I have no idea how this will turn out. Anyone got odds? lol. –Matt
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Ken Loach taking ‘Route Irish’
Film centers on love triangle between two men and a woman
By Stuart Kemp
Nov 5, 2009
Ken Loach is reuniting with cinematographer Chris Menges on his latest film titled “Route Irish,” penned by the filmmaker’s longtime writing partner Paul Laverty and produced by Rebecca O’Brien.
Menges, whose resume boasts previous Loach movies including “Poor Cow” and “Kes,” returns to work with Loach on the movie billed as a tense love triangle between two men and a woman.
The film stars big-screen debutants Mark Womack (“Sorted”) and Andrea Lowe (“Where the Heart is”) and also boasts comedian John Bishop. They join the supporting cast of Trevor Williams and Talib Hamafraj.
It details the story of two men who work as private security contractors in Iraq who risk their lives in a city awash with violence and greed. When Frankie is killed on “Route Irish” — the road linking Baghdad airport with the Green Zone — Fergus, wracked with grief and guilt, rejects the official explanation and determines to investigate the truth of his friend’s death.
Route Irish is a Sixteen Films Why Not Prods. and Wild Bunch production made with the support of Les Films de Fleuve, BIM, Diaphana, Tornasol and Alta. Other financiers are France 2 and North West Vision Media. Wild Bunch is handling international sales at AFM.
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Ultra-left Respect Party board member. Socialist, anti-semitic, and anti-American. He tried to make the Russian moves in the Spanish Civil War look noble in “Land and Freedom”. Anyone who would align with Iran against Israel is a turd in my book. He’ll probably try to make us look like capitalist, blood-thirsty beasts.
Comment by Scott — Monday, November 9, 2009 @ 7:41 AM
"He tried to make the Russian moves in the Spanish Civil War look noble in “Land and Freedom”
That's just plain false. The movie was based, somewhat loosely, upon George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. And Loach, like Orwell, depicted the Geopolitical policies of the USSR in regards to Republican Spain in a very unsympathetic light. Again like Orwell, however, Loach is sympathetic to the popular revolutionary aspirations of the left-leaning workers militias that rose up against the Fascist/Nationalist coup led by General Francisco Franco. This said, I felt the movie was a bit slow moving in several places. And the ending, when the Comintern controlled Communist Party troops arrive to disarm the popular Militia, came off just a bit melodramatic for my taste. But otherwise, definitely worth watching, especially if you've read and enjoyed Orwell's account.
Comment by Alex — Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 10:09 PM