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RTÉ News
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Saipan to have world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
Saipan, the new film exploring the explosive fallout between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy during Ireland's 2002 World Cup preparations, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month. Éanna Hardwicke stars as Keane, and Steve Coogan takes on the role of McCarthy in the drama, which captures one of the most talked-about moments in Irish sporting history. Keane was sent home following the public quarrel with McCarthy, and the incident divided public opinion in Ireland about who was to blame. Saipan will screen as part of the Centrepiece programme, recognising the best of international cinema, at TIFF, which runs from 4 to 14 September. Speaking about the world premiere, Saipan directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Good Vibrations, Ordinary Love) said: "Having premiered our last film Ordinary Love at TIFF, we are thrilled to be returning with Saipan and are so honoured to be included in the stellar TIFF 50 lineup. "It is such a special festival to screen and watch films, and TIFF audiences are the very best." With a script by Paul Fraser (Heartlands, A Room for Romeo Brass), Saipan is described as "the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport". The film is produced by Macdara Kelleher and John Keville for Wild Atlantic Pictures (Evil Dead Rise, Cocaine Bear, Black 47), along with Trevor Birney and Oliver Butler for Fine Point Films (Kneecap, Bobby Sands: 66 Days). Patrick O'Neill, Eoin Egan, and Rachael O'Kane serve as executive producers.
Irish Examiner
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Saipan film to get world premiere at major film festival next month
A new film detailing an infamous confrontation ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup will see its world premiere next month. Saipan, which follows Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane, played by Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke, and his national team manager Mick McCarthy, playe by Steve Coogan, will premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month. It will screen as part of the Centrepiece programme, which recognises the best of international cinema. 'Having premiered our last film Ordinary Love at TIFF we are thrilled to be returning with Saipan and are so honoured to be included in the stellar TIFF 50 lineup. It is such a special festival to screen and watch films and TIFF audiences are the very best,' said directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn. Saipan is described as the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport and the film joins the lineup for TIFF's landmark 50th edition. Supporting cast include Alice Lowe ( Sightseers), Jamie Beamish ( Derry Girls), Alex Murphy ( The Young Offenders), Harriet Cains ( Bridgerton) and Peter McDonald ( The Batman). Screenplay writer Paul Fraser recently told the Irish Examiner the Saipan drama was a huge international story. 'In the UK, he was massive, Roy Keane, and anyone who knows football also knows who Mick McCarthy is. So it's a story that's international as well as huge in Ireland. It was just massive, and I think divided the nation.' Last month, Roy Keane told a sold-out audience at Live at the Marquee that he does not intend to watch the film. TIFF runs from September 4 - 14. Saipan will release in cinemas across Ireland and the UK at a later date.
Irish Times
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski: A romance novel in two parts
Ordinary Love Author : Marie Rutkoski ISBN-13 : 978-0349146881 Publisher : Virago Guideline Price : £16.99 Ordinary Love, Virago and Little Brown's 'lead literary fiction' for 2025, is a novel of two parts. In the strong opening half we're given the separation of Jack and Emily. They've been together for about 10 years, have two children and their dynamic is defined by a significant imbalance in their finances (he earns and she doesn't). Cue fascinating, stomach-curdling depictions of everyday coercion, of love-bombing after rages and, on her part, a willed blindness that's finally faltering. While this account is obviously fictional, the unheimlich experience of self-doubt and doublethink required to endure and finally recognise the methods of a controlling partner is done so well, one isn't surprised to read that Rutkoski has 'drawn on her own experience of going through a divorce at 40 as a mother of two, and then entering a queer relationship'. Initially, the second half of the book, which consists of this rekindling of the relationship between Emily and her first love from high school, Gen, is excellently done. It's everything a romance novel (because no matter how many allusions to the Greeks and Harvard you put in, this is, like so much 'literary fiction' marketed today, a good, old-fashioned romance novel) ought to be; thrilling, heart-wrenching and genuinely arousing. The sex scenes between Gen and Emily are gorgeously written, graphic without being seedy, detailed without the detail feeling gratuitous. READ MORE Alas, as soon as this relationship starts to enter the Ross-and-Rachel-esque second and third rounds of well-intentioned misunderstandings and innocent untruths, one's patience grows thin. I get the impression, from the somewhat cliched meta-narrative in the book, in which Emily's new agent tells her that her book's ending needs to be padded out, that perhaps there was pressure on Rutkoski to do the same. If so, they've done her a disservice. The protracted romantic tension is irritating rather than exciting. Also, unfortunately, the cast of spunky, ever-understanding friends that pop up here and there are almost too annoying to be borne, and one senses through them Rutkoski's history as a writer of YA and children's fiction. Even so, many readers are desperately seeking accounts of spunky friends and the vicarious comfort of lovers' turmoil, and this novel will no doubt be adored by them.
