Monthly Archives: August 2011

You probably remain a little spooked by the extremely chilling performance by Ian Beattie (above) as the paedophile priest Brendan Smyth.

Other less convincing lookalikes in Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust, – but also providing the stuff of nightmares – included:

Gerry O’Brien as Albert Reynolds
Peter Hanly as Dick Spring
Jonathan Ryan as Proinsias De Rossa
Karl O’Neil as Clive Sinclair Harry Whelehan
Billy Clarke as Cardinal Daly
Stephen Kelly as Fr. Sean (now Cardinal) Brady getting two of Smith’s victims to sign ‘confidentiality agreements’ in 1975.

 

Watch Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust here.

Brendan Smyth: Betrayal Of Trust (IMDB)
Who is Harry Whelehan?

‘Meh’ writes:

There’s a claim by Gerry Boyle (played by Brendan Gleeson), in The Guard that he swam the 1500m an the 1988 Seoul Olympics and finished 4th.

Don Cheadle is hugely sceptical but Gleeson/Boyle describes the final from a competitor’s point of view in a very laid-back, blasé way that implies he is used to people not believing him, but there you go.
Anyway – Wikipedia currently has the answer, and it’s different than it was 2 weeks ago….

1988 1500m final (Wikipedia)

 

This could be interesting.

The schedule on Saturday August 13th includes advance screenings of Colin Farrell’s latest film, Fright Night, along with The Change Up, the latest film from the writers of The Hangover, starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. Sunday’s schedule includes advance screenings of the highly anticipated sci-fi / western Cowboys and Aliens starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig, plus 30 Minutes or Less, the latest film from the director of Zombieland, starring Jesse Eisenberg from The Social Network

Tickets (€22.50/e) on sale at the Cineworld box office or online here.

‘Movie Fest’ two-day event brings the excitement of Comic Con to Dublin (Film Ireland)