Black Irish (2007)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Brad Gann

Writer (WGA):

Brad Gann (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

You can't choose family.

Plot:

A teenage boy (Angarano) longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father.

Plot Keywords:

Life And Death | Irish | Catholic | Baseball | Brother Brother Relationship

Awards:

10 wins

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 14

5:45 PM

TMC

Cast

Michael Angarano	...	Cole McKay
Brendan Gleeson	...	Desmond McKay
Tom Guiry	...	Terry McKay
Melissa Leo	...	Margaret McKay
Emily VanCamp	...	Kathleen McKay
Michael Rispoli	...	Joey
Finn Curtin	...	Coach
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Arpino	...	Valet
Wilson Better	...	Graves
Francis Capra	...	Anthony
Mark S. Cartier	...	Mr. Quint
A.J. Coppola	...	Hoodlum
Peter Darrigo	...	Track Buddy #1
Steven Paul Davis	...	Valet #1
Jeffrey DelliColli	...	Restaurant Cook
Bonnie Dennison	...	Donna O'Leary
William Christopher Ellis	...	Busboy / Student (as William Ellis)
John Fiore	...	Orsini
Steve Flynn	...	Stolen car victim
Ryan Healey	...	Baseball Player Charging Mound
Joanna Herrington	...	Mrs. O'Leary
David Ian	...	Priest
Tom Kemp	...	Priest
Caryn Andrea Lindsey	...	Pregnant Girly #1
Andrea Lyman	...	Nurse
Dave Matt	...	Valet
Joe McEachern	...	Cop
Kate Murphy	...	Restaurant Patron
Kevin O'Donnell	...	Fired Busboy
Carmel O'Reilly	...	Sister Agatha
Danielle Perry	...	Sister Mary Elise
David Rasner	...	Various Voices (voice)
Harvey Soolman	...	Umpire
Frank T. Wells	...	Father Magruder
Bates Wilder	...	Officer Cowen
Scott Winters	...	Doctor
Joseph Zamparelli	...	Track Buddy #2
Peter Ziobro	...	Bus Stop Patron
Sandra Blaney	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Christopher Connolly	...	Detective (uncredited)
Desiree April Connolly	...	Mourner (uncredited)
Shawn Doherty	...	Valet #2 (uncredited)
Mike Houston	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Michael Timothy Kennedy	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Diane Needham	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Michael J. Peluso	...	Teacher (uncredited)
Patrick Pitu	...	Boy on Bus (uncredited)
Stream	...	Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Daniel Lee White	...	Extra (uncredited)
Donna Wong	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Brad Gann

Writing credits (WGA)
Brad Gann		(written by)

Produced by
Geraldine Crean	....	executive producer
Kelly Crean	....	producer
Shahen Derderian	....	executive producer
Benjamin C. Dewey	....	line producer
Mark Donadio	....	producer
Gwen Field	....	executive producer
Sayda Foell	....	associate producer
Jon H. Freis	....	co-executive producer
Brad Gann	....	producer
J. Todd Harris	....	producer
Frederick Johntz	....	associate producer
Barry Levy	....	executive producer
Gal Lipkin	....	executive producer
Miriam Marcus	....	executive producer
Laray Mayfield	....	associate producer
Jeffrey Orenstein	....	producer
Marc Toberoff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Michael Fimognari

Film Editing by
Andrea Bottigliero

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Sharon Lomofsky

Set Decoration by
Danica Chipman

Costume Design by
Virginia Johnson

Makeup Department
Elizabeth Cecchini	....	hair department head
Trish Seeney	....	makeup department head
Sherryn Smith	....	additional makeup artist

Production Management
Ben Dewey	....	unit production manager
Emily Hoge	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Blazina	....	second assistant director
Paul Epstein	....	first assistant director
Nan Sandle	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Noah Dubreuil	....	property master
Jennifer Engel	....	leadman
Wayne Kimball	....	assistant property master
John F. O'Neil	....	on-set dresser
Mario Presterone	....	set dresser
Christopher Sawtelle	....	set dresser
Barb Seidl	....	art coordinator
Lisa Shaftel	....	lead scenic artist
Alex Wayne	....	assistant to lead man

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer: predubs
Jeremy Dominick	....	boom operator
Mark Ettel	....	sound effects mixer
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound designer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects editor
Nelson Ferreira	....	sound effects editor
Robert Fitzgerald	....	adr supervisor
Robert Fitzgerald	....	dialogue editor
Greg Jefferson	....	adr mixer
Kevin S. Parker	....	boom operator
Nathan Robitaille	....	sound effects editor
David J. Schwartz	....	sound mixer
Jarrett Simon	....	boom operator
Steven Utt	....	adr recordist

