Waking Ned Devine
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kirk Jones
Ian Bannen
David Kelly
Fionnuala Flanagan
Susan Lynch
James Nesbitt
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Who hasn't dreamed of becoming instantly, outrageously rich in the flash of a series of lucky numbers? In a quaint Irish village, old codgers Jackie and Michael learn that someone has won the lottery. They plan on conning the lucky winner out of some cash, but discover he has died of the shock of it. Not to be cheated by death, they decide that Michael should pretend to be the unfortunate Ned and claim the winnings himself. The Lotto man is not easily fobbed off though, and the two must hatch a complex scheme, and involve the entire village, in their attempt to persuade him of 'Ned's' identity.
Director
Kirk Jones
Cast
Ian Bannen
David Kelly
Fionnuala Flanagan
Susan Lynch
James Nesbitt
Maura O'malley
Robert Hickey
Paddy Ward
James Ryland
Fintan Mckeown
Matthew Devitt
Eileen Dromey
Kitty Fitzgerald
Dermot Kerrigan
Jimmy Keogh
Brendan Dempsey
Larry Randles
Eamonn Doyle
Raymond Maccormac
Rennie Campbell
Crew
Chris Bannister
Henry Braham
Richard Bullock
Nicholas Carolan
Bernice Daly
Shaun Davey
John Downer
John Ebden
Phil Gates
Mark Goddard
Mark Goddard
Rosie Hackett
Bob Hathaway
Alexandre Heylen
Richard Holmes
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Kirk Jones
Stephen Margolis
Miara Martell
Karl Mooney
Glynis Murray
Anne Oldham
Neil Peplow
Stefan Stankowski
Alan Strachan
Julie Strachan
Mark Tanner
Neil Tuohy
Jeanette Volurno
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Feature Award at the 1998 New York Comedy Film Festival.
Winner of the 1998 Golden Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (David Kelly and Ian Bannen) from the International Press Academy.
Winner of the Critics' Prize for Best First Feature at the 1998 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Winner of the Shaeffer Audience Award at the 1999 Paris Film Festival.
Expanded Release in United States December 11, 1998
Limited Release in United States November 20, 1998
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States April 1999
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States on Video May 25, 1999
Released in United States September 1998
Wide Release in United States January 8, 1999
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 10-20, 1998.
Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 8-15, 1998.
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.
Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain (Closing Night) November 20-27, 1998.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at New York Comedy Film Festival (Opening Night) October 21-25, 1998.
Shown at Paris Film Festival April 6-13, 1999.
Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.
Shown at Turin Film Festival (opening night) November 20-29, 1998.
Feature directorial debut for commercial director Kirk Jones.
Began shooting August 11, 1997.
Completed shooting September 20, 1997.
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 28 - November 15, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at St Louis International Film Festival October 29 - November 8, 1998.)
Wide Release in United States January 8, 1999
Released in United States April 1999 (Shown at Paris Film Festival April 6-13, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video May 25, 1999
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 10-20, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival (Premiere)October 22-31, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 8-15, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at New York Comedy Film Festival (Opening Night) October 21-25, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at Turin Film Festival (opening night) November 20-29, 1998.)
Limited Release in United States November 20, 1998
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain (Closing Night) November 20-27, 1998.)
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998
Expanded Release in United States December 11, 1998
