An Everlasting Piece (2000)

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Studio: DreamWorks

Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Studio: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group

Rating: R

Release Date: Dec 25, 2000

Running Time: 109 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Barry McEvoy, Brian O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn, Ruth McCabe, Laurence Kinlan, Billy Connolly, Des McAleer, Colum Convey, Ian Cregg

director: Barry Levinson

Set against the turbulent backdrop of Belfast in the 1980s, two fellow barbers Colm, a Catholic and George, a Protestant, form an unlikely partnership to corner the toupee market in Northern Ireland. Both slackers, the duo land themselves in a get-rich-quick scheme of selling hair pieces, but soon find themselves in trouble when 'Toupee or Not Toupee', a rival hairpiece company, gets a jump on the competition. More serious problems ensue when the fired up slackers go on the offensive and dupe an IRA soldier, who then suspects them of being undercover British agents.

January 9, 2001

An Everlasting Piece is another of those small films that director Barry Levinson does between big-budget crud like Sphere. Since the small stuff includes Diner and Wag the Dog, that's a good sign. Before whimsy eats away at the plot, this comic tale of Ireland in the 1980s is a treat. While Belfast copes with the Troubles, two barbers - the Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and the Protestant George (Brian F. O'Byrne) - hatch a get-rich scheme. Both lads, who work at a Belfast mental hospital, learn…