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An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Guard (Motion picture : 2011)
Corporate Authors: Calexico (Musical group) (Performer), Reprisal Films (Firm) (film production company.), Element Pictures Distribution (Firm) (film production company.), Prescience (Firm) (film production company.), Bord Scannán na hÉireann (film production company.)
Other Authors: McDonagh, John Michael (Screenwriter), Gleeson, Brendan (Actor), Cheadle, Don (Actor), Strong, Mark, 1963- (Actor), Cunningham, Liam (Actor), Flanagan, Fionnula, 1941- (Actor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:English
Irish
Language Notes:English dialogue with some Irish; closed captioned.
Published: [Dublin, Ireland] : Boyle Film Productions Limited : UK Film Council, [2011]
Edition:Combo Blu-ray + DVD [edition; widescreen].
Subjects:
Police > Ireland > Drama.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Officials and employees > Drama.
Gangs > Ireland > Drama.
Drug traffic > Drama.
Interpersonal relations > Drama.
Comedy films.
Detective and mystery films.
Drug traffic.
Feature films.
Interpersonal relations.
Police.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Irish.
Description
Summary:An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
Item Description:Includes feature film (1 hr., 36 min.) in two media forms.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features include: Second Death featurette ; audio commentary ; deleted scenes ; behind-the-scenes featurette.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, 1080p high definition, aspect ratio: widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; aspect ratio: widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital sound format.
Audience:CHV rating: 14A; language may offend, violence, sexual content. MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some violence, drug material, and sexual content.
Awards:Berlin International Film Festival, 2011: Best Debut Film (John Michael McDonagh). Dinard British Film Festival, 2011: Audience Award, Coup de Coeur (John Michael McDonagh), Kodak Award for Best Cinematography (Larry Smith), Silver Hitchcock. Irish Film and Television Awards, 2012: IFTA Award in Best Film, Best Director Film (John Michael McDonagh), Best Script for Film (John Michael McDonagh), Best Supporting Actress (Fionnula Flanagan).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Larry Smith ; production designer, John Paul Kelly ; editor, Chris Gill ; music by Calexico.