Taffin

Taffin

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Francis Megahy
Produced by Peter Shaw
Written by Lyndon Mallet (book)
David Ambrose
Starring
Music by Stanley Myers
Hans Zimmer
Cinematography Paul Beeson
Edited by Peter Tanner
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
Vestron Pictures
Release dates
 February 26, 1988
Running time
 96 minutes
Country Ireland
Language Irish
English

Taffin is a 1988 Irish thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role of Mark Taffin. [1] It also featured Ray McAnally, Alison Doody and Jeremy Child. Taffin's quote "Then maybe you shouldn't be living heeeeeeeeeeeeere!" became an internet meme after repeated plays [2] [3] on the Adam & Joe show on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Plot

The plot concerns Taffin and his methods of executing justice, in order to save a local park in the town of Ballymoran.

A tough debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless and have sent their heavies into town to keep the locals quiet.

Production

Taffin was filmed in County Wicklow in Ireland in 1987 and 1988.

Issues arose between the author Lyndon Mallet and the production company surrounding the casting of Pierce Brosnan in the role of Mark Taffin. This was due to the actual nature of the character in the book. In the book, Mark Taffin was never a handsome man; he was decidedly overweight and very unattractive, a very different image to that portrayed by Brosnan.

Cast


Notes

  1. ↑ The Irish Filmography 1896-1996; Red Mountain Press (Dublin); 1996. Page 196
  2. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7Gk1y-boM
  3. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO6dw-TFXqY

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