Disco Pigs

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Overview

A friendship between two young people grows into a dangerous obsession in this drama based on the acclaimed stage play by Enda Walsh. Darren Cillian Murphy and Sinead Elaine Cassidy were born moments apart in the same hospital in a small Irish community. Nicknamed "Pig" and "Runt," Darren and Sinead grew up next door to each other and became inseparable friends while they were still toddlers; at the age of 16, their bond is even stronger than ever. However, Darren and Sinead also have a fondness for making ...
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Overview

A friendship between two young people grows into a dangerous obsession in this drama based on the acclaimed stage play by Enda Walsh. Darren Cillian Murphy and Sinead Elaine Cassidy were born moments apart in the same hospital in a small Irish community. Nicknamed "Pig" and "Runt," Darren and Sinead grew up next door to each other and became inseparable friends while they were still toddlers; at the age of 16, their bond is even stronger than ever. However, Darren and Sinead also have a fondness for making trouble, and over the years Darren has developed a taste for violence; one of his favorite pranks is to have Sinead flirt with a man at the local disco, and then storm up, posing as her jealous boyfriend, and start a fight. Several people in town feel there's something not entirely healthy about Darren and Sinead's relationship, and Sinead's parents are persuaded to send her away to a school in the northern part of Ireland. Darren's attachment to Sinead grows only more intense in her absence, and in time he runs away to find Sinead and bring her back, only to discover she's made a new best friend, Mags Tara Lynne O'Neill. Disco Pigs was the first feature from Kirsten Sheridan, whose father is veteran filmmaker Jim Sheridan.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/29/2003
  • UPC: 658769320138
  • Original Release: 2001

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  • Source: Vanguard Cinema
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Elaine Cassidy Sinead ("Runt")
Cillian Murphy Darren ("Pig")
Geraldine O'Rawe Runt's Mam
Eleanor Methven Pig's Mam
Brian F. O'Byrne Runt's Dad
Darren Healy Marky
Tara O'Neil Mags
Technical Credits
Kirsten Sheridan Director
Stephen Evans Executive Producer
Angus Finney Executive Producer
Gavin Friday Score Composer
Ed Guiney Producer
Maureen Hughes Casting
Igor Jadue-Lillo Cinematographer
Sophie Janson Associate Producer
Zoe MacLeod Production Designer
Mervyn Moore Sound/Sound Designer
Lorna Mugan Costumes/Costume Designer
Leslie Oakley Art Director
Maurice Seezer Score Composer
Rod Stoneman Executive Producer
Enda Walsh Screenwriter
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  • Posted October 1, 2010

    90 Minutes You'll Never Forget

    Disco Pigs, featuring Cillian Murphy (Red Eye) and Elaine Cassidy (Fingersmith), is an unusual love story and a twisted coming-of-age tale. Based on the play of the same name by Enda Walsh, it revolves around Pig and Runt, two seventeen year olds who have grown up a little too close to each other. They speak in a language half their own (like twins) and half based on the way those in Cork, Ireland talk. Once one's ear has adjusted to this, the movie becomes a dark, enthralling fairy tale that starts intense and dangerous and ends fatally.

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