Once Upon a Time in Ireland / Laying Down in Dublin

The painting "Once in Ireland"(In another translation -"Bury to the bottom in Dublin") - this Irish black comedy from the director John Michael McDonagh. The main roles were performed by Brendan Gleason and Don Cheadle, who were named the ideal comedy couple.

Their heroes, the police officer Jerry Boyle and the FBI agent Wendell Everett, there is a fight with an international organization of drug traffickers.

Sergeant Jerry Boyle - good-natured Irish policeman froma small town in the west of Ireland. He is an ordinary person with his little joys (which include predominantly booze and women) and a rather specific sense of humor.

But what Sergeant Boyle is completely deprived of, so it's the craving for heroism and the desire to become famous. But fate has an opinion on this score. In one beautiful (beautiful?) Day on his doorstep appears FBI agent Wendell Everett. He needs the help of Sergeant Boyle in the fight against an international gang of drug dealers.

Sergeant Boyle and Agent Everett are so different, Will they succeed in working together and successfully fulfill its difficult mission? After all, not only the case for which they had to undertake is unpredictable, but they themselves ...

Information about the film

Name: Once Upon a Time in Ireland (Lie to the bottom in Dublin)
Original name: The Guard
Year: 2011
A country: Ireland
Genre: black comedy, crime, thriller
Producer: John Michael McDonagh
Author (s) of the scenario: John Michael McDonagh
Cast: Brendan Gleason, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan, Dominic McElligot, Pat Short, Rory Keenan, Sarah Greene, Catharina Kes, Darren Healy, Gary Lydon, and others.
World premiere: January 20, 2011
Premiere in the Russian Federation: 1 December 2011
Duration: 96 minutes

Interesting Facts

This is the fourth film in which the Irish actors Brendan Gleason and Liam Cunningham acted together.
Liam Cunningham acted in the directorial debut of John Michael McDonagh.
The melody the band plays in the scene in the bar"Hooker" is an old Irish melody, first documented by Alexander Stewart. It is called "Gilderoy". She gained wide popularity at the end of the 19th century as a ballad called "The Star of the County Down," written by Katal McGarvey.