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How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate (Irish) Production: A Graham Jones production. Produced by Jones, Ciara Flanagan. Directed by Graham Jones. Screenplay, Jones, Tadhg O'Higgins, story by ...
Nov 18, 2012 · Shot during the summer of 1996 and showing the last school year (culminating in the middle of 1997) at James Joyce College in Dublin, the film quickly assembles a group of characters who want to beat the system by cheating on the big school-leaving exam called the leaving certificate or just “leaving cert”.
80 minutes [1] Country. Ireland. How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate is a 1997 independent Irish film directed by Graham Jones, in which six teenagers devise a plan to cheat in their Leaving Certificate final school examinations. The film was shot in black and white on Super 16mm and was later blown up to 35mm for theatrical distribution.
The addition of cameos from familiar Irish stars in obscure and unpredictable roles also contributes to the film's success. Chris De Burgh as a petrol pump attendant is particularly funny when pondering that Athlone (the location of the Leaving Cert examination paper's warehouse) may be the centre of the Universe.
"At last a young Irish film director gives us what we want... The wet dream of generations of dossers and mitchers"-dSIDE MAGAZINE"A neat, tense, low-budget ...
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How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate: Directed by Graham Jones. With Eamon Morrissey, Aileen O'Connor, Garret Baker, Lee Dunne. "How to cheat the Leaving Certificate ?"
In fairness this ads to the film's mystique, leaving more questions than answers for the viewer. Cameos come from film financer Chris De Burgh, Johnny Murphy of 'The Commitments' fame, among other local stars of day, 'How To Cheat..' requires at least one viewing per year as an unashamed pleasure.
