Product Details

• Actors: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Brendan Conroy, Donncha Crowley, Barry Barnes
• Directors: Tom Collins
• Writers: Tom Collins, Jimmy Murphy
• Producers: Tom Collins, Des Martin, Jackie Larkin, Michael Casey
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bfs Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2008
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001ADXX1E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,581 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Kings" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

WINNER OF 5 IRISH ACADEMY AWARDS

"Striking... sincere" – The Boston Globe

"Involving tale" – Variety

"wrenching... brilliant... painfully beautiful." – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Powerful... terrific... Kings may be the best Irish-language feature" – The Irish Times

They came to live the dream and return home as...KINGS

Fresh-faced and ambitious, a close-knit team of six young men sailed away from Ireland in 1977 with dreams of a better life. Thirty years later, they reunite at the wake after one of them suddenly dies. Hardened by years of disappointment and drink, they quickly realize that their bonds of friendship have weakened, provoking regret, jealousy and tension. As they reveal their guilty feelings about their dead friend and their past, they are confronted with the bitter reality of their lives – and the appalling truth of their friend’s death.

Language: Irish Gaelic and English with English Subtitles

Special Features: Cast & Crew Interviews / Theatrical Trailer

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish language film comes of age., September 19, 2008

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Anne "The Good Film person" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

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This contains the best acting I have seen in an Irish film in many years. It is a reworking of a play, and the adaptation preserves all the intensity and intimacy which is usual within a theatre production. It is a dark, brooding and menacing work which does not belong in the category of light entertainment, but rather, a higher art. If you are prepared to go on the journey, you will find it has rewards. But be warned that there is no compromise here to easy access for English only speakers - it is predominantly in Irish with English subtitles. If you like the theatre, you should find this a real treat. Forget Hollywood, or indeed Fair City, this contains the best ensemble acting by an Irish cast since the best of the Roddy Doyle films.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!!!, January 27, 2009

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This a movie not to be missed. Powerful...pure and simple. Brings us on a journey thru the eyes of men who wanted it all when they were younger and then shows us what they have years later...or lack of what they have years later. It is in the Irish language so you need to watch subtitles but that only adds to the atmosphere of the movie.

Again powerful!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish!, April 7, 2010

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I love the Irish language. I only have a working vocabulary of about 30 words but I love every one of them! And I love to listen to spoken Irish.

Don't get much opportunity in the USA, do I?

Frankly, I only bought this movie because it's in Irish and for that reason alone I'm glad I did. But it is really a VERY fine film! The acting is extraordinary, there's no one in it who isn't excellent beyond any reasonable expectation -- they're AMAZING! And -- I don't know what the writer and director and producers intended -- but to me, it is a compassionate and yet completely unrelenting presentation of the price a people group will pay for accepting a culture of alcohol addiction.

The story takes place in the present day, showing the current lives of five men of Connemara who emigrated to London as youngsters, for work. All of their lives have been influenced by addiction in one way or another, to greater and lesser degrees of devastation. The film isn't without hope, nor without the possibility of restoration, but it doesn't pull any punches either.

I like it very very much and I'm glad I invested. BTW: The Irish is GREAT!!