The Last of the High Kings Page #3

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
55 Views


or he'll burst.

[Hinges creak]

[Door closes]

[Birds chirping]

You'll be wonderful,

and so will she.

Oh, it's not like that

at all.

I'd give anything

if it was you.

Hmm. Lots of pretty young ones

fluttering 'round you.

Nah...

No.

I'll miss ya.

[Inhales sharply]

Take care of yourself,

Cathleen.

Do you hear me?

[Kissing]

And he exits,

pursued by a bear.

Ah, well.

[Engine turns over]

Goodbye, Da.

It wasn't like Da was

a whole lot of use for anything

when he was at home,

but it always seemed empty

when he was gone...

sort of shook the place.

With a wave of his hat,

he'd signal that I was

once again man of the house.

What that really meant

was absolutely nothing.

The important thing was

to try to make something

out of the summer

before my exam results

turned up.

Six weeks and counting.

Whoa! Hey!

Whoa! Hey!

[Laughs]

Aaahhh!

Noelie:
Hey! Play football!

[Laughs]

- Hey!

- Whoo!

Play football, everybody!

[Sea gulls crying]

Go fetch, Bobby.

[Barks]

- [Girls giggling,

Bobby barking]

- [Harmonica playing]

[Barking, snarling]

[Laughs]

Gallo, you big idiot,

what do you think you're like?

Hey, what would you get

if you crossed Bobby Gallo

with a whale?

What?

Elvis Presley.

You...

you little shite.

Take it back!

I'm sorry, but Elvis

is a has-been.

Take it back!

Bowie is way better.

Don't take The King's

name in vain.

- Get off me!

- Who's the greatest?

- [Laughing] All right!

- Say it, say it,

say it, say it!

Elvis is the greatest.

Truest words

you've ever spoken, pal.

[Girls laughing]

He's the greatest man alive.

You should learn some respect.

- Yeah, and you've got

a serious problem.

- [Girls laughing]

You should get it seen to.

Hey, you know something?

What?

[Girls laughing]

This would be a great place

for a party.

Until the tide comes in.

What about the big beach?

Be a great way

to pull women.

Monster beach party,

acres of chicks,

no dogs allowed.

- [Laughter]

- Get your hole

or your money back.

Hey, we could show movies

up against the cliffs.

It could be amazing.

Go-Go dancers,

hash cookies.

[Laughter]

Which one is he actually

going out with?

Jayne... I think.

Romy's a dyke.

Everyone knows that.

No, she's not.

Yeah, she is.

She's not.

You reckon Bobby watches

while the two of them

get down to business?

Well,

they are Protestants.

So what?

So they do it like dogs.

You know...

from behind.

[Sea gulls crying]

# I wear my heart

on my sleeve #

# I'm not afraid #

- # Say what I mean #

- Jesus.

# Mean what I say #

# Set myself up #

# Let myself down #

# I may be a fool #

# To spread it around #

# But I #

# Just want to let you know #

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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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