The Tiger's Tail (2006)

Director:

John Boorman

Writer:

John Boorman (writer)

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

When your past is a lie... and your future is not your own

Plot:

After a chance encounter, a Dubliner (Gleeson) is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself. |

Plot Keywords:

Animal In Title | Dublin Ireland | Mental Hospital | Capitalism | Brother Brother Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Brendan Gleeson	...	Liam O'Leary
Kim Cattrall	...	Jane O'Leary
Ciarán Hinds	...	Father Andy
Sinéad Cusack	...	Oona O'Leary
Sean McGinley	...	Declan Murray
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Angeline Ball	...	Ursula
Cathy Belton	...	Sally
Denis Conway	...	Bertie Brennan
Moira Deady	...	Maeve - Liam's Mother
Ned Dennehy	...	Felim
Michael FitzGerald	...	Male nurse
Briain Gleeson	...	Connor O'Leary
David Herlihy	...	Paul
John Kavanagh	...	Harry
Mark Lambert	...	District Judge
Ruth Lawlor	...	Larry's Secretary
Nigel Linden	...	Samantha's Boyfriend
Eanna MacLiam	...	The Beggar
Sean Markey	...	Drinker
Aonghus Og McAnally	...	Garda #2 (as Aonghus Óg McAnally)
Ruth McCabe	...	Large Woman
Michael McElhatton	...	Dr. Alex Loden
Charlene McKenna	...	Samantha
Geoff Minogue	...	Ambulance Driver
Conor Mullen	...	MC
Martin Murphy	...	Garda #1
Regan O'Brien	...	Nurse
Philip O'Sullivan	...	Assistant Governor
Derry Power	...	Eddie
Stanley Townsend	...	Jim Brady - The Banker
Paolo Tullio	...	Patrick Le Say
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor	...	Larry Cooney (as Tom Vaughan Lawlor)
Mary Woods	...	Prostitute
Conor Flannery	...	Extra in Bar & Disco (uncredited)

Directed by
John Boorman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Boorman		writer

Produced by
Kevan Barker	....	line producer
John Boorman	....	producer
John Buchanan	....	producer
Kieran Corrigan	....	producer
John McDonnell	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Stephen McKeon

Cinematography by
Seamus Deasy

Film Editing by
Ron Davis

Costume Design by
Maeve Paterson

Makeup Department
Martina Byrne	....	assistant makeup artist
Martina McCarthy	....	hair stylist
Denise Watson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore-CFC
Larry Rodriguez	....	post-production executive

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevan Barker	....	assistant director
Paul Barnes	....	second assistant director
Conor Gibbons	....	assistant director
Eoin Heaney	....	trainee assistant director
Brian 'Joker' Mulvey	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Darren Kearney	....	painter
Rene Knol	....	chargehand dressing props
Eamonn O'Higgins	....	property master

Sound Department
Ed Colyer	....	adr mixer
Tom Davis	....	assistant sound editor
Brendan Deasy	....	sound
Glen Gathard	....	assistant foley/ADR mixer
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Grahame Peters	....	sound editor
Eddie Quinn	....	boom operator
Esther Smith	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Richard Street	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Walker	....	foley editor

Visual Effects by
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC DI
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager: Framestore CFC
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore-CFC
John Kennedy	....	digital compositor
Brian Krijgsman	....	colourist: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	high definition engineer
Maria Stroka	....	producer: Framestore CFC
Annabel Wright	....	digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC

Stunts
Giedrius Nagys	....	stunts
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Dungan	....	camera trainee
Daniele Massaccesi	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
T.K. Lang	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Ken Lang)
Ciara McArdle	....	costumer: Kim Cattrall
Sandra O'Toole	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC DI
Andy Burrow	....	recording manager: Framestore CFC
Brian Krijgsman	....	colorist: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	high definition engineer
James Turpin	....	assistant film editor
Annabel Wright	....	digital grading assistant: Framestore CFC

Music Department
Mark Armstrong	....	orchestrator: conductor
Mark Tucker	....	music score recording engineer

Transportation Department
Arthur Dunne	....	transportation captain
Paul Kelly	....	unit driver
Brendan King	....	unit driver

Other crew
Dermot Cleary	....	location manager
Steven Davenport	....	assistant location manager
Cathy Griffin	....	extras coordinator
Eoin Heaney	....	stand-in
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore-CFC
John McKenna	....	armorer
Poll Moussoulides	....	dialogue coach
Barry Newman	....	location assistant
Paula Wright	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Fern Gully Tales
• Merlin Films

Distributors

• Kinosmith (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Outsider Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Visual Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (DVD) (TV)

Special Effects

• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital end titles)
• Team FX

Other Companies

• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• MovieExtras  extras casting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

MPAA:

Rated R for a scene of sexuality, and brief drug content.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A | UK:18 | Australia:MA | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dublin Docks, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Fern Gully Tales

Trivia:

"The Tiger's Tail" refers to the "Celtic Tiger" economic boom that Ireland experienced from 1995 to 2008 (Ireland was said to officially be in recession as of June 24th 2008).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Liam pulls up at Oona's house, his car is a 03 Golf with wheel trims. When they are taking Conor to the hospital a side shot of the car is shown which clearly shows the car with alloy wheels. The number plate on the car 03-D-55897 is the same in both shots.

Quotes:

Liam O'Leary: You fired a shotgun at me, that wasn't very brotherly was it?

Boring, boring ,boring, dull, dull, dull

Hmm.

Sadly, "The Tiger's Tail" is rubbish, and a major disappointment, because John Boorman is a great director who has made some great films. You know what I'm talking about. "Point Blank", "Deliverance", "Excalibur", "The General", "The Tailor Of Panama", "Beyond Rangoon", "The Emerald Forest". You can look up the others for yourselves.

Brenda Gleeson plays Liam O'Leary, a Dublin property developer, who's life gets changed completely when he finds himself being stalked by a doppelganger.

I have no idea what happened here, but "The Tiger's Tail" is a complete misfire and a total waste of an interesting actor in Brendan Gleeson. It fails completely as a drama and/or a black comedy, chiefly because it is not dramatic enough and it is not funny enough. I can suspend belief as well as the next man, but I didn't believe a word of "The Tiger's Tail".

And the cardinal sin? "The Tiger's Tail" is boring, boring, boring, dull, dull, dull. Maybe I'm missing the subtext somewhere. I'm not too clever.

Such a shame. Onto the next one, Mister Boorman.