The Last of the High Kings Page #2

Synopsis: It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): David Keating
Production: Miramax
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
R
Year:
1996
104 min
54 Views


who doesn't drive me nuts.

"...Some of them still

moaning in agony."

My Da is an actor,

always going abroad

for some play somewhere,

always looking

for his big break into films.

The rest of them share varying

degrees of incurable insanity.

It's amazing

I turned out okay.

"...once again, Sheriff

Bart Wyatt had got his man.

The end."

Yay, Ray!

Oh!

Silence.

As foreman

of this year's jury,

I have great pleasure

in presenting you

with the Golden Dog

for Literature.

Par excellence.

Outstanding.

Congratulations.

Bleeding stupid.

It is not stupid.

The boy's a genius.

That's all there is to it.

- And that's my mother, Ma.

- Parnell! [Whistles]

[Guitar strumming]

[Lively music plays]

Noelie!

Noelie!

Hey, get off!

Get off! Get off!

Come on.

Get off, get off.

Noelie!

Get off!

Get off the green.

Go on.

Go on, go on.

Sorry.

Ah, sorry.

[Smack]

Oh.

Frankie!

It's Noelie's turn!

Give me the ball!

It's Noelie's turn!

Stop!

[Vehicle approaching]

[Engine revving]

Nice space hopper.

Thanks.

[Laughs]

Hey, when did he

get so cute?

Come on.

[Knock on door]

[Knock on door]

Come in.

[Hinges creak]

I know this is, uh...

an important summer

for you, Frankie,

and, uh...

I'm sorry

that I'm going to miss it.

I don't even know if I'm gonna

be back for your birthday.

So... so just in case

I, uh...

Happy birthday, my boy.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

Now... you're going

to University,

and you're gonna need

spending money,

so here's what I suggest...

you get yourself

a summer job.

Da...

about University...

I don't think my exams

went all that well.

Ah, Frankie,

you'll be fine.

You'll be terrific.

I know it.

I've been thinking...

m-maybe I should go away,

see the world or something.

Oh, no, Frankie.

Let the world wait for you.

Why do you always get

to go away?

Well...

This is something that's

very important to me, Frankie.

There's even... there's

even talk about a film.

What I'm trying

to tell you

is that I probably won't

even get into college.

Ah, you know, Frankie,

I remember when I was your age.

I felt... I felt exactly

the same as you.

So how did you do?

Oh, I did... I did...

I did great.

Great.

Well... in English.

Da, please.

I'm serious.

I know you are, son.

Look, um...

Do you have anything special

lined up for the summer?

Do you have, um...

you have a girlfriend maybe?

Look, Frankie...

These few precepts

in thy memory keep.

"This above all:

To thine own self be true.

"But it follows,

as the day the night,

thou canst not then be...

Be false to any man."

Yes.

Frankie, there's special

instructions

for feeding that fish.

You can't overfeed him or...

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Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the spin-off show Bracken. He has appeared in over 35 feature films, including Excalibur (1981), Miller's Crossing (1990), The Usual Suspects (1995), Stigmata (1999), End of Days (1999), Spider (2002), Jindabyne (2006), Vampire Academy (2014), The 33 (2015), and Hereditary (2018), and co-wrote The Last of the High Kings (1996). Byrne has also produced several films, including the Academy Award–nominated In the Name of the Father (1993). One of Byrne's most identifiable roles is that of Paul Weston in the HBO drama In Treatment (2008–2011), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Satellite Awards. more…

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