Puckoon (2002)

Director:

Terence Ryan

Writers:

Spike Milligan (novel)
Terence Ryan (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 April 2003 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Knowing where to draw the line

Plot:

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

Plot Keywords:

Ireland | Border | Church | Coffin | Priest

Cast

Sean Hughes	...	Dan Madigan
Elliott Gould	...	Dr. Goldstein
Daragh O'Malley	...	Father Rudden
John Lynch	...	O'Brien
Griff Rhys Jones	...	Col. Stokes
Nickolas Grace	...	Foggerty
B.J. Hogg	...	Rafferty
David Kelly	...	O'Toole
Milo O'Shea	...	Sgt. McGillikuddie
Freddie Jones	...	Sir John Meredith
Richard Rickings	...	Alex Walker
Richard Attenborough	...	Writer-Director
Marc Sinden	...	The surveyor
Frankie McCafferty	...	Lenny
Conor Mullen	...	Shamus

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Ireland | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Ballywater Park, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Company:

Bórd Scannán na hÉireann

Trivia:

John Lynch (O'Brien) cut his lip badly in the drinking scene, after the plotting to recover the three bodies from across the border (with Father Rudden etc), about 47 minutes into the film. Just after he says "I can't drink anymore," and as he says this someone places a glass in front of him, he lent forward, thus catching his face on the glass. The scene was stopped after that.

Fantastically funny , capturing all Milligan's bright infectious humour

Fantastically funny with a serious message at its heart. Director Terence Ryan has captured the bright infectious humour of Milligan's comic novel and balanced it with the darker political message of the partition of Ireland.