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Saipan

Synopsis

A true-life comedy of the most epic proportions, SAIPAN chronicles he events leading up to Ireland’s incendiary 2002 World Cup campaign, when the intense rivalry between Manchester United and Ireland football legend Roy Keane and Irish national manager Mick McCarthy transcended the game and gripped an entire nation.
In 2002 while preparing for the World Cup on the tiny island of Saipan and when Keane was captaining the Irish national side, he and McCarthy had a very public, very bitter disagreement. On the surface, their feud was all about standards, but deep down it was a hugely emotive story of two men whose rivalry and contempt came to surpass the sport they loved, and whose very public falling out was to become one of the most fractious falling-outs in the history of the sport.

Details

Year: 2025
Type of film: Features
Director: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Producer: Macdara Kelleher, John Keville, Trevor Birney, Oliver Butler
Executive Producer: Patrick O’Neill, Rachael O’Kane
Screenwriter: Paul Fraser
Principal cast: Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Alice Lowe, Jamie Beamish, Alex Murphy, Harriett Cairns, Peter McDonald

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund

Ireland, UK co-production

Wild Atlantic Pictures (IE), Fine Point Films (UK)

Fine Point Films

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Bankside Films

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