Eat the Peach
Brief Synopsis
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The bleak indsutrial bogs of the Irish midlands sets the backdrop for this community experiencing a deculturalization of itself as it plays host/home for every tradition but its own: American country-western music and movies, a high-tech factory built by the Japanese, and a British security device t
Cast & Crew
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Peter Ormrod
Director
Eamon Morrissey
Arthur
Stephen Brennan
Vinnie Galvin
Catherine Byrne
Nora Galvin
Niall Toibin
Boots
Joe Lynch
Boss Murtagh
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Channel 4; Channel Four Television; Film4 Productions; Filmfour International; Irish Film Board
Distribution Company
SKOURAS PICTURES, INC.; Filmfour International; United International Pictures
Location
Ireland
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Synopsis
The bleak indsutrial bogs of the Irish midlands sets the backdrop for this community experiencing a deculturalization of itself as it plays host/home for every tradition but its own: American country-western music and movies, a high-tech factory built by the Japanese, and a British security device that blows up haystacks.
Director
Peter Ormrod
Director
Cast
Eamon Morrissey
Arthur
Stephen Brennan
Vinnie Galvin
Catherine Byrne
Nora Galvin
Niall Toibin
Boots
Joe Lynch
Boss Murtagh
Tony Doyle
Sean Murtagh
Takashi Kawahara
Bunzo
Victoria Armstrong
Vicky Galvin
Barbara Adair
Mrs Fleck
Bernadette O'neill
Nuala
Paul Raynor
O'Hagan
Martin Dempsey
Quiz Master
Maeliosa Stafford
Priest
Jill Doule
Aileen
Don Foley
Journalist
Brian J Hogg
Danny
Pat Kenny
Tv Reporter
Barry Kelly
Tv Cameraman
Edmund Lynch
Tv Soundman
Jack Lynch
Man At Petrol Station
Frank Melia
Man At Petrol Station
Liam Sweeney
Cattle Drover
Ronan Wilmot
Cahill
Robert Byrne
Look-Out At Border Bar
Mark Shelley
Patrol Leader
Dick Keating
Nashville Three Member
Jim Reid
Nashville Three Member
Frank Quinlan
Nashville Three Member
John Gallagher
Murtagh'S Heavy
Fintan Mckeown
Murtagh'S Heavy
David Nolan
Murtagh'S Heavy
Akiko Hoashi Kobayashi
Japanese
Snu Miyoshi Hayashi
Japanese
Patricia Jeffares
Hospital Sister
David Carey
Local
Chris Dunne
Local
Peter Gowan
Local
Tim Mcdonnell
Local
Noel O'donovan
Local
Stephen Ryan
Local
Charles Winter
Wall Of Death Rider
Barry Kelley
Crew
Mary Allguen
Production Manager
Dave Bickers
Stunt Engineer
Andrew Boland
Sound Recording (Music)
Seamus Byrne
Location Manager
David Collins
Executive Producer
Seamus Collins
Stand-In
Sean Corcoran
Other
Sean Corcoran
Director Of Photography 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Ron Davis
Sound Editor
Ron Davis
Sound Editor
Eamon Debuitlear
Photography 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)
Toni Delaney
Makeup
J Patrick Duffner
Editor
Trevor England
Music Coordinator
Joe Fitt
Special Effects
Barbara Halford
Stand-In
Pat Hayes
Sound Recording
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Rerecording
John Kelleher
Producer
John Kelleher
Screenwriter
Maurice Linnane
Video
Donal Lunny
Music
Gerry Macarthur
Video
Josie Macavin
Set Decorator
Malcolm Mackintosh
Camera Operator
John Markey
Stand-In
Nick Mccarthy
Assistant Director
Aidan Mckelvey
Video
Kevin Moriarty
Production Supervisor
Cliona Morrish
Video
Karen Myles
Production Assistant
Bob Nugent
Special Effects
Jimmy O'connor
Production Associate (Strongbow)
Janet O'leary
Wardrobe Mistress
Martin O'malley
Assistant Director
Peter Ormrod
Screenwriter
Peter Ormrod
Other
Ray Purvis
Stunt Engineer
Mick Rowland
Assistant Director
Sean Swan
Video
Dick Todd
Stunt Engineer
Jo Wheatley
Music Research
Ray Williams
Music Supervisor
David Wilson
Production Designer
Arthur Wooster
Director Of Photography
Arthur Wooster
Other
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1987
Production Company
Channel 4; Channel Four Television; Film4 Productions; Filmfour International; Irish Film Board
Distribution Company
SKOURAS PICTURES, INC.; Filmfour International; United International Pictures
Location
Ireland
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 17, 1987
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States Summer July 17, 1987
Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "In the Name of the Nation: Celebrating Irish Filmmaking 1910-94" June 10 - July 7, 1994.)
