Headrush (film)
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Headrush is a 2003
Irish crime
comedy, written and directed by Shimmy Marcus
about two young guys, Charlie and T-Bag, who hope to solve all their problems by working for a notorious Underworld Criminal, The Uncle.
The movie has been criticised for its unoriginality and similarities to other movies.
Headrush is a story about frustration, fear, and friendship. Charlie is a lost soul in a society riddled with corruption, political distrust and a preoccupation with making money. Trying to cope with problems he brings on himself, he seems on an inevitable slide that takes him deeper and deeper into a world with fatal consequences.
2003 in film
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Irish crime
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
comedy, written and directed by Shimmy Marcus
Shimmy Marcus
- Filmography :* Soulboy * Breaking Boundaries * Headrush * Ivor the Insomniac * Aidan Walsh: Master of the Universe* 7th Heaven - External links :...
about two young guys, Charlie and T-Bag, who hope to solve all their problems by working for a notorious Underworld Criminal, The Uncle.
The movie has been criticised for its unoriginality and similarities to other movies.
Plot
Down on his luck Charlie has been kicked off the dole, had his electricity cut off, and been dumped by his girlfriend Vicky. Despite claiming to be an expert on women, his best friend T-Bag has never had a girlfriend and the boys are convinced only money will change their depressing situation. The boys hear through their dealer Blowback that The Uncle is looking for new drug mules, so Charlie conceives an elaborate scam to smuggle a consignment of Cocaine back from Amsterdam. They meet The Uncle's nephew Razor Rupert and convince him that they're up for the job. As they lay their plans, each one egging the other on, each one refusing to admit to any fear, a series of comic coincidences begin to unravel their carefully laid plans.Headrush is a story about frustration, fear, and friendship. Charlie is a lost soul in a society riddled with corruption, political distrust and a preoccupation with making money. Trying to cope with problems he brings on himself, he seems on an inevitable slide that takes him deeper and deeper into a world with fatal consequences.
Cast
- Wuzza Conlon as Charlie
- Gavin Kelty as T-Bag
- B.P. Fallon as Blowback
- Huey Morgan as The Yank
- Karl Argue as Flem
- Steven BerkoffSteven BerkoffSteven Berkoff is an English actor, writer and director. Best known for his performance as General Orlov in the James Bond film Octopussy, he is typically cast in villanous roles, such as Lt...
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- Donncha Crowley as Detective Insp. Dunne
- Moira DeadyMoira DeadyMoira Deady was an Irish actress. She starred as Mary Riordan in The Riordans from 1965 until it was axed in 1979, before appearing as Nellie Connors in Glenroe. Mary Riordan was considered "the quintessential Irish mammy" - Irish Independent/The Irish Times...
as Mrs. Macroom - Mark Doherty as Detective Walsh
- Dermot Doran as Bambi
- Tom Hickey as Malcom Nobel
- Pat Kinevane as Razor Rupert
- Winston Nairne as Milk
- Mick NolanMick NolanMichael "Mick" Nolan is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland.He plays for the Portlaoise club. He plays as a goalkeeper for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois squad that won the Leinster Senior Football Championship title for the first time since 1946.Mick emerged on to the scene in...
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as Neville - Jer O'Leary as Tramp Snitch
- Sarah Pilkington as Jacinta
- Laura PyperLaura PyperLaura Pyper is a Northern Irish actress, known for portraying Ella Dee in the second season of Hex, Jane Fairfax in Emma and Lexine in the video game Dead Space: Extraction.-Background:...
as Vicky - Rachel RathRachel RathRachel Rath is an Irish film, television and theatre actress.She has appeared in the films The Actors , Laws of Attraction , Ella Enchanted and ....
as Junkie - Viviana Verveen as Biker
- Aonghus Weber as Knob
Awards
- Winner - Best Feature - Braunschweig Film Festival (2005)
- Winner - Best Unreleased Feature - East Lansing Film Festival (2005)
- Nominated - Best Feature Film - IFTA (2005)
- Winner - Best Feature - NY Film Fleadh (2004)
- Winner - Best Soundtrack - Foyle Film Festivak (2003)
- 2nd Place - Best Feature - Galway Film Fleadh (2003)
- Winner - Miramx Scriptwriting Award (1999)