RTE Late Late Show, Tribute to Jim Sheridan, October 31, 2003
by Patrick Lynch
Gavin and Maurice were among the many guests who appeared on a two hour tribute show to film director Jim Sheridan on Ireland’s Late Late show on Friday night.
Gavin told host Pat Kenny they have worked with Sheridan since 1993′s In The Name of the Father. Gavin has known Sheridan since the late 70s, when Sheridan ran the Project Arts Centre in Dublin and gave the Virgin Prunes a stage to play on. Doing a spot on impression of the director he said Jim had approached them saying: “We’ve got forty million for The Boxer, but I want youse to do the score and if Hollywood don’t like it, sure I’ll pay yis anyway!”
Andrea Corr, with Maurice on piano accompaniment, performed a moving rendition of the inspiring Time Enough For Tears a song co written for the soundtrack of In America by Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer and Bono.
Friday joined Andrea for the last verse and chorus of the song before talking about its origins with her, Sheridan and Kenny. Gavin also spoke of Project Arts Centre memories, and that the Virgin Prunes were much more interesting looking that their U2 counterparts. He also revealed how he would like to become a ‘Count Friday’, and drew a laugh from all when he said that he would get Bono to arrange it with the Pope.
Bono, who performed the song Falling at your feet with The Edge and Daniel Lanois, acknowledged how the new Irish are better at been themselves than trying to be like anyone else and how they now look to themselves more through the art of Sheridan’s movies. He also described Jim as a great bodyguard, someone who would encourage them through their failures or self-doubts.
TV maker Gary Jermyn described as a ‘poet laureate’ to the Dalkey network of friends and neighbours who came on to read a poem to Sheridan.
The Irish Independent covers the ‘In America’ premiere. DIRECTOR Jim Sheridan last night decribed his new movie ‘In America’ which was premiered in Dublin as “a love poem to my family”.
Driving wind and rain meant a group of only 10 people turned out to greet those arriving at the Savoy Cinema but nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of the delighted director.
Accompanying Mr Sheridan last night were his wife Fran and daughters Tess (18) and Kirsten along with cast members Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine and sisters Sarah (12) and Emma (8) Bolger. Mr Sheridan described their performances as the best he had ever seen by child actors. Pictures of the premiere. Read the full article.
‘In America’ by Irish director Jim Sheridan has won the Grand Price for Best Film at the 30th International Filmfestival Flanders-Ghent, Belgium. Producer Arthur Lappin accepted the EUR25,000 award. (Yahoo report)
Jim Sheridan’s new film (score by Friday/Seezer) was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival with a new title: “In America”. Consolation Champs reviews the film.
Gavin and Maurice are currently in the studio working on a score for Jim Sheridan’s new film for 20th Century Fox. The film is roughly based on Sheridan’s own experiences a young man in New York. Working title: ‘New York Story’. (Although the IMDB has it listed as ‘East of Harlem’) Expected release for the film is September 2002.
Later this year they will be recording ‘Peter and the Wolf’ with the Friday/Seezer ensemble (Julia Palmer, Renaud Pion, Gary Hughes, Des Moore).
An old article (13/02/1994) From The Calgary Herald:
Gavin Friday: Sheridan film brought old gang together again after 20 years
By JAMES MURETICH
What goes around comes around . . . and around and around and around in the world of Gavin Friday.
In 1978, he was the lead singer of the Irish rock band Virgin Prunes. The older brother of U2′s The Edge was in his band and U2′s Bono was one of the Prunes’ biggest fans. In 1994, the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated In The Name Of The Father features songs written and performed by Bono, Friday and their friend Maurice Seezer.
And that in itself came about because of director Jim Sheridan.
“It’s like stepping back 20 years and then going forward again,” said Friday in a phone interview from Dublin.
“We crossed the line so many times, something makes it feel not right, something tells me something's wrong.” Gavin Friday - The Sun and The Moon and The Stars
