Stalker | |
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Directed by | Mark O'Connor |
Written by | Mark O'Connor John Connors |
Produced by | TJ O'Grady-Peyton |
Starring |
Barry Keoghan Peter Coonan John Connors |
Production company | Stalker Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Stalker is a 2012 Irish psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark O'Connor.
Oliver Nolan, a volatile homeless man, wanders the streets of Dublin City during the Christmas period. After an unusual encounter with an evangelist, Oliver believes he is sent on a mission from God to clean up society. When he saves a disaffected young boy named Tommy from some local bullies an unlikely friendship is formed. Oliver soon learns that Tommy’s mother is an addict and his uncle Rudyard is a local drug dealer, and takes it upon himself to get even with Rudyard and his gang of petty criminals for taking advantage of his only friend, Tommy. [1]
Stalker is Ireland's first crowd funded feature film. [2] The film was shot on location in Dublin and Wicklow on Canon 5D Mark 2. [3]
The film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on 13 July 2012. [1]
Despite the film's microbudget it has received positive critical response. The Irish Times called Mark O'Connor "a young wizard of cut-price film-making" [4] and described the film as a "violent, picaresque trawl through contemporary Dublin discontents." [5] The film received 'Runner Up' in the Best Irish Feature Film category at Galway Film Fleadh 2012. [6]
Stalker | |
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![]() Official poster | |
Directed by | Mark O'Connor |
Written by | Mark O'Connor John Connors |
Produced by | TJ O'Grady-Peyton |
Starring |
Barry Keoghan Peter Coonan John Connors |
Production company | Stalker Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Stalker is a 2012 Irish psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark O'Connor.
Oliver Nolan, a volatile homeless man, wanders the streets of Dublin City during the Christmas period. After an unusual encounter with an evangelist, Oliver believes he is sent on a mission from God to clean up society. When he saves a disaffected young boy named Tommy from some local bullies an unlikely friendship is formed. Oliver soon learns that Tommy’s mother is an addict and his uncle Rudyard is a local drug dealer, and takes it upon himself to get even with Rudyard and his gang of petty criminals for taking advantage of his only friend, Tommy. [1]
Stalker is Ireland's first crowd funded feature film. [2] The film was shot on location in Dublin and Wicklow on Canon 5D Mark 2. [3]
The film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh on 13 July 2012. [1]
Despite the film's microbudget it has received positive critical response. The Irish Times called Mark O'Connor "a young wizard of cut-price film-making" [4] and described the film as a "violent, picaresque trawl through contemporary Dublin discontents." [5] The film received 'Runner Up' in the Best Irish Feature Film category at Galway Film Fleadh 2012. [6]