BORD SCANNAN NA HEIREANN PRESENTS

FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES CONTACT SHORELINE ENTERTAINMENT: http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/ ___________________________________________________ BORD SCANNAN NA HEIREANN PRESENTS A FASTNET FILMS / IPSO FACTO FILMS CO-PRODUCTION STEPHEN REA GRATTAN SMITH KERRY CONDON SIMON DELANEY THE HALO EFFECT BRENDAN CAULDWELL JOHN KAVANAGH MICK LALLY FIONA O’ SHAUGHNESSY WILLIE HIGGINS GERARD MCSORLEY WITH LAURENCE KINLAN PRODUCED BY MACDARA KELLEHER HUGHIE KELLY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LANCE DALY
	Fatso (Stephen Rea) is the proprietor of what may well be the worst chip shop in Dublin, a hectic, often dangerous takeaway in the heart of the inner city. A decent man in a difficult world, Fatso struggles to keep his late night business afloat as he battles a chronic gambling addiction. With only his useless staff (Simon Delaney, Grattan Smith, Kerry Condon) for company, Fatso continually plays good samaritan to an assortment of city deadbeats – seemingly able to save everybody but himself. As his debts spiral out of control, Fatso makes increasingly dangerous bets, leading to an endless succession of losses. A steady stream of loan sharks and debt collectors (John Kavanagh, Ger McSorley, Willie Higgins) arrive in search of payment and Fatso drifts closer and closer to disaster. Fatso has been carrying big debts for a long time, and can live with the stress and the heat, but when his gambling acquaintance, Father McKenzie (Mick Lally), is dragged away to be punished for non-payment of his own gaming debts, Fatso is forced to risk everything on one final gamble in the biggest game of his life.
	THE HALO EFFECT will release in Ireland nationwide on November 19^th Cert: 15PG Running Time: 97 mins Images are available on www.image.net For further information please contact: BVI Ireland ruth.bradley@disney.com/ trish.long@disney.com 01 6773484 xt 22/24.
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	STEPHEN REA fatso GRATTAN SMITH mick KERRY CONDON jean SIMON DELANY eddie BRENDAN CAULDWELL willie JOHN KAVANAGH stan MICK LALLY father mckenzie FIONA O’SHAUGHNESSY suzie WILLIE HIGGINS rooster GER MCSORLEY o’grady EANNA MACLIAM crony LAURENCE KINLAN thief NEILI CONROY jackie CHRIS BURKE frankie HELEN JORDAN eddie’s ma NIALL MCDONAGH edison MARTINA WARD homeless young woman LIAM BLACK homeless young man TOMMY ATKINSON neighbour LUKE KAVANAGH addict AMELIA CROWLEY slapper BARBARA CONWAY pregnant slapper NATALIE NI CHLEIRIGH jennifer RACHEL BRADY young woman at hotel MAIREAD DEVLIN fatso’s wife CARMEL WHITE nurse BRIAN MCNICHOL huge man FRANK KELLY huge man 2

PRODUCTION DESIGNER BOB CLARKE COSTUME DESIGNER LEONIE PRENDERGAST EDITOR FLORA AGAR MUSIC BY GO BLIMPS GO DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY IVAN MCCULLOUGH ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS NOREEN DONOHOE NIAL O’ BRIEN ALAN KENNEDY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JOHN KELLEHER LES KELLY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR BORD SCANNAN NA HEIREANN BRENDAN MCCARTHY CO-PRODUCER CHRISTINE ALDERSON PRODUCERS MACDARA KELLEHER HUGHIE KELLY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LANCE DALY LINE PRODUCER Donna Eperon PRODUCTION MANAGER Lisa Parker DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT Chryssy Tintner PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE Virginia Gilbert 1^st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR John Burns 2^nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Sonia Supple Gildea 3^rd ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Owen Magee Nick Thomas CAMERA OPERATOR David Grennan FOCUS PULLERS John Waters Conor Crowley CLAPPER LOADER Cormac O’Malley VIDEO ASSIST Eleanor Bowman LIGHTING TECHNICIAN James ‘Splash’ Lainchbury GRIPS Richie Egan Sam Philips STEADICAM OPERATOR Stephen Murphy SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Mairin Ni Donncha SOUND RECORDIST Jim Corcoran BOOM OPERATOR Pat Doyle LOCATION MANAGER Seamus Porter LOCATIONS ASSISTANT Lisa Kelly ART DIRECTOR Andrew Manson PROP BUYER Oisin Breen STANDBY PROPS Zeb Massey PROP RUNAROUND Andy O’ Neill MAKE-UP Barbara Conway ADDITIONAL MAKE-UP Martina Byrne HAIR Terry Ralph COSTUME ASSISTANT Jamie Turner CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Nial O’ Brien CONSTRUCTION CREW Alan Kennedy Ross McDermott TRANSPORT CAPTAIN Paul Cullen UNIT DRIVER Dermot Moore CAMERA VAN DRIVER Dracey Jobbins TRAINEE CLAPPER LOADER Brian Dungan ART DEPARTMENT TRAINEE Liz Brennan PRODUCTION TRAINEE Lisa McGrath TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Cormac Fox LIGHTING ASSISTANT Ron Coe ELECTRICIANS Mick Frawley Howard Gibson Steele PUBLICITY Olivia Morahan STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER Cian Burke STUNTS Joe Condron, Stunt Masters SPECIAL EFFECTS Brendan Byrne and Pat Redmond, Team FX EXTRAS Backstage Casting ANIMAL HANDLER John Burns PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT Rory McDermott SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Ruairi O’ Brien FOCUS PULLERS Fionn Comerford Eoin Farrell SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Chris Roufs LOCATION MANAGER Stephen Davenport CAMERA TRAINEE Ross McDonnell for Fastnet Films Development Executive Michael Kinirons Rushes Co-ordinator Conor McMahon Producers’ Assistants Gavin Kilduff Joanne Mongey Ciaran McCabe Arran Murphy

FOLEY ARTIST Caoimhe Doyle SOUND EDITOR Fionan Higgins @ Synctank TEMP MIXING Fionan Higgins RE-RECORDING ENGINEER Michelle Cunniffe RE-RECORDED AT Ardmore Sound
TITLE DESIGN / DIGITAL FX Eoin Murphy Booh Studio, Milan Dennis Kenny LABS Technicolor, UK Blue Gold, Italy Color by Dejonghe, Belgium NEGATIVE CUTTING Tru Cut OPTICALS Howell Optical SUPER 8 BLOW UP Jean-Marie Lambert @ Studio Gamma, Belgium
ALL SONGS AND MUSIC written, produced and performed by GO BLIMPS GO featuring Jenny Lindfors RECORDED, MIXED AND CO-PRODUCED BY Kieran Lynch ADDITIONAL RECORDING BY Mark Dwyer STUDIO ASSISTANT Niall Brady SOUNDTRACK RECORDED AT Pulse Recording Studios MIXED AT Synctank EXCEPT “LIFE IS SHORT” written and performed by Dirty Steamboat recorded at Soundcunt Studios “OLD TOWN” written by Phil Lynott & Jimmy Bain Published by Universal Music Publishing Ltd Performed by Stephen Rea