On the Edge (2001)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

John Carney

Writers:

Daniel James (written by) and
John Carney (written by)

Release Date:

21 September 2001 (Ireland)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

On the Edge is about suicidal patients discovering their true selves while going through therapy in a treatment center.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Suicidal | Stolen Car | Mental Health | Suicide Attempt

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Martin Carney	...	Priest
Paul Hickey	...	Mikey
Camille O'Sullivan	...	Mikey's Wife
Cillian Murphy	...	Jonathan Breech
Vincent Walsh	...	Bouncer
Vinny Murphy	...	Bouncer
Mary Murray	...	Maria
Gavin Coleman	...	Maria's Boyfriend
Patrick Murray	...	Joyrider
Stephen Rea	...	Dr. Figure
Aidan Kelly	...	Patient in Recreation Room
John Burke	...	Patient in Recreation Room
Anna Manahan	...	Cat Woman
Des Smith	...	Patient with Cup
Judy Cameron	...	Woman Playing Piano
Arthur Riordan	...	Male Nurse
Tricia Vessey	...	Rachel Row
Bill Hodnett	...	Patient on Bench
Jonathan Jackson	...	Toby
Marcella Plunkett	...	Lesley
Tomas O'Suilleabhain	...	Nick (as Tom O'Súilleabháin)
Simon Delaney	...	Man in Pub
Imelda Andrews	...	Woman Watching TV
Des Nealon	...	Man Watching TV
Gerard McSorley	...	Rachel's Father
Eanna MacLiam	...	Heavy in Bowling Alley
Liam Carney	...	Heavy's Friend
Charlie O'Reilly	...	Hospital Security Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alison Coffey	...	Sally (uncredited)
Adrian Washington	...	Paulo (uncredited)

Directed by
John Carney

Writing credits
Daniel James		(written by) and
John Carney		(written by)

Produced by
Roger Crago	....	executive producer
Ed Guiney	....	producer
Arthur Lappin	....	producer
Paul Myler	....	line producer
Jim Sheridan	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Carney

Cinematography by
Eric Alan Edwards		(director of photography) (as Eric Edwards)

Film Editing by
Dermot Diskin

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Anna Rackard

Costume Design by
Lorna Marie Mugan

Makeup Department
Bernie Dooley	....	chief hairdresser
Jennifer Hegarty	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Tara McHugh	....	assistant makeup artist
Maire O'Sullivan	....	key makeup artist
Dee Tormey	....	assistant hairdresser

Production Management
Tricia Perrott	....	post-production supervisor
Breda Walsh	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marian Barlow	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Donnacha Brady	....	trainee assistant director: additional photography
Enda Doherty	....	trainee assistant director
Elizabeth Gill	....	first assistant director: additional photography (as Liz Gill)
Konrad Jay	....	first assistant director
Bailey Marks	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Iseult O'Siochain	....	trainee assistant director (as Iseult Ó'Siocháin)
Karen Richards	....	second assistant director
Dermot Whelan	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Russ Bailey	....	construction manager
Mark Cannon	....	carpenter: additional photography
Sinead Clancy	....	assistant art director: additional photography (as Sinéad Clancy)
Thomas Clarke	....	dressing props trainee
Bronwyn Clohissey-Boyd	....	master painter: additional photography (as Bronwyn Clohissey)
Tamara Conboy	....	assistant art director
June Connon	....	stand-by props
Clodagh Conroy	....	art director: additional photography
Martin Doyle	....	dressing props trainee
Pascal Farrell	....	supervising carpenter
Brian Geoghegan	....	carpenter
Paul Hedges	....	property master
Michael Kelly	....	stagehand
Michael Kelly	....	stand-by stagehand: additional photography
Seamus Kelly	....	stand-by props
Martin Kenny	....	stand-by painter
Keavy Lalor	....	prop buyer
David Marsh	....	props: additional photography (as Dave Marsh)
John McHugh	....	painter
Pat McKane	....	props: additional photography
Brian Molloy	....	stand-by carpenter
Tony Nicholson	....	dressing props
Fenton O'Brien	....	plasterer
Gerry Quigley	....	stand-by stagehand
Gerard Richardson	....	master painter (as Gerry Richardson)
Philip Richardson	....	dressing props
Ed Walsh	....	art department trainee
Michael A. Billings	....	lead dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Dan Birch	....	production sound recordist
Jim Corcoran	....	sound recordist: additional photography
Michelle Cunniffe	....	re-recording mixer
Caoimhe Doyle	....	assistant foley artist
Caoimhe Doyle	....	assistant sound editor
Patrick Doyle	....	boom operator: additional photography
Patrick Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Steven Farrell	....	boom operator
John Fitzgerald	....	re-recording mixer
Robert Flanagan	....	sound trainee
Anthony Litton	....	adr editor
Andy Malcolm	....	key foley artist
Jean McGrath	....	adr recordist
Maeve O'Boyle	....	trainee sound editor
Gerard Roche	....	adr mixer (as Gerry Roche)
Macdara Smith	....	assistant foley artist
Jon Stevenson	....	sound effects editor
Annette Stone	....	dialogue editor
Daniel Birch	....	sound mixer (uncredited)
Sarah Gaines	....	dailies transfer operator (uncredited)
Anthony Litton	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Gerard Roche	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Susi Roper	....	digital effects producer

