The Snapper

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The Snapper is a 1993 Irish comedy-drama film, based on Roddy Doyle’s novel, that humorously and poignantly portrays a working-class Dublin family dealing with an unplanned pregnancy.

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instanceOf comedy-drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Roddy Doyle NERFINISHED
awardReceived Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Colm Meaney)
basedOn The Snapper (novel) NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Oliver Stapleton NERFINISHED
composer Stanley Myers NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ireland
depictsSocialClass working-class Dublin family
director Stephen Frears NERFINISHED
distributor Rank Film Distributors NERFINISHED
editor Mick Audsley NERFINISHED
followedBy The Van (film) NERFINISHED
follows The Commitments (film) NERFINISHED
genre Irish film
comedy-drama
hasTheme community gossip
family relationships
single motherhood
mainCharacter Dessie Curley NERFINISHED
Sharon Curley NERFINISHED
Veronica Curley NERFINISHED
medium feature film
narrativeFocus unplanned pregnancy
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC One
partOf Barrytown Trilogy (film series) NERFINISHED
portrayedBy Colm Meaney NERFINISHED
Ruth McCabe NERFINISHED
Tina Kellegher NERFINISHED
producer Lynda Myles NERFINISHED
productionCompany BBC Films NERFINISHED
Channel 4 Films NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1990
releaseFormat television film
theatrical release (selected territories)
releaseYear 1993
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Roddy Doyle NERFINISHED
setInCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
setInLocation Dublin NERFINISHED

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Colm Meaney notableWork The Snapper
Mick Audsley notableWork The Snapper
Stephen Frears knownFor The Snapper
Stephen Frears directed The Snapper
Jim Norton hasActedIn The Snapper
Ruth McCabe notableWork The Snapper