The Snapper | |
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Based on | The Snapper by Roddy Doyle |
Screenplay by | Roddy Doyle |
Directed by | Stephen Frears |
Starring | |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Lynda Myles |
Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
Editor | Mick Audsley |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Production company | BBC Films |
Original release | |
Release | 4 April 1993 |
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The Snapper is a 1993 Irish television film directed by Stephen Frears,[1] and starring Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney and Brendan Gleeson. The film is based on the novel[2] by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, about the Curley family and their domestic adventures. For his performance, Meaney was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.