Waiting for Dublin (2007)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Roger Tucker

Writer:

Chuck Conaway (writer)

Genre:

Romance

Tagline:

Love is a battlefield.

Plot:

On New Year's Eve 1944, American pilot Mike Clarke (Andrew Keegan) inadvertently bets Al Capone's nephew $10,000...

Plot Keywords:

Pilot | 1944 | New Year's Eve | Place Name In Title | City Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Des Braiden	...	Father Quinlan
Jenne Decleir	...	Dinky
Guido De Craene	...	Kluge
Sheila Flitton	...	Old Crone
Kevin Flood	...	Dr. Mahoney
Don Foley	...	Eamonn
Tristan Hickey	...	Major Forbes
Andrew Keegan	...	Mike
Frank Kelly	...	Thaddius
Maria Anastacia Keogh	...	Swing Dancer
Pat Laffan	...	Paddy
Jack Lynch	...	Mr. Kelleher
Hugh O'Conor	...	Twickers
Karl Sheils	...	Vito
Britta Smith	...	Mrs. Kelleher
David Wilmot	...	Heneghan
Jade Yourell	...	Maggie

Directed by
Roger Tucker

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Chuck Conaway		writer

Produced by
Paul Barnes	....	line producer
Paul Breuls	....	producer
Kieran Corrigan	....	co-producer
Martin Dewitte	....	executive producer
Frederick Muller	....	line producer
Catherine Vandeleene	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alfred Van Acker

Cinematography by
Marc Felperlaan

Film Editing by
Les Healey

Production Design by
Alan Farquharson
Crispian Sallis

Production Management
Mathieu Bayart	....	assistant production manager
Steffen Geypens	....	production supervisor
Columba Heneghan	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonny Benson	....	second assistant director
Brian 'Joker' Mulvey	....	first assistant director: second unit

Sound Department
Adam Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mustafa Durma	....	foley editor
Mustafa Durma	....	sound editor
Dado Jehan	....	foley artist (as dado dzihan)
Dado Jehan	....	sound effects recordist (as dado dzihan)
Gareth Rhys Jones	....	foley artist
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Terry McDonald	....	sound trainee
Danton Tanimura	....	sound editor
Burak Topalakci	....	foley mixer
Sacha Walker	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Tinko Dimov	....	digital effects artist
Alex Filipov	....	visual effects supervisor
Georgi Karantilski	....	digital artist
Borislav Konstantinov	....	digital effects artist
Ivailo Marinov	....	digital compositor
Nikki Nikolov	....	digital artist
Stefan Rachev	....	digital compositor
Dragomir Sarachev	....	digital effects artist
Liubomir Savov	....	digital effects artist
Georgi Sotirov Sotirov	....	research & development support

Stunts
Giedrius Nagys	....	stunts
Philippe Zone	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Björn Charpentier	....	assistant camera
Jan Dellaert	....	camera operator
Jan Lemmens	....	grip
Laurence Manly	....	director of photography: second unit
Erwin Roodhart	....	gaffer
Francis Schrauwen	....	assistant camera
Philippe de Smet	....	grip
Christophe Vanhoutte	....	gaffer
Olivier Van Tendeloo	....	clapper loader

Editorial Department
Yves Bertrand	....	first assistant editor
Milena Tasso	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Phil Hope	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Alan Dixon	....	unit driver
Kenneth Quinn	....	unit driver

Other crew
Kieran Hennessy	....	location scout
Paddy McCarney	....	location manager
Emelie Vervecken	....	production assistant
Elaine Waugh	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Corsan

Distributors

• Cinema Libre Studio (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• A Plus Films (2007) (Turkey) (all media)

Special Effects

• Team FX

Other Companies

• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Point1Post  sound re-recording
• Zound  sound post-production

Runtime:

Germany:84 min (European Film Market) | USA:83 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

Airport, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

Company:

Corsan

enjoyable if minor little comedy

"Waiting For Dublin" is a modest, unassuming little charmer set in the peaceful Irish countryside just a few months prior to the end of World War II (Ireland being a "neutral" country in the conflict). Mike (Andrew Keegan) is an American fighter pilot whose plane goes off course, stranding him and his British co-pilot, "Twickers" (Hugh O'Connor), in a village just chock full of lovable eccentrics and cranks, brimming over with thick brogues and quaint, old-fashioned country ways. Mike is also one "kill" shy of the five he needs to officially become a flying ace and to win the $10,000 bet he inadvertently made with Al Capone's nephew back in the States right before heading off to war. The opportunity for achieving that goal comes in the form of a German flyer who finds himself stuck in the same town. Now all Mike has to do is to somehow convince the affable chap to let him shoot him out of the sky so the American can claim his fifth victim and win both his title and his wager.

With cleverness and wit and more than a touch of the customary blarney, "Waiting For Dublin" doesn't add up to very much in the end, but the truth is it really doesn't care that it doesn't - and, quite frankly, neither do we. For its greatest charm lies in its not trying to be anything more than just a pleasantly innocuous, no-sweat-no-strain kind of offbeat diversion. And at that it succeeds very well - even if it does go off the rails a bit towards the end. Pleasant performances, lovely cinematography, and a fine sense of atmosphere are just icing on the cake.

It's not a movie you're likely to remember much about years after having seen it, but it makes for enjoyable enough viewing while you're at it.