First
it was a bet, then it became an internationally best selling book and
now Tony Hawks' eccentric, hilarious, and life changing hitchhike
Round Ireland with a Fridge
has become a feature film, the first in a trilogy of feature films
(Playing the Moldovans At Tennis and A Piano In The Pyrenees) of
books which have collectively sold over a million copies.
Round
Ireland with a Fridge is
directed by Ed Bye (My
Family, The Detectives, Red Dwarf) and
stars Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Sean Hughes, Valerie O'Connor, Josie
Lawrence and Sara Crowe.
As
an inspiring and funny British comedy-drama that will evoke memories
of Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and Local Hero, the film recreates
Tony's actual 1997 journey around Ireland as he re-evaluated his life
and career, found romance, met a wide range of bizarre characters,
made many new friends and discovered that people are perfectly
prepared to treat a small white domestic appliance as though it was a
fully fledged person with a personality in its own right.
During
the course of the film the
fridge is taken surfing, christened, blessed by nuns, accompanied by
a bagpiper, taken to a bachelor festival and becomes the hero of a
national radio station as Tony and all those he encountered become
aware of the power and philosophy of the fridge !
Round
Ireland with a Fridge was
aired on BBC 4 in March this year, and topped BBC 4’s Sunday night
ratings.
"Fabulous.
Very very funny, wonderful performances and music, and beautifully
shot." - Ben Miller
" 'Round
Ireland With A Fridge' is a human, gentle, uproariously funny, touching, poignant,
uplifting, and happily spiritual film." - Stephen
Simon, Producer, 'Somewhere
in Time', 'What Dreams May Come', 'Author', 'Bringing
Back The Old Hollywood'.
A
trailer of the film can be seen on www.roundirelandwithafridge.
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