The Guard
2011 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Comedy
Thriller
Crime
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. The Guard is a 2011 English-language Comedy Thriller film featuring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham, Fionnula Flanagan, Ronan Collins and Alan Bates. Irish Film Board in association with Reprisal Films, Element Pictures, Crescendo Productions, Aegis Film Fund, Prescience, RT and UK Film Council. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez-marengo, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe. The motion picture is written and directed by John Michael Mcdonagh. Element Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Guard was released on 7th July 2011 in English and Irish languages and takes a screen time of 92 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Guard was made on a budget of $6 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $19 million. Cinematography was done by Larry Smith and editing by Chris Gill. The music was composed by Calexico.
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