Irish Movies Big Hits at Home

Dublin, Ireland, April 30, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Irish Film Industry is still big news both home and abroad, with “Once” winning the Oscar, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson teaming up “In Bruges” and young Irish hopefuls Saoirse Ronan and Sarah Bolger taking on the movie world. It’s no wonder Screenclick.com, Ireland’s leading online DVD rental service, is reporting increased demands in Irish films.

Frank O’ Grady from Screenclick states home grown movies have increased dramatically in popularity recently. “If you go to our website and look up even some of the lesser known Irish movies like “Adam and Paul” or “Goldfish Memory” you will see lots of positive members’ reviews, more than some of the big budget mainstream movies. When “Garage” was released on DVD we initially under estimated demand and had to reorder. We now have more copies of “Garage” then the last Harry Potter release. Currently three times more people have “Garage” on their rental queues then the latest Will Smith blockbuster “I am Legend”. It’s fantastic to see Ireland do so well in such a turbulent business. We have world class players in the industry with film icons like Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan, Gabriel Byrne, Peter O’ Toole, Liam Neeson and it’s great to see new and up coming talent like Saoirse Ronan.” Screenclick.com, with over 70,000 registered users, claim 70% of their members have at least one Irish movie on their rental queue. “We work very closely with the Irish Film and Television Network to continue to promote Irish films, but to be honest it’s not that difficult as the quality is there and the proof is in our members’ reviews”.

For further information go to www.screenclick.com

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