Stunts
Brendan Condren	....	stunt performer
Paddy Condren	....	stunt performer
Patrick Condren	....	stunt coordinator
Joe Condren	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sean Cahill	....	electrician
Albert Cassells	....	generator operator
Andy Cole	....	electrician
Angela Conway	....	clapper loader: additional photography
Billy Doyle	....	electrician: additional photography
Richie Egan	....	camera grip: additional photography
Eric Greenberg	....	clapper loader
Graeme Harte	....	electrician
Jonathan Hession	....	still photographer
Ciaran Kavanagh	....	focus puller
Macdara Kelleher	....	video assist operator
Vince Madden	....	best boy
Ivan Meagher	....	focus puller: additional photography
James Merrigan	....	stand-by rigger
Pat Miller	....	gaffer
Willie O'Brien	....	stand-by rigger: additional photography
Peter O'Toole	....	electrician: additional photography
Luke Quigley	....	camera grip trainee
Luke Quigley	....	key grip
Andrew Smyth	....	camera trainee
Stuart Teehan	....	camera trainee: additional photography
Richie Donnelly	....	focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Pat Miller	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Anya Colloff	....	casting: U.S.
Jennifer Fishman	....	casting: U.S.
Maureen Hughes	....	casting
Amy McIntyre Britt	....	casting: U.S.
Amy Rowan	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michelle Butler	....	costume design trainee
Emma Charleton	....	wardrobe trainee
Sandra Hunt	....	assistant wardrobe
Niamh Lunny	....	wardrobe trainee: additional photography
Gabriel O'Brien	....	wardrobe supervisor: additional photography
Susan O'Connor Cave	....	wardrobe supervisor
Fiona Whelan	....	costume design assistant: additional photography

Editorial Department
Carolyne Chauncey	....	first assistant editor
Deirdre Green	....	trainee editor
Sinéad McGoldrick	....	assistant editor: lightworks
John Stanborough	....	color timer
Gillian Flood	....	assistant post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Brian Byrne	....	music arranger
Brian Byrne	....	orchestrator
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Gearóid Grant	....	conductor
Brian Masterson	....	music engineer
Jon Stevenson	....	music editor
Caitriona Walsh	....	orchestral manager (as Catriona Walsh)

Transportation Department
Philip Beers	....	driver
Jason Clarke	....	driver
Alan Crozier	....	driver
Arthur Dunne	....	transport coordinator
Alan Harvey	....	driver
Chris Herron	....	driver: additional photography
Liam Kelly	....	action vehicle coordinator
Matt Kelly	....	unit driver
Vince Kelly	....	driver: additional photography
John McCartney	....	driver
Dave McDowell	....	driver (as David McDowell)
Gavin McGlashan	....	driver
Peter Morrow	....	driver (as Pete Morrow)
Davie Mulholland	....	driver: additional photography (as Davy Mulholland)
Eamonn Murphy	....	unit driver: additional photography (as Eamon Murphy)
Mick Murphy	....	unit driver
Tony Nolan	....	driver
Liam O'Loughlin	....	unit driver
Terry O'Toole	....	unit driver: additional photography
Derek Patterson	....	driver: additional photography
Derek Pomeroy	....	unit driver
Oddie Sherwin	....	driver: additional photography
Brian Thompson	....	driver: additional photography
John J. Thompson	....	driver (as Johnny Thompson)
Gary Walker	....	driver: additional photography
Andy Walkington	....	driver

Other crew
Renata Adamidov	....	production executive: USA: Hell's Kitchen
James S. Adams	....	legal advisor: Schreck Rose & Dapello (as James Adams)
Sandra Campbell	....	production secretary
Eimear Clonan	....	location assistant
Maria Collins	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Juliet Cronin	....	administrative assistant
Geraldine Daly	....	location manager (as Ger Daly)
Joe Dapello	....	legal advisor: Schreck Rose & Dapello (as Joseph Dapello)
Barry Dignam	....	assistant: Ed Guinen
Lisa Drayne	....	production coordinator
Jenny Faherty	....	crowd coordinator
Erika Fitzpatrick	....	production trainee
Gillian Flood	....	post production assistant
Jennifer Griffin	....	assistant accountant: additional photography
Sue Henderson	....	accounts
Fiona Howard	....	administrative assistant
Julia Jones	....	unit publicist: at DDA
Miriam Kelly	....	assistant accountant (as Miriam C. Kelly)
Mary Leonard	....	accountant: K.P.M.G.
Tom Maguire	....	post-production accountant
Bailey Marks	....	post production assistant
Niall Martin	....	assistant location manager
Catherine Morris	....	script supervisor
Johnny Mulligan	....	assistant accountant
Elaine Nicell	....	production assistant: additional photography
B.J. O'Brien	....	banker: Bank of Ireland
Colin O'Brien	....	accountant: K.P.M.G.
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Catherine O'Rorke	....	unit nurse
Joe Piggott	....	assistant: Jim Sheridan
Ira Schreck	....	legal advisor: Schreck Rose & Dapello
Clare Scully	....	production executive: Hell's Kitchen
Ron Taylor	....	film lab coordinator
Sandra Campbell	....	assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Gerry Lundberg	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Roger Phillips	....	title designer (uncredited)

