Southpaw
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Liam Mcgrath
Nicolas Cruz Hernandez
Chick Gillen
Gerry Callan
Jim Mcgee
Francis Barrett
Film Details
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Synopsis
Francis Barrett was just another anonymous contender until he carried the Irish flag in the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In an instant of global media attention, the young boxer from Galway became a national hero, the first Traveller (gypsy) ever to make it to the Olympics. Two extraordinary years in Francis' life are laid bare as filmmaker Liam McGrath follows him from his trailer park home -- where his fellow Travellers exist without electricity or running water -- to the rickety gym of his trainer, Galway barber Chick Gillen, and on through his meteoric rise to the Olympics and back home again. What emerges is a portrait not only of a real life Rocky and his will to win but of the spirit of the long-ostracized community from which he rose.
Director
Liam Mcgrath
Cast
Nicolas Cruz Hernandez
Chick Gillen
Gerry Callan
Jim Mcgee
Francis Barrett
Tom Humphries
Luigi Leo
Eamon Hunt
Colum Flynn
Ken Thomas
Crew
Greg Bailey
Jorge Ben
Paddy Breathnach
C Brita
Phil Coulter
Grainne D'alton
James E Dalton
Cian De Buitlear
Brendan Deasy
Seamus Deasy
Claire Duigan
Eydie Gorme
Buddy Guy
Gary Keane
Anthony Litton
Cecily Loughman
Dario Marianelli
Bill Martin
Lesly Mckimm
J Mella
Thelonious Monk
Wes Montgomery
Peter Moore
Scannan Bord Na
P Orta
P Orta
John Power
Emma Richardson
David Scott
Annette Stone
Rod Stoneman
Alan Sullivan
Dom Um
Robert Walpole
Cootie Williams
Simon Willis
U P Wilson
U P Wilson
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States April 7, 2000
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States Spring April 7, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 21-31, 1999.)
Limited Release in United States April 7, 2000
Released in United States Spring April 7, 2000
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.)