Stunts
Roy Farfel	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Beth Anderson	....	camera loader
Matt Ardine	....	grip
Tiffany Aug	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert Clark	....	electrician
Steve Drellich	....	camera operator
Geoff Eads	....	grip
Claire Folger	....	still photographer
Maria Luisa Gambale	....	first assistant camera
Jordan Garretson	....	key grip
Amanda Hannan	....	grip
Matt Harrington	....	grip
Mike Henry	....	best boy grip
Elizabeth Heslep	....	second assistant camera
Christian J. Hollyer	....	second assistant camera
Guy Holt	....	rigging gaffer
Dan Hutchinson	....	best boy electric
David Kane	....	grip
Mike Law	....	electrician
Robert Maffei	....	camera operator: documentary
Zac Miller	....	additional grip
Ryan Nelsen	....	camera intern
Adam Peabody	....	grip
Casey Van Maanen	....	additional electrician
Tim Wattez	....	electrician
Fletcher Wolfe	....	camera intern

Casting Department
Melissa Paradice	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Clifford	....	wardrobe supervisor
Clinton E. O'Dell	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Don Broida	....	first assistant editor
Julia Grove	....	apprentice editor
Michael Helm	....	assistant editor
Sara Rostami	....	post-production production assistant
Brendan Walsh	....	assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Brian Ross	....	music supervisor
Sharon Smith	....	music editor
Frederik Wiedmann	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Nicole Anderson	....	key craft service
David Becker	....	second unit coordinator
Will Chandler	....	key production assistant
Eric Conover	....	stand-in: Brendan Gleeson
Derek Cunningham	....	production assistant
Jeff Dionne	....	assistant location manager
Suzanne Friedline	....	adr voice
John Gates	....	location manager
Zack Gorman	....	production assistant
David Haskell	....	production assistant
Erica Kramer	....	production assistant
Amy Loeber	....	location assistant
James MacDonald	....	set medic
Robert Maffei	....	location assistant
Nathan McGarigal	....	production assistant
Maria Mulhall	....	production assistant
Heather Murphy	....	extras coordinator
Sean Murphy	....	production secretary
Claudine Ouellette	....	production assistant
David Pereira	....	location assistant
Ruth Phelps	....	stand-in
Robin Reitman	....	production accountant
Jillian Roache	....	production assistant
Dwight E. Schultz	....	set production assistant
Jessica Singer	....	production assistant
George Sloan	....	production assistant
Maureen Sullivan	....	extras coordinator/pa
Mark F. Williams	....	office coordinator: Los Angeles
Donna Wong	....	stand-in: female
Kevin Young	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Creanspeak Funding (finishing funds)
• Creanspeak Productions
• Falcon Film Funding
• Intellectual Properties Worldwide (I)
• Moody Street Pictures
• Purple Princess Productions

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2008) (USA) (TV) (VOD)
• Creanspeak Productions (2006) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Anywhere Road Entertainment (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Palisades Pictures (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Creanspeak Funding  finishing funds
• Vocal Yokels  loop group

MPAA:

Rated R for some language and brief violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Creanspeak Funding

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene in the McKay's living room where the Father is comparing life to baseball while watching the game, the first shots of the game are the Red Sox playing at Yankee Stadium, while the later shots in the conversation show the Red Sox paying home at Fenway Park.

Quotes:

Desmond McKay: [Hits his son] Don't ever humiliate me like that again! You understand?

Black Irish

A young man struggles to grow up with principles as his family begins to self-destruct around him in this coming of age drama. Cole McKay (Michael Angarano) is a boy in his middle-teens growing up in an Irish-Catholic family in Boston. While Cole has dreams of playing major league baseball some day, his parents Desmond (Brendan Gleeson) and Margaret (Melissa Leo) are blind to his ambitions, and his older brother Terry (Tom Guiry) is a petty criminal who is unwittingly drawing Cole into his orbit. While Margaret is obsessed with projecting an image that the McKay family are happy and God-fearing folk, Desmond has been sinking deeper into depression ever since he lost his job, and his marriage is slowly but surely falling apart. The family's pride takes a body blow when Cole's teenage sister Kathleen (Emily Van Camp) discovers she's pregnant, but Cole decides it's time he took on some adult responsibilities, and gets himself a part-time job at a restaurant. Black Irish was the first directorial effort for screenwriter Brad Gann.