On the Nose
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Brendan Delaney, a porter at a medical college in Dublin, is plagued with financial strains of every shape and size. Never one to crumble, or even falter, under stress, Brendan has a plan: he has found a “Golden Goose,” someone within the college who has an uncanny knack for picking winning horses at the races. Through a combination of accident, hunch, and twisted Irish logic, Brendan could be on to an incredible streak of luck. Needless to say, he and several others at the college, including Dr. Barry Davis, the Senior Anatomist, exploit this “talent” to its fullest. All are gearing the future of their financial and emotional well-being around the Big Race – the Grand National. Standing foursquare in their way, however, is Michael, an Australian Aboriginal envoy sent to recover Native relics dispersed around the world during the 19th century. Michael’s journey brings him head to head with Brendan Delaney in a battle of wills and wiles…
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David Caffrey
Director
Originally from County Wicklow, Ireland, David Caffrey studied film at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design in England. While completing his degree, he made a short 16mm film entitled The Connivers, based on some of his childhood experiences in Wicklow. This film gained some recognition by being shown on Channel 4. After several failed attempts to get work in the film business, David left London, returned to Galway in the west of Ireland and began working at the newly formed Concorde Studios, set up by Roger Corman. After serving as a trainee locations assistant on two feature films, Caffrey directed two short films: Bantams, which won a Channel 4 Critic’s Choice Award, and Bolt. Caffrey then directed his first feature, Divorcing Jack. He was subsequently hired by the BBC to direct the 18th-century mini-series Aristocrats, based on the biography by Stella Tillyard. On the Nose is David Caffrey’s second feature film.
35 mm
105 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in Dutch |
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Producers
Scott Kennedy
Tristan Orpen Lynch
Coproducers
Jennifer Moore
Dominic Wright
Executive Producers
Bill Thumm
Will Turner
Director
David Caffrey
Scriptwriter
Tony Phillpott
Director of Photography
Paul Sarossy
Editing
Roger Mattiussi
Art Director
David Fischer
Costumes
Kathy Strachan
Music
James Jandrisch
Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Robbie Coltrane
Brenda Blethyn
Tony Briggs
Eanna MacCliam
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Production
Highwire Entertainment
543 Granville St.
Suite 1000
Vancouver British Columbia
V6C 1X8
Canada
(604) 692-2752
(604) 893-8908
skennedy@highwireentertainment.com
Coproduction - Ireland
Subotica Entertainment The Coach House
22 Aungiers St.
Dublin
Ireland
353 1 662 2226
2353 1 662 2227
subotica@indigo.ie
Distribution – Canada
Red Sky Entertainment
2339 Columbia St.
3rd Floor
Vancouver British Columbia
V5Y 3Y3
Canada
(604) 899-0609
(604) 899-0619
International distribution
Capitol Films
23 Queensdale Place
London
W11 4SQ
England
207 471 6000
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