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Irish Movies Tournament

post #1 of 90
7/10/03 at 10:57am
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Welcome to my Irish Movies Tournament


The List
  1. Angela's Ashes
  2. Barry Lyndon
  3. Bloody Sunday
  4. The Commitments
  5. The Crying Game
  6. Darby O'Gill and the Little People
  7. Gangs of New York
  8. The General
  9. In the Name of the Father
  10. Michael Collins
  11. My Left Foot
  12. Odd Man Out****
  13. Patriot Games
  14. The Quiet Man
  15. The Secret of Roan Inish
  16. The Snapper
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post #2 of 90
7/10/03 at 11:07am
Ok, what the hell, I've seen a few.

Nominate:

The Commitments
The General
In the Name of the Father (I take it Northern Ireland counts?)
The Secret of Roan Inish
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post #3 of 90
7/10/03 at 11:12am
Nominate:
Gangs of New York
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post #4 of 90
7/10/03 at 11:12am
Nominate
Bloody Sunday
I Know Where I'm Going!
The War Zone
Miller's Crossing

2nd
The General
The Secret Of Roan Inish
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post #5 of 90
7/10/03 at 12:43pm
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Quote:
I take it Northern Ireland counts?

I believe so.

Since I'll be participating, I'll nominate:

The Eternal
I See a Dark Stranger (I hope someone else has seen this delightful little film)
The Matchmaker
Odd Man Out

I'll second:

The Commitments
I Know Where I'm Going!

I'll third:

The Secret of Roan Inish
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post #6 of 90
7/10/03 at 1:06pm
I would like to include THE SNAPPER and THE VAN along with THE COMMITTMENTS as they comprised Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy, and, all three star the superb Colm Meaney.

I also nominate THE QUIET MAN.
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post #7 of 90
7/10/03 at 1:12pm
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Blaine, good call on The Snapper and The Van (though neither matches The Commitments).
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post #8 of 90
7/10/03 at 8:21pm
I'll third the Commitments

I'll second Odd Man Out

I'll nominate Going My Way
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post #9 of 90
7/10/03 at 9:09pm
Thread Starter 
Added some more noms:

The Crying Game
The Dead
Evelyn
Michael Collins
My Left Foot
State of Grace
Waking Ned Devine
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post #10 of 90
7/10/03 at 9:33pm
I'll nominate..

Barry Lyndon
Angela's Ashes
The Luck of Ginger Coffy
The Butcher Boy

I'll second...

My Left Foot
The War Zone
The Crying Game
In the Name of the Father

I'll third...
The General
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post #11 of 90
7/11/03 at 12:00am
I'll 2nd Barry Lyndon
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post #12 of 90
7/11/03 at 12:14am
Nominate-

Blown Away

Patriot Games

Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery-(Paddy O'Brien)

The Jackal
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post #13 of 90
7/11/03 at 3:23am
I'll second Patriot Games
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post #14 of 90
7/11/03 at 7:07am
Thread Starter 
Added Darby O'Gill and the Little People and Finian's Rainbow to the noms list. Seconded The Quiet Man and The Snapper.

Keep 'em coming!
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post #15 of 90
7/11/03 at 12:07pm
By the hokey, I'll second DARBY O'GILL and ANGELA'S ASHES.
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post #16 of 90
7/11/03 at 12:25pm
Nominate:
The Informer
Circle of Friends

Second:
The Matchmaker

Third:
The Quiet Man
The Snapper
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post #17 of 90
7/11/03 at 5:27pm
I'll third Darby O'Gill
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post #18 of 90
7/11/03 at 6:41pm
I'll second:

Bloody Sunday

I'll third:

Angela's Ashes
Barry Lyndon
The Crying Game
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post #19 of 90
7/11/03 at 7:34pm
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Added Hear My Song to the noms list.

We just need seven more and we're good to go.

I KNOW someone is gonna third Odd Man Out, right?

Unlimited seconds and thirds for everyone.
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post #20 of 90
7/11/03 at 10:51pm
Third: Bloody Sunday
My Left Foot

Second:

Hear My Song
Gangs of New York
The Butcher Boy
Waking Ned Devine
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post #21 of 90
7/12/03 at 8:21am
Nominate
Far and Away

Third
Gangs of New York
In the Name of the Father
Odd Man Out
Patriot Games

Second
Michael Collins
Miller's Crossing
State of Grace

Are you including all Celts?

The reason I ask is that I Know Where I'm Going! takes place in Scotland, with mostly Scottish characters.

If so I'll nominate
Braveheart
The Wicker Man
Rob Roy

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post #22 of 90
7/12/03 at 9:57am
I thought it was an island off the Irish coast. Lord Kilaeren is an Irish name isn't it? Doesn't look like it will make it in either way.
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post #23 of 90
7/12/03 at 11:23am

I thought it was an island off the Irish coast.


It took place in the Hebrides off the western Scottish coast.


Lord Kilaeren is an Irish name isn't it?


Its a Gaelic name.
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post #24 of 90
7/12/03 at 7:35pm
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Are you including all Celts?

Well, there isn't much point in expanding the criteria since we only need to fill one more slot. With that in mind, I dropped I Know Where I'm Going! from the noms list. I'll start this tourney on Monday morning so perhaps we can get a few more films seconded and thirded for use as wild cards.
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post #25 of 90
7/12/03 at 7:38pm
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Here's some Irish trivia for you:

In the legend of the Fianna, what was the Land of Eternal Youth?
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post #26 of 90
7/12/03 at 11:11pm
Quote:
Unlimited seconds and thirds for everyone.

In that case, I'll second
The Dead
Finian's Rainbow
I See a Dark Stranger

and I'll third
Michael Collins
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post #27 of 90
7/13/03 at 6:43am
Thanks for the corrections. I never got around to buying I Know Where I'm Going! so I've only seen it once and my memory was fuzzy.
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post #28 of 90
7/13/03 at 7:33pm
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Okay, we have our 16 and it's a pretty solid list. I'll have the first brackets up in the morning. Feel free to continue seconding and thirding the remaining nominations and we'll see if we can't come up with a wild card list.
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post #29 of 90
7/14/03 at 5:54am
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The answer to the last trivia question was Tir Na Nog.


And here we go...


Round 1 - Bracket 1

Odd Man Out vs. Patriot Games

My vote: Odd Man Out - Easily.


Irish trivia:

Who was the first High King of Ireland?

and

What are the Twelve Bens?
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post #30 of 90
7/14/03 at 8:55am
Odd Man Out
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