Acting

Joe Pilkington

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The Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy · 1998
The Butcher Boy
6.81998
MovieComedyDrama
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
A Man of No ImportanceA Man of No Importance · 1994
A Man of No Importance
6.21994
MovieComedyDrama
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
Miracle at MidnightMiracle at Midnight · 1998
Miracle at Midnight
7.51998
MovieDramaTV Movie
Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a remarkable effort to save thousands of their Jewish countrymen from the horror of Nazi concentration camps. Hendrik and his doctor father undertake the dangerous task of deceiving the Nazis and hiding Jewish families. When the Koster men must themselves go into hiding, Henrik's sister and mother are left to face capture by the suspicious Gestapo.
The McKenzie BreakThe McKenzie Break · 1970
The McKenzie Break
5.91970
MovieActionWar
A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
The CatholicsThe Catholics · 1973
The Catholics
6.11973
MovieDramaTV Movie
Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has eliminated much of the original dogma of Catholicism. A group of Irish monks rebel against this situation and react back to the past: they begin to say Mass in Latin and act according to traditional Catholic dogma. So, Rome decides to send a representative to investigate what is happening
Light Years AwayLight Years Away · 1981
Light Years Away
7.11981
MovieDramaFantasy
A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds
The Ballroom of RomanceThe Ballroom of Romance · 1982
The Ballroom of Romance
7.41982
MovieRomanceDrama
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
The Hanging GaleThe Hanging Gale · 1995
The Hanging Gale
1995
MovieHistoryDrama
In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror as their primary food source dwindles, the Phelan brothers (portrayed by real-life siblings Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen McGann) are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt.

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The Hanging GaleThe Hanging Gale · 1995
The Hanging Gale
5.81995
SeriesDrama
The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1995. The series was a British–Irish co-production, made by Little Bird Films for BBC Northern Ireland in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, with support from the Irish Film Board. The serial, set in 1846 at the beginning of Ireland's Great Famine, starred the four McGann brothers: Joe McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann and Stephen McGann, and was based on an original idea by Joe and Stephen McGann while researching their family's history. The title of the series comes from the term 'hanging gale', the name for a widespread practice in Ireland at the time, where a landlord would allow new tenants a six-month grace period on payment of their rent, with the expectation that the rent owed would be paid when the land's crops were harvested and sold.

James Phelan