White Irish Drinkers (2010)

Cast

Stephen Lang
as Patrick
Karen Allen
as Margaret
Henry Zebrowski
as Jerry
Peter Riegert
as Whitey

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Genres & Description

Drama

6.9 / 10

It's early autumn of 1975 in Brooklyn and 18-year-old Brian Leary (Nick Thurston) is killing time, pulling off petty crimes with his street tough older brother Danny (Geoff Wigdor), whom he both idolizes and fears. He doesn't really want to be a criminal, but he doesn't share the dreams of his old friends from their working class neighborhood either. They all yearn for the culturally approved 9-to-5 Civil Service jobs with benefit packages that will carry them through weekends of beer into lazy retirement. Brian doesn't want to end up in a soul-numbing job like his buddies, but he's sure he doesn't want to be like his best friend Todd (Zachary Booth) either. Todd has betrayed their blue-collar roots by accepting a scholarship to college. But Brian has a secret -- he's a talented artist. In the basement of the bagel shop beneath his parent's apartment, he creates impressionistic charcoal and watercolor images of the stifling city that surrounds him. When he puts on his headphones and ...

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Taylor Ahern

I now feel inspired to write a different type of urban flavored, Irish themed screenplay (within the Dorchester/Quincy/Squantum Massachusetts orbit), this neat variation on the title of the above featured movie. I'm gonna call it ""Black Irish Drinkers (as I was born with darkish Irish features),"" and have it loosely based upon my life's exploits and experiences. Wish me luck😄😄😄😄😄 - @Sunday, December 16, 2018 7:43 PM

poopmcscoopface

if you like this movie check out the film brooklyn rules - @Friday, July 17, 2015 8:05 AM

Taylor Ahern

White Irish drinkers! That's my club, my tribe! Quincy-Squantum Irish! Loads and loads of Irish up here in these parts (right below Boston), and loads and loads of incurable drunks (like me!). The Irish capital of America (most of us can trace our immediate roots right back to South Boston and Dorchester)! Any ways, looks like a Great suspense thriller, this Great movie! - @Sunday, November 2, 2014 11:47 AM

DAttGuy 87

This was filmed in my neighborhood in Brooklyn - @Thursday, May 1, 2014 2:30 PM

Hendri Triawan

the best movie - @Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:29 PM

Dan Leary

I think it's because they are from countries that are less ethnically diverse, so they don't understand the whole ethnic pride thing. - @Sunday, August 19, 2012 8:37 AM

Damon Corr

Come on folks there's lots of arguing about nothing really; and this coming from me all Irish blood with English upbringing which is why I know nothing about Brooklyn and see movies as somebody's artistic representation of people, places and events I don't know about ... that's why I enjoy watching them because after all that's what it is isn't it?...art! - @Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:57 PM

frickadele

If you steal from others...it doesn't matter what nationality you are... you're dog shit. - @Saturday, August 11, 2012 2:56 PM

shizyninjarocks

White Irish drinkers, what the fuck else would they be? Chinese Irish drinkers? - @Sunday, June 24, 2012 6:24 AM

Dannysubliminal

White Irish drinkers movie with no Irish white drinkers! More American plastic paddy shit. - @Thursday, June 7, 2012 10:26 PM

W. G.

why do you people always do that? it means a different thing over in North America and Australia. it's mean they have Irish, heritage practice a culture, and most of them live in Irish neighborhoods, surround by people of similar disposition. they are american yes. but the Chinese that live in Ireland are Irish technically yes? well they are also ethnically Chinese arn't they? - @Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:04 AM

W. G.

they are Irish ethnically, they are Americans, raised in an Irish neighbor hood, of Irish decent. being Irish-american is not the same of being Irish. it's its own culture and with it's own way of life, and that's something people like you will never understand. sincerely a polish man - @Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:59 AM

Willian Costa

white and irish?? serious?? - @Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:18 PM

jordanablaze

Awesome movie. - @Saturday, November 26, 2011 8:16 AM

Ontite

Saw this being filmed back in 2010, pretty sick. - @Wednesday, October 26, 2011 4:28 AM

zOMGLaserGunzPewPew

@lukekelly96 you are an idiot. - @Sunday, October 9, 2011 5:34 AM

back2hell1

at least try to talk in irish accent - @Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:25 AM

Purp1eHaze81

Sooooooo where's Mark Wahlberg?? - @Monday, October 3, 2011 9:21 AM

luke kelly

jaysus bleedin americans claimin teh be irish again ??? - @Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:43 AM

looder22

@bloomfieldgayman Oh, is ittt? Waazztha'liiiiiiike? - @Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:49 PM

Architect1088

The Irish have such a bad rap in America because when they immigrated to the US they were shunned by society and formed street gangs to protect Irish interests. They were also the first major wave of Catholics to immigrate and treated alcohol much more liberally than the conservative Protestants that were here. Hence the stereotype of drinking and fighting was born. I have Irish blood in me but I would never consider myself "Irish". I'm too much of a mutt to be anything but American. - @Sunday, July 31, 2011 6:44 AM

a.m. Bennett

don't recommend many movies these days for the most part they are just contrived Hollywood bullshit but this one however is a really good movie good acting and a good story at least it aint a remake of a bullshit cartoon or a bad B grade movie or worse a TV series if u get the chance to rent it do you wont be sorry - @Sunday, July 31, 2011 5:40 AM

89xpc

@pabloalecks yes my great grandparents did come from Ireland and all lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts. I had the priviledge and honor of knowing two of my great grandmothers who came from Donegal and Waterford as teenagers coming to the US leaving their families behind. Look up information on parts of Boston such as Charlestown and South Boston and you will see. - @Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:49 AM

89xpc

@Waelwulfas its not your culture this move is about its my(irish-american) culture - @Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:46 AM

Scottie Steiner

Great movie - @Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:18 PM

bellyofJimbob

thumps up if your Irish - @Friday, July 8, 2011 3:31 PM

Thetrollmaster2000

Wheres Peter Griffin? - @Wednesday, July 6, 2011 11:50 AM

Pheebzzz

they dont sound bloody irish - @Sunday, July 3, 2011 3:28 PM

Brett William

how many views??? - @Sunday, May 1, 2011 10:16 PM

TheNightsShadow93

this guys Grant Harvey auditioned for Brian's role..man he's so much better then the guy they got...look him up - @Sunday, May 1, 2011 7:39 PM

Shee Graham

I've always wondered why Americans like to imagine us Irish as drinkers and fighters... what's all this beer about? Go to Germany and England for that. 22 years (young enough) of knowing Ireland intimately and academically, I really fail to see hooliganism in our culture if we forget the spides and the irregular upsets here at home in Ulster. Éire, land of the poets! - @Friday, April 15, 2011 4:32 PM

p0p3budalata

@VigilanteHero nobody cares idiota - @Sunday, April 10, 2011 8:31 PM

Dan Peeri

White Irish Drinkers definitely amazed me! Nick Thurston and Stephen Lang both have incredible performances! - @Monday, March 28, 2011 10:02 PM

In Real Life - NY TV

Brooklyn, Kings county Alwayz ! - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:33 PM

Derrick Brown

this movie is going to be so awesome!! cant wait until its release. - @Tuesday, March 22, 2011 6:41 PM