Product Information
British director Ken Loach (LAND AND FREEDOM, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY) returns with this tale of an ex-soldier who returns to Iraq in order to uncover the truth about his best friend's death.Product Identifiers
ProducerRebecca O'brien
EAN5021866529301
eBay Product ID (ePID)102188765
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleRoute Irish
ActorJohn Bishop, Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe
DirectorKen Loach
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2011
FeaturesWidescreen
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Run Time105 Mins
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Director of PhotographyChris Menges
Costume DesignerSarah Ryan
Production DesignerFergus Clegg
ReviewsEvening Standard - A very dark and muscular revenge thriller ...Intricately plotted, Time Out - Channels Loach's righteous anger at the grotesque carnival of the Iraq war
Consumer AdviceContains very strong language and scenes of torture
Additional InformationBritish director Ken Loach (LAND AND FREEDOM, THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY) returns with another gritty portrait of the futility of war. ROUTE IRISH is the story of life-long friends Fergus and Frankie, a pair that have been in each otherÆs pockets since their first day of school. While FergusÆs tour of Iraq, as a member of the SAS, had kept them apart, the recently resigned ex-soldier soon convinces Frankie to join him in Baghdad as a member of a private security team. While the ú10,000-a-month salary and a chance to work with his friend drew Frankie to the troubled city, nothing could prepare him for the violence he would witness on daily basis. Each day the members of the security team would risk their lives, and in September 2007 Frankie would pay the ultimate price when he was killed on Route Irish, the worldÆs most dangerous road.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Back home in Liverpool, a grief-stricken Fergus refuses to believe the official explanation for FrankieÆs death and begins his own method of enquiry, but it's an investigation that could lead to his own destruction.
Movie/TV TitleRoute Irish
ComposerGeorge Fenton
Executive ProducerPascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maraval
Sound sourceDolby Digital
CastingKathleen Crawford
ScreenwriterPaul Laverty
EditorJonathan Morris