Fish & chips
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Fish & chips |
| Original title | The Van |
| Country of production | Great Britain , Ireland , United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stephen Frears |
| script | Roddy Doyle |
| production | Lynda Myles , Mark Shivas |
| music | Eric Clapton , Richard Hartley |
| camera | Oliver Stapleton |
| cut | Mick Audsley |
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Fish & Chips ( The Van ) is a comedy film directed by Stephen Frears from 1996. It is the film adaptation of the third part of the Barrytown Trilogy novel series by Roddy Doyle .
action
Brendan Reeves ('Bimbo') lives in Barrytown. When he's released, Bimbo and his friend Larry open a mobile takeaway selling fish and chips . After initial successes, tensions arise between the two friends. Eventually, Bimbo, who formally owns the takeaway, begins paying Larry a fixed wage instead of a profit-sharing scheme. The angry Larry then joins a union . After a representative of the health authority threatens to close the snack bar, the dispute escalates into an open dispute.
During the reconciliation in the pub, the drunken bimbo decides to put an end to it to save their friendship. In the end, Bimbo and Larry steer the mobile snack bar into the sea.
Reviews
James Berardinelli described the plot on ReelViews as "simple", the first half of the film as "engaged". He wrote that it was a film about the friendship between two men and the benefits of self-respect. Berardinelli highly praised the portrayal of Colm Meaney.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on June 27, 1997 that the film's comedy arises from close observation of the characters.
Awards
Stephen Frears was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1996 .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Fish & Chips in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fish & Chips atRotten Tomatoes(English)