The Guard
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The Guard is a darkly comedic Irish crime film in which Brendan Gleeson plays an unconventional small-town police officer drawn into an international drug-smuggling investigation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Guard canonical | 9 |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award |
IFTA Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film (Brendan Gleeson)
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IFTA Award for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy |
Sergeant Gerry Boyle – Brendan Gleeson
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Wendell Everett – Don Cheadle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Larry Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| director | John Michael McDonagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Element Pictures
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Sony Pictures Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Chris Gill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | FBI agent Wendell Everett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Connemara
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Galway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | investigation into international drug smuggling ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
clash between local and international policing
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corruption in law enforcement ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sergeant Gerry Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Calexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Brendan Gleeson’s lead performance
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mix of dark humor and crime drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | unconventional small-town police officer ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Clark
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Mimi Polk Gitlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Ned Dowd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Element Pictures
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Reprisal Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseCountry |
Ireland
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| setIn |
County Galway
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Brendan Gleeson
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David Wilmot NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Cheadle NERFINISHED ⓘ Fionnula Flanagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Liam Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | John Michael McDonagh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
La Garde