’W.C.’

Siar A Rachas Muid Production’s ‘W.C.’ is to receive a cinematic release in the U.S. from November 13th. The film is directed, written and produced by Liam O’Mochain (The Book that Wrote Itself) and stars himself alongside Julia Wakeham (‘The Tudors’ Series 2), Adam Goodwin (My Boy Jack), Karl Shiels (Batman Begins), Mary Murray (Adam and Paul), Eamonn Hunt (Lassie), Tim Ruddy (Ballykissangel), Julie Hale (Ash Wednesday, My Left Foot), Sean McDonagh (Kisses), Donal Gray (Omagh) and Rory Mullen (Hunger).

‘W.C.’ is a quirky drama set in and around the toilets of a Dublin jazz bar. It follows a day in the life of two toilet attendants - Jack (Liam O Mochain), an Irish man who has recently been released from prison and Katya (Julia Wakeham), a Russian girl who has come to Ireland to find a better life. As Jack and Katya deal with argumentative customers, an interfering bar manager and an inept thief, they form an unlikely friendship with one another in the last place one would expect – the toilets. ‘W.C.’ won the Best Foreign Film award at Las Vegas International Film Festival. The film also won the Best Feature Film award at Waterford Film Festival in Ireland and the Silver Palm for best film at Mexico International Film festival.

The director of photography for the project is Mark Waldron and its editor is Stephen Doran (A Song for Emily). ‘W.C.’ will screen in November 2009 at Levante International Film Festival in Italy. It was released theatrically in Ireland/UK in March 2009 and on DVD in the UK on Monday October 26th 2009. The film has been available on VOD (Video-On-Demand) in North America as of the end of October on Film Buff, the film channel recently launched by Cinetic (who are handling the worldwide digital rights for the film). New York-based M&L Banks is the distributor for North America and the fim is to screen in various states and provinces such as Tucson Arizona, Minneapolis Minnesota, Chicago etc. For more information about W.C. visit www.wcthemovie.com

’Pure Mule’

The 13th of November also sees the DVD release of the complete box set of ‘Pure Mule’ from Element Pictures Distribution. The series is directed by IFTA winner Declan Recks (Eden) and Charlie McCarthy (The Clinic) and produced by David Collins (Little Foxes) and Peter Norris (Whistleblower). The series executive producer is Ed Guiney (Five Minutes of Heaven) and the cast involved include IFTA winner Charlene McKenna (Raw), IFTA nominee Garrett Lombard (Rough Diamond) and IFTA winners Tom Murphy (Adam and Paul) and Dawn Bradfield (The Clinic).

‘Pure Mule’, written as a 6 part series in 2005 by playwright Eugene O Brien, takes place in a market town in the midlands, neither urban nor rural. The series revolves around the lives of Sheamy, Scobie, Kevin, Deirdre, Therese and Jennifer. Each episode focuses on one of the characters for one weekend and they all weave in and out of each others stories as the series evolves.

This special edition box set also includes the 2009 follow-up drama, ‘Pure Mule: the Last Weekend’, which reunites many of the characters of the original series set against the background of the recession. Scobie once a skilled labourer is now a security guard on an abandoned building site. With no real prospects, he’s booked a flight to Australia to join his brother and hopefully start a new life. The weekend Scobie is due to depart, Jennifer (Charlene McKenna) suddenly returns to the town after a four year absence, to bury her mother. Will she be a reason for Scobie to stay?