Thanks
Stephen Bradley	....	special thanks
Nadia Bronson	....	special thanks
Ciaran Carney	....	special thanks
Clea Carney	....	special thanks
Frances Carney	....	special thanks (as Frances & Martin Carney)
Martin Carney	....	special thanks (as Frances & Martin Carney)
Alan Collins	....	special thanks
David Collins	....	special thanks
Dr. Michael Corry	....	special thanks
Margot Daly	....	special thanks
Jennifer Fox	....	special thanks
Adrian Frazier	....	special thanks
Ed Guiney	....	special thanks (as Eddie & Sheila Guiney)
Sheila Guiney	....	special thanks (as Eddie & Sheila Guiney)
Tom Hall	....	special thanks
Glen Hansard	....	special thanks
James Hickey	....	special thanks
Ruth Hunter	....	special thanks
Greg McAteer	....	special thanks
Justin Moore-Lewy	....	special thanks
Paul Moore	....	special thanks
Aoife O'Riordain	....	special thanks
Ted Perkins	....	special thanks
Jane Roche	....	special thanks
Kirsten Sheridan	....	special thanks
Mark Waldron	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Blank Page Productions (as a hell's kitchen / blank page production)
• Hell's Kitchen Films (as a hell's kitchen / blank page production)
• Government of Ireland, The (produced with the support of Investment Incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by)

Distributors

• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• DEJ Productions
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Germany)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (France)
• Universal Focus
• Universal Pictures (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Film at the Moving Picture Company, London (digital effects by) (as Digital Film at the Moving Picture Company)
• Team FX (as Team FX, Ireland)

Other Companies

• Ardmore Sound  sound post-production (as Ardmore Sound, Ireland)
• Ardmore Studios  post production facility (as Ardmore Studios, Dublin)
• Bank of Ireland  bankers
• Bickers Film & TV Action  stunt engineer
• Brown Bag Films  excerpt from "Why" animated video courtesy of
• Cine Electric Ltd.  lighting
• Editline, Dublin  lightworks supplied by
• Film Finances Services Ltd.  completion bond (as Film Finances Ltd.)
• Flair Travel  travel agent
• Frameline Productions  title design (as Frameline, London)
• Frontline Catering Ltd.  catering (as Frontline Catering Co.)
• Hell's Kitchen Films  author: Berne Convention (as Hell's Kitchen)
• Hit and Run Productions  excerpt from "Stages" courtesy of
• Investec UK Ltd.  bankers
• KPMG  accountants (as K.P.M.G.)
• Kodak Ireland  film stock
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Near North Entertainment  insurance (as Near North Entertainment Ltd.)
• Panavision Ireland  cameras supplied by
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services (uncredited)
• Sargent Disc  payroll services
• Schreck Rose and Dapello  legal advisors (as Schreck Rose & Dapello, U.S.A.)
• Staff & Patients at St.Brendan's Hospital, Grangegorman  special thanks
• Teamwork Catering  catering: additional photography (as Team Work Catering)
• The Irish Film Orchestra  music performed by (as Irish Film Orchestra)
• Windmill Lane Recording Studios  music scored & mixed at (as Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin)

Also Known As:

Catch the Sun (USA) (working title)
The Smiling Suicide Club (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some disturbing images and sexual content, and for some drug material.

Runtime:

Argentina:85 min

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS (as Digital dts Sound) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Iceland:12 | UK:15 (video rating) | Argentina:16 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Blank Page Productions

Quotes:

Rachel Row: Why do you want to die?
Jonathan: I don't want to die, I just don't want to be alive.

Soundtrack:

Please Forgive Me

Sad and Happy?

I finished watching this movie for the second time today. I find it was dark. I have never seen a movie that explores the feelings that a person might have after surviving a suicide. It makes me sad to see that "Johnathan" and "Rachel" went through but at the same time it gives me a feeling that the movie was not quite finished. What will happen to these two characters as they live on after their friend past away? Johnathan Jackson performed really well with an Irish accent. Maybe the ending leaves you open to feel like "yeah whatever." The movie did give some advice, and one of it is like " a person who survives a suicide might never tell you how they feel." But I think they will tell that feeling to someone they really trust.