Ordinary Decent Criminal

Ordinary Decent Criminal

2000 film
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Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, written by Gerard Stembridge, and stars Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino. The film is loosely based on the story of Martin Cahill, a famous Irish crime boss.

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Andrew Dunn
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River Road Entertainment
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Trigger Street Productions
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  • 7 January 2000 (2000-01-07) (Ireland)
  • 21 January 2003 (2003-01-21) (U.S.)
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93 minutes
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Ireland
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English
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Michael Lynch: His story's so stupid it's probably true.
  • Colin Farrell and Vincent Regan later acted together in Alexander (2004).
  • As Michael is running out of the museum, stealing the painting of Judas kissing Jesus, the exhibition sign he passes reads "The Taking of Christ".
  • The story that Father Grogan tells Michael and Christine about finding Caravaggio's "The Taking of Christ" is true. The painting was found by accident when it was sent for cleaning. It can now be see in the National Gallery of Ireland as stated.
  • Originally this film was intended to be a film about Martin Cahill (aka The General) a Dublin crime lord. However when the makers discovered that John Boorman was making a film about him already, they changed the storyline. The original intent of the film can still be seen in certain sequences. When he tortures a member of his gang in the belief that he had stolen from him (there is a similar though more accurate scene in The General (1998)) and when visiting the gallery to steal the paintings (The General stole several painting that comprised part of the Beit collection in Russborough house) and also the fact that his 'wives' were sisters

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