An Everlasting Piece (UK)
Piece on Earth
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 99 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
In the tradition of Waking Ned and Billy Elliot, An Everlasting Piece is a wicked and witty original comedy from Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, Sleepers).
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Belfast in the 1980s, two unlikely business partners,the Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and Protestant George (Brian F. O`Byrne) convince a criminally insane wig salesman known as `The Scalper`, played by the highly entertaining Billy Connolly (Mrs. Brown), to sell them his inside information on the wig industry. The pair then set out to corner the incredibly competitive toupee market using whatever means necessary to make their venture a roaring success.
What follows is a hilarious rollercoaster ride as the pair fight an uphill battle against some stiff competition, their religious differences and, of course, each other!
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Production Notes
Filmographies
Theatrical Trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
Hebrew
Icelandic
Polish
Czech
Hindi
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
Greek
Croatian
Hungarian
Dutch
Arabic
Danish
Norwegian
Bulgarian
Directed By:
Barry Levinson
Written By:
Barry McEvoy
Starring:
Laurence Kinlan
Ruth McCabe
Pauline McLynn
Anna Friel
Barry McEvoy
Casting By:
Ros Hubbard
John Hubbard
Soundtrack By:
Hans Zimmer
Director of Photography:
Seamus Deasy
Editor:
Stu Linder
Costume Designer:
Joan Bergin
Production Designer:
Nathan Crowley
Producer:
Paula Weinstein
Barry Levinson
Mark Johnson
James Flynn
Louis DiGiaimo
Lou DiGiaimo Jr.
Tiffany Daniel
Blair Daily
Executive Producer:
Patrick McCormick
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
However, I was pleasantly surprised. This turned out to be a nice little comedy with loveable characters.
The video transfer is average. While there are no compression signs at all, the dark scene reveal "dirty" blacks and some grain.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is very adequate for this kind of a movie. The surrounds are used occasionally for some sound effects. While the closing titles appear, some very nice Irish music is played in DD 5.1.
The menus are animated with sound.
The extras include some production notes. That`s it.
Bottom line - a nice story and quite an enjoyable movie, but a rather average disk.
Genuine Belfast locations were the most welcome change from the glut of "Troubles" movies to grace our screens since the mid-90`s although the accents of some of the characters left a lot to be desired.
Having lived through the `80`s in Belfast, the real darkness of those days was not realised by the movie makers. Perhaps this was due to the writer/actor`s exile to the US at an early age. Plus the storyline of Anna Friel`s character, coming from a Republican/Nationalist background, taking a severe and hypocritical umbrage to the decision to supply wigs to the "provos" while gladly supplying them to "the brits" would have got both herself and the salesmen executed in real life.
However, an enjoyable romp and well worth a second watch.