The Runway

2010
TV-14
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

726

YOUR RATING

The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.

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The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.The citizens of Ireland's County Cork come to the aid of a South American pilot who has crash landed in their town.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

726

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations

Trivia
The film is based on a true story.

Goofs
Demián Bichír gives a driving lesson to Jamie Kierans in a left hand drive Ford Fiesta (which they hardly had in Ireland in 1983) and the same car 'miraculously' turns into a right hand one in a later scene when Bichír collects Kerry Condon for a date.

Quotes
Tommy Carmody: Look, eh, you're a traveler, right?
Frog's Da: I am indeed.
Tommy Carmody: Do you never think of... traveling?
Frog's Da: No.

Crazy credits
The opening credits are preceded by a black screen with very small white text reading "Kind of inspired by a true story...".

Connections
Features Battle of the Planets: Attack of the Space Terrapin (1978)

Soundtracks
Electric Co
Performed by U2
Courtesy of Mercury Records (London) Ltd
Under licence from Universal Music Operations Ltd
Written by Adam Clayton, The Edge (as David Evans), Larry Mullen Jr. (as Larry Mullen), Bono (as Paul Hewson)
Courtesy of Blue Mountain Music (UK) and Mother Music (Eire)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

A grand little tale.

A decent movie that has all the charm of a soft Irish day. The young lad steals the show, although he was ably supported by two future Oscar nominee's. Kerry is brilliant, no surprise there, and a decade or so on from the making of this movie she would appear opposite Colin Farrell in Banshees, and for my tuppence worth, she should have walked away with the Oscar. Having lived through the events that the movie is based on, the truth is stretched to some degree, but nothing that distracts from the story that unfolds. Jenny the donkey was probably still in acting school when the movie was made, which would explain her absence. All in all, not bad.