Hear My Song

1991
R
1h 44m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Adrian Dunbar and Tara Fitzgerald in Hear My Song (1991)

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The owner of a failing club seeks infamous Irish singer Josef Locke in order to bring business and success to his club.The owner of a failing club seeks infamous Irish singer Josef Locke in order to bring business and success to his club.The owner of a failing club seeks infamous Irish singer Josef Locke in order to bring business and success to his club.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total

Trivia
The film cost less than £2 million to make and was shot in Ireland in under 6 weeks. Then first time director Peter Chelsom and co-writer/ star Adrian Dunbar took it to the Cannes Film Festival in search of a buyer. There, Harvey Weinstein snapped up the American distribution rights for Miramax, thus ensuring the film of a high degree of visibility. This duly paid off with its success at the American and UK box office, and a Golden Globe nomination for Ned Beatty.

Quotes
Micky O'Neill: You're drivin' like a madman.
Fintan O'Donnell: You think this is bad? You should see me when I'm on me own!
Micky O'Neill: Sure I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Shining Through/Hear My Song/Mississippi Masala/35Up/Love Crimes (1992)

Soundtracks
Hear My Song
Written by Harry S. Pepper (as Pepper), Othmar Klose (as Klose), Rudolf Lukesch (as Lukesch)
Performed by Vernon Midgley

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Featured review

Nice film

Unlike Larcher-2 who also has a comment on this film, l did see Josef Locke, l can remember my mother took me to see him when l was a young boy and was drawn to his type of sining.

It is well known that Mr Locke was a ladies man, but that did not detract from his voice, and Ned Beatty does a remarkable job of playing Josef Locke, dubbed in Mr Lockes own voice.

This is a great film, Adrian Dunbar plays his role as a seedy agent well and David McCallum as the policeman always trying to get Mr Locke is a gem...

The "tooth" scene is a great laugh....Please watch this film, if you know nothing of Mr Locke try to find out about him first then you will enjoy it better, and understand the title...

I give this film 8 out of 10...