The Guard

The Guard

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  • Duration: 1h 36min
  • Music: Calexico ,Robert Flanagan
  • Award(s): IFTA 2012 (Won)
    Golden Globe 2012 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Gun Shy, Free Fire
  • Story:
    Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case.
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7.3/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case.
Ratings

7.3/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
IFTA Award

Best Film | 2012 | Andrew

Best Script for Film | 2012 | John Michael

Best Director Film | 2012 | John Michael

Peter Sellers for Comedy Award

2012 | John Michael

DFCC Award

Breakthrough Artist Irish | 2011 | John Michael

Best Irish Film | 2011

Best Actor Award

2011 | Brendan

Satellite Award

Best Film Editing | 2011 | Chris

Audience Award

Best Feature Film | 2011 | John Michael

2011 | John Michael

Kodak for Best Cinematography Award

Best Cinematography | 2011 | Larry

Coup de Coeur Award

2011 | John Michael

Feature Film Award

Best Irish Feature Film | 2011 | John Michael

Black Reel Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor | 2012 | Don

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Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | 2012 | Brendan

BAFTA Film Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2012 | John Michael

Grand Jury Prize Award

World Cinema Dramatic | 2011 | John Michael

Dagger Award

Best Film | 2012

Evening Standard British Film Award

Best Screenplay | 2012 | John Michael

Best Actor | 2012 | Brendan

BET Award

Best Actor For | 2012 | Don

Best Actor | 2012 | Don

AFCA Award

Best International Film (English Language) | 2012

IFTA Award

Best Supporting Actor Film | 2012 | Liam

Best Actor Film | 2012 | Brendan

Artios Award

Outstanding Achievement in Casting Feature Studio or Independent Comedy | 2012 | Jina

Chlotrudis Award

Best Original Screenplay | 2012 | John Michael

ALFS Award

British Actor of the Year | 2012 | Brendan

British Film of the Year | 2012

Breakthrough British Filmmaker | 2012 | John Michael

Image Award

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | 2012 | Don

Douglas Hickox Award

2011 | John Michael

British Independent Film Award

Best Screenplay | 2011 | John Michael

Best Actor | 2011 | Brendan

DFCC Award

Best Actor | 2011 | Brendan

Breakthrough Artist International | 2011 | John Michael

SDFCS Award

Best Actor | 2011 | Brendan

Satellite Award

Best Actor in a Motion Picture | 2011 | Brendan

Best Director | 2011 | John Michael

Best Screenplay Original | 2011 | John Michael

Golden Spike Award

Best Film | 2011 | John Michael

BOX OFFICE

Budget 6,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 19,560,274 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

The film's director and writer, John Michael McDonagh, is the brother of Martin McDonagh, who had directed Gleeson in the Oscar-winning Six Shooter (2004) and the critically acclaimed In Bruges (2008).

Boyle states that he was 4th in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, in 1500m freestyle swimming. In the end of the movie Everett says that it's not true, and the photographer kid replies: 'It's easy to look up'. In the 1988 Olympics the 4th place in this event was won by an American named Matt Cetlinski. The other contestants mentioned were real: two Germans won the 2nd and 3rd place (Stefan Pfeiffer and Uwe Dassler respectively), while the 1st place was won by the Soviet Vladimir Salnikov.

According to the audio commentary, the uniform that Sergeant Boyle puts on for the movie's end is not a ceremonial dress uniform, but an older Garda uniform that was retired in the 1980s. This is however incorrect, the tunic and old style hat and trousers were removed from front-line operational use in the early 1990s and replaced with just a shirt and jacket. It is still issued and used for certain ceremonial occasions such as graduation ceremonies.

The film Sgt Boyle is watching at home is The Shout (1978) starring Alan Bates and John Hurt.

The "Fat Man" whom Sergeant Boyle quotes in the bar is Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Popular Dialogues

"Sergeant Gerry Boyle: There were gay lads in the IRA? Colum Hennessey: Mmm... one or two. [Shrugs] Colum Hennessey: It was the only way we could successfully infiltrate the MI5."

"Sergeant Gerry Boyle: Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, these men are armed and dangerous, and you being an FBI agent you're more used to shooting at unarmed women and children... FBI agent Wendell Everett: Oh, fuck you, Sergeant!"