Kings (film)

Infobox Film
name = Kings


caption = "Kings" film poster
director = Tom Collins
producer = Tom Collins Jackie Larkin
writer = Jimmy Murphy
Tom Collins
starring = Colm Meaney Donal O'Kelly Brendan Conroy Donncha Crowley
music = Pol Brennan
cinematography = Peter Robertson
editing = Dermot Diskin
distributor = High Point Film and Television Ltd
released = 21 September 2007
runtime = 88 min.
country = Ireland
language = Irish, English
budget =
gross =
website = http://www.highpointfilms.co.uk/kings/index.html
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0889136

"Kings" is a 2007 Irish film directed by Tom Collins and based on Jimmy Murphy's play "The Kings of the Kilburn High Road". [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2007/09/27/story43673.asp Irish Examiner - Thursday, September 27, 2007 - The film that captures lonely lives of men who built Britain] ] The film is bilingual, having both Irish and English dialogues. It was premièred at the Taormina Film Festival (Italy) in June 2006, [ [http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4280397&sr=1&only=1&hl=newgrange&tpl=archnews IFTN.ie - ‘Kings’ World Premiere at Taormina Film Festival] ] and was selected as Ireland's official entry for the 2008 Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category. [ [http://www.irishfilmboard.ie/movie.php?id=599 Irish Film Board - Ireland's entry to the foreign language Oscar] ] The film tells the story of a group of Irish friends who, after emigrating to England 30 years previously, meet for the funeral of a friend. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889136/plotsummary IMDB.com - Plot summary for Kings (2007)] ]

Plot

In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at a funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. Interspersing flashbacks of a lost youth in Ireland with the harsh realities of modern life.

For some the thirty years has been hard working in building sites across Britain. Slowly the truth about Jackie's death become clear and the friends discover they need each other more than ever. However, by the end, the friends split up for good, going their separate ways.

Cast

Awards

* Tom Collins won the Director's Guild of America / Ireland New Finders Award in 2007.Fact|date=June 2008
* Kings was nominated for a record 14 Irish Film and Television Awards in 2008.Fact|date=June 2008
* Kings won the Gold Torc at the 2008 Celtic Film and Media AwardsFact|date=June 2008

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