

También conocida como:

À la santé de Ned (France) (DVD title)
Vieilles canailles (France)
Waking Ned Devine (USA)
El divino Ned (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Despertando a Ned (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for nudity, language and thematic elements.

Duración:

91 min | Argentina:92 min

País:

UK | France | USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Latin | Irish Gaelic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Cregneash, Isle of Man

Compañía:

Tomboy Films

Trivialidades:

Despite being set in Ireland the film was shot in the Isle of Man.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Jackie and Michael are walking to Ned Divine's house and it is raining, Michael is carrying a black umbrella when the two are on the road. However, when they reach Ned Divine's house, Michael has a different umbrella, which is tan with a brown stripe.

Citas:

Michael O'Sullivan: He survived all those storms to be washed away by a few plastic lottery balls.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Dot the I (2003)

Banda de Sonido:

Fisherman's Blues

Enjoyable quirky comedy

A quirky comedy that could just as easily have been a TV hit, and to some extent it has that kind of feel. Some fine performances from the cast especially the late Ian Bannen.

Jackie O'Shea lives in a quiet little village, which is beset by the kind of gossip normal in such communities. When he finds that the lottery has been won by someone in the village, Jackie is obsessed by finding who the winner is. After a lengthy process of elimination, Jackie concludes that his friend Ned must be the winner.

But noone has seen Ned for days, so Jackie pays him a visit only to find that Ned has died of shock in his armchair in front of the TV when the lottery results were announced.

Realising that with no heir, Ned's winnings won't be paid out, Jackie persuades his friend Michael to impersonate Ned in order to claim the winnings, but things soon start to get very complicated as they attempt to keep up the facade.....

Not a blockbuster nor a 'split your sides laughing' type comedy (though it has it's moments) but thoroughly enjoyable all the same.