Irish Jam
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| Irish Jam | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | John Eyres |
| Produced by | Donald A. Barton, Karinne Behr |
| Written by | John Eyres Max Myers |
| Starring | Eddie Griffin |
| Release date(s) | March 14, 2006 |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Irish Jam is a 2006 comedy film starring Eddie Griffin. The plot centered around an African American who wins an Irish public house in a raffle, and has to save the village from the clutches of an evil landlord. Despite the bulk of the film being set in Ireland it was not filmed there, nor were the actors Irish.
The film was poorly received in the UK. In its review of the DVD release Empire called it a "worst possible Eddie Murphy knock-off" and questioned why they still had an evil aristocratic English landlord in 2006, noting it was filmed in Cornwall because "presumably, any attempts to mount stereotypes this broad in actual Ireland would lead to knee-cappings and punishment-beatings". In spite of this the film has a small popular following, although this is largely ironic.
[edit] Cast
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Tom Flannery
- Angus Barnett - Milos O Shea
- James Bradshaw - Malachy McNulty
- Ray Callaghan - Doc Murphy
- Christopher Dunne - Michael O'Malley
- Anna Friel - Maureen
- Tom Georgeson - Father Duffy
- Eddie Griffin - Jimmy McDevitt
- Togo Igawa - Mr. Suzuki
- Kevin McNally - Lord Hailstock
- Cathy Murphy - Dora
- Marion O'Dwyer - Donna
- Tallulah Pitt-Brown - Kathleen
- Justin Sharp - Mocking village youth
- Dudley Sutton - Pat Duffy
[edit] External links
- Irish Jam at the Internet Movie Database
