There is another chance to see the movie King of The Travellers which I cut tonight. Directed by Mark O’Connor and produced by Cormac Fox, the film stars a host of actors who have gone on to find starring roles in Love/Hate and indeed in last weekends Charlie.
Its on TV3, tonight, Tue Jan 6 at 9:00. Don’t miss it.
After the film don’t forget to tune into The Last Days of Peter Bergmann on RTE1 AT 11:20
King of the Travellers hits International Territories
To coincide with St. Patrick’s Day King of the Travellers has been released on multiple VOD platforms including iTunes across over 40 international territories including the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel and Singapore. Written and directed by Mark O’Connor and produced by Cormac Fox, the film is distributed by VOD aggregator Under The Milkyway.
The release is made possible with the financial support of the Irish Film Board (IFB) and IPEDA MUNDUS, a project funded by the MEDIA Programme of the European Commission to further international cooperation in the audiovisual field.
View trailer here:
The film ‘King of the Travellers’ which I edited back in 2012 will have its Irish TV premiere Tuesday at 9pm on TV3. Check it out. Here’s the trailer
Grounded in the traditions of the Irish Traveller community, King of the Travellers follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about his father’s killer. John Paul’s desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father.
To ensure authenticity in the film, Travellers were cast to play the Traveller roles, many of whom had never acted before. With a nod to the Sergio Leone and John Ford Westerns of the last century, King of the Travellers is an explosive contemporary take on Traveller life.
The Film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in July 2012 and went on to be nominated for an IFTA for Costume design. It also screened at film festivals in the States and in Scandinavia.
The Film opened in Irish Cinema’s on April 19th 2013 and stayed in the cinema for a remarkable 4 weeks.
Earlier this year the film King of the Travellers was released nationwide here in Ireland and in the UK. The release in the Uk meant that the film was reviewed in some of the biggest media outlets in the movie business. Seeing the film reviewed in all the big uk papers was very cool, especially being one of the last films Philip French reviewed in the Observer. As a very big film buff growing up, this meant a huge amount to that part of my make-up. The coolest thing of all though was seeing my name printed in ‘Sight And Sound’ Magazine, the long running BFI monthly magazine. I was really thrilled with it.
Earlier this year I edited the feature film King of the Travellers and it is to have its world premiere next Saturday at 7:00 in the Town Hall Theatre as part of the Galway Film Fleadh. Tickets have been flying out the door and there is less then 30 remaining. So if you’d like to see what I spent last winter doing and you’re in Galway do please come along. Its rather a good show I feel. You can book tickets here.
The film was directed by Mark O’Connor (Between the Canals) and produced by Cormac Fox for Vico Films.
Grounded in the traditions of the Irish Traveller community, King of the Travellers follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about his father’s killer. John Paul’s desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father. To ensure authenticity in the film, Travellers were cast to play the Traveller roles, many of whom had never acted before. With a nod to the Sergio Leone and John Ford Westerns of the last century, King of the Travellers is an explosive contemporary take on Traveller life.
John Murphy 