The Snapper
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stephen Frears
Tina Kellegher
Colm Meaney
Ruth Mccabe
Colm O'byrne
Eanna Macliam
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Story of the Curley family of Dublin, focusing on father Dessie--a plasterer who likes to get plastered--and his 20-year-old daughter Sharon--a supermarket check-out girl. When Sharon announces that she is pregnant, but does not say who the father is, she forces the Curley family to confront both the potential shame and happiness this new addition to the family will bring.
Director
Stephen Frears
Cast
Tina Kellegher
Colm Meaney
Ruth Mccabe
Colm O'byrne
Eanna Macliam
Ciara Duffy
Joanne Gerrard
Peter Rowen
Fionnula Murphy
Deirdre O'brien
Karen Woodley
Pat Laffan
Virginia Cole
Denis Menton
Brendan Gleeson
Stuart Dunne
Ronan Wilmot
Crew
Mary Allguen
Mick Audsley
Russ Bailey
Danny Blain
Consolata Boyle
Tina Brophy
Alan Butler
Mary Casey
Albert Cassells
Tom Collins
Clodagh Conroy
John Conroy
Leo Davis
Paul Delaney
Melanie Dicks
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Anne Dunne
Penny Eyles
Jim Farrell
Gerry Fearon
Morna Ferguson
Mary Finlay
Paul Fleming
Donal Geraghty
Mark Geraghty
Pippa Hall
Jennifer Hegarty
Harry Hill
Peter Hill
Paddy Hiney
Ian Hopkins
Tony Hopkins
Kieran Horgan
Gerry Johnston
Austin Kelly
Jean Kerr
Andy Lee
Daragh Lewis
Shamie Mccabe
Harry Mccann
John Mcdonnell
Rhona Mcguirke
Nuala Mckernan
Steven Mitchell
Owen Monaghan
Owen Murnane
Paddy Murphy
Fiona Murray
Lynda Myles
Tony Nicholson
Vivion O'brien
Ann O'halloran
Eamonn O'higgins
Martin O'malley
Niall O'meachair
Lorcan O'toole
Tim Pole
Larry Prinz
Luke Quigley
Kevin Scott
Jules Shergold
Mark Shivas
Oliver Stapleton
Ann Stokes
John Wall
Robert Walpole
Mickey Walsh
Alan Williams
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Disqualified for Oscar consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences due to a provision that a film cannot appear on TV anywhere in the world before it is released theatrically in Los Angeles.
Expanded Release in United States December 17, 1993
Released in United States August 1993
Released in United States December 3, 1993
Released in United States Fall November 24, 1993
Released in United States May 1993
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States on Video September 21, 1994
Released in United States September 1993
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 13-23, 1993.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Director's Fortnight) May 13-24, 1993.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 14-29, 1993.
Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9-18, 1993.
Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival (in competition) October 22-30, 1993.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Received the People's Choice Award at the 1993 Toronto Festival of Festivals.
Broadcast over BBC TV Channel 2 in United Kingdom on "Screen Two" April 4, 1993.
Began shooting Late November 1992.
Completed shooting January 1993.
The second installment in novelist Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy, following Alan Parker's "The Commitments" (United States/United Kingdom/1991).
Shot in 16mm
Released in United States May 1993 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Director's Fortnight) May 13-24, 1993.)
Released in United States August 1993 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 14-29, 1993.)
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9-18, 1993.)
Released in United States on Video September 21, 1994
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at MIFED in Milan October 24-29, 1993.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at Valladolid International Film Festival (in competition) October 22-30, 1993.)
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
Released in United States Fall November 24, 1993
Released in United States December 3, 1993 (Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States December 17, 1993
Released in United States September 1993 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 13-23, 1993.)
