Waking Ned (1998)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Kirk Jones

Writer:

Kirk Jones (written by)

Release Date:

20 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

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

Awards:

8 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

À la santé de Ned (France) (DVD title)
Vieilles canailles (France)
Waking Ned Devine (USA)
El divino Ned (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
A Fortuna de Ned (Brazil) [pt]
Despertando a Ned (Spain) [es]
Det rige lig (Denmark) [da]
Lang lebe Ned Devine! (Germany) [de]
Lottózsonglörök (Hungary) [hu]
Lottomiljonären (Sweden) [sv]
Lottomiljonären Ned (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Lottovoittaja Ned (Finland) [fi]
Ned Devine'i diriltmek (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Svegliati Ned (Italy) [it]
Wake Up! Ned (Japan: English title) [en]
Waking Ned Devine (Greece) (festival title) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG for nudity, language and thematic elements.

Runtime:

91 min | Argentina:92 min

Country:

UK | France | USA

Language:

English | Latin | Irish Gaelic

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Cregneash, Isle of Man

Company:

Tomboy Films

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: Jim Kelly, the Lottery man, is seen standing at the back of the church early on in Ned's funeral. In the next shot, he is still in his car outside the church, having not yet found any of the townspeople.

Quotes:

Annie O'Shea: You're a country boy, Jackie. Do you think you can think you can outsmart the man from the city?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dot the I (2003)

Soundtrack:

Fisherman's Blues

A lovely Tale!

Fionnula Flanagan, Ian Bannen and David Kelly, are just a few of an excellent cast in this tale about an Irish Lotto-winner, who is unable to collect.

Never have I seen a lovelier yarn, and, I tell ye', I've seen a few! Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) figures out that one of the inhabitants in the local hamlet must have won the latest Lotto draw, and does he best to find out who, by every mean possible, and eventually finds out who.

I don't want to spoil it, but it sure is a lovely story! Very close to a masterpiece, and it gets better each time I see it!

Yours, Tord