Waking Ned
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| Directed by | Kirk Jones |
| Produced by | Richard Holmes Glynis Murray |
| Written by | Kirk Jones |
| Starring | Ian Bannen David Kelly Fionnula Flanagan |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 1998 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English, Irish, Latin |
| Budget | $3,000,000 (est.) |
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Waking Ned, titled Waking Ned Devine in North America, is a 1998 comedy film starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly and Fionnula Flanagan.
David Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors' Guild award for his role in Waking Ned.
Shaun Davey wrote the film score for Waking Ned.
The film was shot in and around the village of Cregneash and other locations on the Isle of Man.
Taglines:
- Finally, a comedy that will make you feel like a million bucks.
- This fall, odds are, you'll get lucky.
- How far would you go to win a fortune?
- There are 6,894,620 reasons for... Waking Ned.
[edit] Plot
When word reaches Jackie and Michael, two elderly best friends, that someone in their fictional tiny Irish village of Tulaigh Mhór (Tullymore) has won the Irish National Lottery's Lotto game, they go to great lengths to find the winner so they can share the wealth. After a chicken-dinner plot to narrow down their list of suspects, they pay a midnight visit to the only absentee: Ned Devine. They find Ned in his home, still holding the ticket in his hand, a smile on his face and dead of shock. Jackie is later convinced by a dream that the deceased Ned wants to share the winnings with his friends, as he has no family to claim the ticket.
Elsewhere in the village, Maggie O'Toole continues to spurn the romantic interests of her old flame, "Pig" Finn, a local pig farmer. Finn is convinced they belong together, as he's the father of her son Maurice, but she cannot abide the smell of pigs.
After discovering that the lottery winnings are far greater than anticipated, Jackie and Michael are forced to involve the entire village in order to fool the claim inspector. The villagers enter a pact to pretend that Ned is alive and well, by having Michael pose as him. However, the local curmudgeon decides not to enter the pact and attempts to blackmail the entire village by reporting the fraud and winning ten percent of the lottery share. However, later in the story she apparently dies in a car accident when the claim inspector's car spins out of control and forces an oncoming van to crash into the phone booth being used to report the fraud. The money is shared amongst the villagers.
As the village celebrates at the local pub, Jackie spots Maggie O'Toole, who is content that Pig Finn is going to give up pig farming to marry her now that he can afford to. Jackie approves, adding that Maurice needs a father in his life. "More than seven million pounds?" she asks, nodding to her son and revealing that the elderly Ned was actually the father of Maurice. Jackie urges her to claim the entire fortune, but Maggie is sure that Maurice needs a father more.
[edit] References
- Waking Ned Devine: An Original Screenplay by Kirk Jones. ScreenPress Books, 1999
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