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A vulgar Irish cop (Brendan Gleeson) and a straight-laced American FBI agent (Don Cheadle) uncover police corruption among the former’s superiors while probing a drug-trafficking ring. An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Startattle.com – The Guard 2011.
- Starring : Don Cheadle / Mark Strong / Liam Cunningham
- Genre : Comedy / Crime / Thriller
- Country : Ireland
- Language : English / Irish
- Director : John Michael McDonagh
- Production : Reprisal Films / Element Pictures / Hindsight Media / Aegis Film Fund / UK Film Council / Crescendo Productions / EDS Pictures / Screen Ireland
- Distributor : A Contracorriente Films / Alliance / Ascot Elite Entertainment Group / Element Pictures / Entertainment One / Feelgood Entertainment / Optimum Releasing / SND Films / Scanbox Entertainment / Sony Pictures Classics / Sony Pictures Releasing / Starway Film Distribution / Ascot Elite Home Entertainment / BNN TV / Earth Star Entertainment / Film1 / Iris / Shoval Film Production / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / StudioCanal / Zon Audiovisuais
The Guard movie
The Guard release date
- January 20, 2011 : USA (Sundance Film Festival)
- February 1, 2011 : Germany (Berlin International Film Festival)
- July 7, 2011 : Ireland
- July 29, 2011 : USA (limited)
- August 13, 2011 : UK (Empire Big Screen)
- August 19, 2011 : UK
- August 25, 2011 : Australia
- August 26, 2011 : Canada (Toronto)
- September 22, 2011 : Germany
- September 23, 2011 : Canada
- October 5, 2011 : France (Dinard Festival of British Cinema)
- November 10, 2011 : Israel
- November 12, 2011 : Sweden (Stockholm International Film Festival)
- November 19, 2011 : Japan (Osaka European Film Festival)
- December 13, 2011 : France (Les Arcs International Film Festival)
- December 21, 2011 : France
- April 18, 2012 : Sweden (DVD premiere)
- May 26, 2012 : Japan (EU Film Days)
- June 21, 2012 : Japan (DVD premiere)
- July 20, 2012 : Spain
The Guard cast
- Ronan Collins as Young Man in Car
- Paraic Nialand as Young Man in Car
- John Patrick Beirne as Young Man in Car
- Liam O’Conghaile as Young Man in Car
- Christopher Kilmartin as Young Man in Car
- Brendan Gleeson as Gerry Boyle
- Rory Keenan as Aidan McBride
- Declan Mannlen as James McCormick (as Declan Mannion)
- Laurence Kinlan as Photographer
- Michael Og Lane as Eugene Moloney (as Mícheál Óg Lane)
- Liam Cunningham as Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
- Owen Sharpe as Billy Devaney
- Fionnula Flanagan as Eileen Boyle
- Wale Ojo as Doctor Oleyuwo
- Don Cheadle as FBI Agent Wendell Everett
The Guard 2011
The Guard is a 2011 Irish buddy cop comedy film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong and Liam Cunningham.
The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success. Both Gleeson and Cheadle received acclaim for their performances, with Gleeson receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination. McDonagh was in turn nominated for a BAFTA Award for his writing achievement. It is the most successful independent Irish film of all time in terms of Irish box-office receipts, overtaking The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006), which previously held this status.
The Guard (2011 movie) trailer, release date, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham. The Guard movie 2011 trailer, release date, cast Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham.
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