Showbands
7.2
“Get ready for the most fun since "The Commitments".”
It's Ireland in the 1960s and showbands and ballrooms are big business. However, Tony is struggling to repay his bank loan and is in danger of losing his ballroom. In order to save it, he sets out to turn unknown female performer Denise into a superstar practically overnight.
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Cast
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Liam Cunningham
Tony Golden
Known for
Game of Thrones
3 Body Problem
Kerry Katona
Denise
Also in
Three and Out
Dancing on Ice
Ian Fitzgibbon
John Moloney
Orla Bleahen-Melvin
Tina Kellegher
Gemma
Known for
Normal People
The Snapper
Mary Callery
Don Wycherley
Frank
Known for
Sing Street
Father Ted
Noemi Ferrer
Denis Conway
Alan Rendell
Known for
Bodkin
Blood
Alan Moloney
Also in
Marlowe
Breakfast on Pluto
Hugh O'Conor
Karl
Known for
Chocolat
Mary Shelley
Ian Fitzgibbon Director · John Moloney Writer John McPhillips Composer
Budget $3.3M · First release January 2, 2005 · Produced in Ireland
Box office
Budget
$3,331,500
Production
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Production
Parallel Films
Production
RTÉ
Production
Irish Film Board
Production
Ireland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Irish
Release dates
Ireland · January 2, 2005
TV
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
August 9, 2006
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