Irish Daily Mirror
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Saipan: Eagerly awaited Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy movie trailer released
Actor Eanna Hardwicke is seen coming to blows with Steve Coogan in the first trailer for Saipan, which documents one of the most divisive rows in football history. Hardwicke stars as Roy Keane and Coogan takes on the role of Mick McCarthy, the movie will explore the explosive fallout between the pair during Ireland's 2002 World Cup preparations. Keane was sent home following the public quarrel with McCarthy and the incident divided public opinion in Ireland about who was to blame. The newly released trailer hints at a tense and emotional portrayal, including a moment in which Keane's character exclaims, 'You don't ever tell me we're done. I'm just getting started.' Filmmakers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Good Vibrations, Ordinary Love) direct from a script by Paul Fraser (Heartlands, A Room for Romeo Brass). The film is described as "the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport". The dispute at the heart of the story arose during the team's training camp on the Pacific Island of Saipan. Keane, Ireland's team captain at the time, voiced frustration at what he saw as substandard training facilities and preparations organised by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). Though initially persuaded to stay after expressing a desire to leave the camp, Keane later gave a frank interview criticising the conditions. Following the interview's publication, McCarthy called a team meeting – during which Keane reportedly launched into a blistering verbal attack. Keane told McCarthy: 'I don't rate you as a player, I don't rate you as a manager, and I don't rate you as a person.' He is also said to have added: 'You can stick your World Cup up your a**e.' Shortly after, Keane was sent home from the tournament and the row triggered a nationwide debate. The film is produced by Macdara Kelleher and John Keville for Wild Atlantic Pictures (Evil Dead Rise, Cocaine Bear, Black 47), along with Trevor Birney and Oliver Butler for Fine Point Films (Kneecap, Bobby Sands: 66 Days). Patrick O'Neill, Eoin Egan, and Rachael O'Kane serve as executive producers. No release date has been confirmed yet, but Saipan is due to be in cinemas this summer.
Irish Independent
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Watch: Trailer for Saipan movie starring Steve Coogan released as infamous Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane row gets big screen treatment
The film is about the infamous confrontation between iconic Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) and his national team manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) during the team's preparations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It takes a comedic spin on the events leading up to Ireland's incendiary 2002 World Cup campaign and delves into how the intense rivalry between these two personalities transcended the game, gripping an entire nation and the sporting world. "On the surface, the feud was all about standards, but deep down it was a hugely emotive story of two men whose rivalry and contempt came to surpass the sport they loved. This is the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport,' the promo says. Directed by award-winning filmmakers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Good Vibrations, Ordinary Love) and based on an original script by Paul Fraser (Heartlands, A Room for Romeo Brass), SAIPAN stars BAFTA nominated Éanna Hardwicke (Lakelands, The Sixth Commandment) as Roy Keane, with two-time Academy Award® nominee Steve Coogan (Philomena, The Reckoning) as Mick McCarthy. Supporting cast include Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Jamie Beamish (Derry Girls), Alex Murphy (The Young Offenders), Harriet Cains (Bridgerton) and Peter McDonald (The Batman). The film is produced by Macdara Kelleher and John Keville for Wild Atlantic Pictures (Evil Dead Rise, Cocaine Bear, Black 47) along with Trevor Birney and Oliver Butler for Fine Point Films (Kneecap, No Stone Unturned) with Patrick O'Neill and Rachael O'Kane serving as Executive Producers. The Saipan movie will be released later this year.
