Waking Ned

Waking Ned
U.K. theatrical poster
Directed byKirk Jones
Written byKirk Jones
Produced byRichard Holmes
Glynis Murray
Starring
CinematographyHenry Braham
Edited byAlan Strachan
Music byShaun Davey
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 15, 1998 (1998-09-15) (TIFF)
  • November 20, 1998 (1998-11-20) (United States)
  • March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19) (United Kingdom and Ireland)
  • June 9, 1999 (1999-06-09) (France)
Running time
87 minutes [2]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
  • France
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$55.3 million [3]

Waking Ned (titled Waking Ned Devine in North America) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kirk Jones and starring Ian Bannen, David Kelly, and Fionnula Flanagan. Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Michael O'Sullivan.[4] The story is set in Ireland but was filmed on the nearby Isle of Man.

It was distributed in North America and United Kingdom by Fox Searchlight Pictures.[5]

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  2. ^ "Waking Ned".
  3. ^ "Waking Ned Devine (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "David Kelly, Irish character actor, dead at 82". CBS News. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  5. ^ Elley, Derek (17 September 1998). "Review: 'Waking Ned Devine'". Variety. Retrieved 3 October 2015.