From an early age, just
like Steven Spielberg, I wanted to make my own films. I didn't become
quite as big as Steven but, thankfully, I never had to bow to the wishes
of a major "stoodio" either. And a lot of fun was had by all in
the making of the films.
Many of the participants were children and teenagers getting their first experience of movie-making. (If any of you guys make it big-time, remember who it was who discovered you!!!!!!!)
If anyone who was involved in any of these films sees this page please send me an email and let me know how you are.
Films completed
Year: 1965
Title: Always Look
Behind You
Type: Comedy
Cast: Donal Gleeson,
Donal MacCraith, David Lancaster, Thomas McCarthy, Pat Forrestal
Running Time: 20 mins
Film stock used: Standard
8mm, Kodak
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: Two
burglars face an unusual aftermath to a house robbery.
Year: 1967
Title: The Magic Stone
Type: Fantasy
Cast: Joseph Doolin,
John Nash
Running Time: 30 mins.
Film stock used: Standard
8mm, Kodak
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: Two boys
find a strange-looking stone on a beach.
Year: 1968
Title: Silverthumbs
Type: Comedy Thriller
Cast: Michael Gill, Donal
MacCraith, Robert Farrell, Philip Furlong, John Shiel, Donal Gleeson, John
Nash, Martin Doyle, Brendan Carruthers and a huge cast of extras
Running Time: 35 mins.
Film stock used: Standard
8mm, Kodak
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: When an
important professor is kidnapped, a desperate race to save the world
commences led by "James's Street Bond".
Year: 1974
Title: Maybe Someday
Type: Drama
Cast: Alan Kerrigan,
Maura Collins, May Lennon, Alan Cottuli, P.P Cleary
Running Time: 80mins.
Film stock used: Standard
8mm, Kodak
Aspect ratio: CentaScope
Brief Storyline: Tragedy
continually besets a man's life.
Year: 1981
Title: No Heart Too Cold
Type: Comedy Drama
Cast: Gary Wall,
P.P.Cleary
Running Time: 50mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: A
kidnapper gets more than he bargained for.
Year: 1982
Title: Joey's Revenge
Type: Comedy
Cast: Joseph Shine,
Adrian Dungan, Declan Cox, James Jordan,
Running Time: 10mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: An
adventure down by the sea.
Year: 1983
Title: A Fistful Of Punts
Type: Spaghetti Western
Cast: James Jordan,
Adrian Dungan, Tony Treacy, Warren Fox, Graeme Fox, Geoff Fox, David
Casey, Cormac O'Connor, Ronan Cox, Alan Martin, Alan Morrissey, Keith
Morrissey, Liam Ryan and a huge cast of extras.
Running Time: 75mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: CentaScope
Brief Storyline: A bounty
hunter and an outlaw cross paths with the bandit, El Bingo, while
searching for a lost gold shipment.
Year: 1984
Title: Forward To The
Past
Type: Fantasy
Cast: Geoff Fox, James
Jordan, Alan Martin, Ronan Cox, Dara O'Brien, John Jordan and a small cast
of extras.
Running Time: 20mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: CentaScope
Brief Storyline: Three
teenagers are mysteriously transported into the past - or are they?
Year: 1986
Title: The Sentinel
Type: Fantasy
Cast: Geoff Fox, James
Jordan, Alan Martin, Conn Fitzgibbon, Ronan Cox, Dermot Dunne, Dara
O'Brien, John Jordan and a small cast of extras.
Running Time: 20mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: The
peaceful life of a small tribe on the island of Sastigua is shattered by a
gang of cutthroats. Their only saviour is the Sentinel.
Year: 1988
Title: The Uncrushables
Type: Comedy Thriller
Cast: Geoff Fox, Conn
Fitzgibbon, John Jordan, James Jordan, Donal O'Regan and a small cast of
extras.
Running Time: 20mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: When the
body of an FBI agent is discovered, Cricket and Bubbs are sent in to
investigate.
Year: 1989
Title: The Man With The
Electric Mind*
Type: Thriller
Cast: Conn Fitzgibbon,
Geoff Fox, John Jordan, Warren Fox, John Rochford, Shane O'Kelly, Eoin
Hogan, Eoin Cleary, Ian Lamon, Keith Lamon, Clive Reynolds, and a huge
cast of extras.
Running Time: 85mins.
Film stock used: Super
8mm, Agfa
Aspect ratio: Standard
4:3
Brief Storyline: When two
professors are assassinated and a third kidnapped, Special Agent JB is
called in to save the world.
* This is an updated reworking of the 1968 film "Silverthumbs".
Year: 2006
Title: Roslyn
Type: Documentary
Running Time: 18mins
Film Stock Used: Video
Aspect Ratio: Standard 4:3
Summary: Record of a visit to the Isle of Man to discover the scenery and locations disguised as the "Isle of Roslyn" by F. W. Farrar in his book " Eric" written in 1858. (aka "Eric or Little by Little")
Year: 2007
Title: New York City February 2007
Type: Documentary
Running Time: 3mins 47 secs
Film Stock Used: N/A
Aspect Ratio: Standard 4:3
Summary: Record of a visit to NYC and dedicated to the memory of the victims of 9/11.