THE COMMITMENTS:  US 1991 118m Technicolor.  Dublin youths form a soul band.  Lively and energetic account of back stage trauma, troubles and triumphs.

Novel:  Roddy Doyle

Adapted screenplay/Director:  Alan Parker.

Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Kenneth McCluskey, Andrew Strong,         Colm Meaney and introducing Andrea Corr.

EVITA:  US 1996 134m Eastmancolor.  The progress to fame and political power of Eva Duarte, who rises from poverty to become a model, film actress and wife of the president of Argentina.

Screenplay:  Alan Parker, Oliver Stone.

Director:  Alan Parker.

Music:  Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice.

Starring:  Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail.

Cameo role:  Andrea Corr.

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THE BOYS & GIRL FROM COUNTY CLARE:  GB 2003 90m.  First Look Pictures/Colour.

Formerly called The Great Ceili Wars, the film follows the sibling rivalry of two brothers competing against each other in the Irish Ceili (pronounced kay-lee) band competition.  Things go awry when the fiddle player from one band falls for the flutist in a rival band.

Screenplay:  Nicholas Adams.

Director:  John Irvin.

Romantic comedy - starring:  Andrea Corr, Sean Evans, Bernard Hill, Charlotte Bradley, Colm Meaney.

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THE BRIDGE: GB 2005 28m Colour.  Classified - 'Thriller'. The Bridge tells the story of a young woman named Mary, dismissed from her job as a celebrated hospital psychologist in the wake of a patient suicide.  One cold, late night, providence allows her the opportunity to save a frail old man called Simon, who has given up after losing his wife of fifty years.  Mary feels connected with him and struggles through her own fears and failure in a desperate attempt to reach him in time to save his life.

Screenplay:  Ludwig Shammasian

Director:  Richard Raymond.

Starring:  Andrea Corr, Leonard Fenton.

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QUEST FOR CAMELOT:  US 1998 86m Technicolor. GB Title:  The Magic Sword - Quest for Camelot.

The daughter of a murdered knight goes in search of King Arthur's sword Excalibur, which has been stolen and lost in a magic forest.

Jessalyn Gilsig   ...   Kayley (Voice)

Andrea Corr   ...   Kayley (Singing Voice)

Cary Elwys   ...   Garrett (Voice)

Bryan White   ...   Garrett (Singing Voice)

Additional voices:  Eric Idle, Jane Seymour, Céline Dion, Pierce Brosnan, John Gielgud, Gabriel Byrne.

 

 

BROKEN THREAD:  UK / Germany 2006 80m Technicolor.

aka The Thread - 2007 release USA.

Love story / Thriller, filmed in India (The Himalayas) London and The  Isle Of Man.  Lily, a mysterious masked woman, walks into and torments the dreams of Ram, a London-based businessman of Indian and English descent.  His wife, Jenny, worries for his sanity,

trying, desperately to shield their young son from the

terrors emanating from the dreams.  He is, finally,

confronted by a beautiful young woman ... the vengeful

spirit haunting his life.

Screenplay:  H W Freedman/ R Fontana

Director:  Mahesh Mathai

Producer:  Deepak Nayar

Starring:  Linus Roache  (Ram) - Saffron Burrows  (Jenny)

Andrea Corr (Lily) - Roshan Seth (Dasa)

Official web site / Broken Thread