I Went Down

I Went Down
Directed byPaddy Breathnach
Written byConor McPherson
Produced byRobert Walpole
Starring
CinematographyCian de Buitléar
Edited byEmer Reynolds
Music byDario Marianelli
Production
companies
Artisan Entertainment
BBC Films
Irish Film Board
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Easkel Media
Treasure Entertainment
Shooting Gallery
Distributed byArtisan Entertainment
(United States)
Buena Vista International
(Ireland/United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 3 October 1997 (1997-10-03) (Ireland)
  • 26 January 1998 (1998-01-26) (United Kingdom)
  • 24 June 1998 (1998-06-24) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesIreland
United Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish

I Went Down is a 1997 Irish crime comedy film by director Paddy Breathnach.

The film is initially set in Dublin. A working class man is released from prison, and soon rescues his best friend from mutilation at the hands of mobsters. The local crime boss decides that the man has to pay for his friend's gambling debts, and tasks him with locating and retrieving a missing associate of the crime boss in Cork.