Route Irish
JOSS BARRATT
Synopsis
Liverpool, August 1976. Five-year-old Fergus' eyes lit up when he met Frankie on his first day at school. They've been in each other's shadow ever since. As teenagers, in the Spring of 1986, they skipped school and drank cider on the ferry over the river Mersey, dreaming about future adventures and travelling the world.
In September 2004, Fergus (ex-SAS) persuaded Frankie (ex-Para) to join his team in Iraq and earn £12,000 a month tax free as a private security contractor - their last chance to "load up" in this increasingly privatised war.
2006, and Baghdad is the most dangerous city in the world. Route Irish - as nicknamed by occupying forces, is the most dangerous road in this city, running from Baghdad airport to the Green Zone. Together Frankie and Fergus risk their lives in a city steeped in violence, terror, impunity, greed, and awash with cash - US dollars, by the billions. But Route Irish has a fate in store for the friends that neither could have imagined.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 109 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Ken Loach
- Producer
- Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maravel
- Co-Producer
- Pascal Caucheteux, Vincent Maravel
- Editor
- Jonathan Morris
- Screenwriter
- Paul Laverty
- Director of Photography
- Chris Menges
- Production Designer
- Ferus Clegg
- Sound
- Ray Beckett
- Music
- George Fenton
- Principal Cast
- Mark Womack, Andrea Lowe, John Bishop
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th September 2010
