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But without the mass surge to American in the early and mid-19th century, our country would not be what it is today. Much like Patrick escaped from Britain-occupied Ireland, many refugees are still seeking safety and solace in America, with mixed results. There’s also the aspect of immigration and emigration. John Cusack (Dutch Albert) in a scene from Never Grow Old, directed by Ivan Kavanagh It’s a no win Faustian tale in the highest regard. If the money wasn’t enough, losing his family turned the undertaker over to the dark side. What she doesn’t know is that the lives of her and her children are also at stake, should Patrick not cooperate. Audrey can see what kind of trouble Dutch and his cronies (Blake Berry: She’s Missing 2019, Sam Louwyck: Brimstone 2017 – read our review here), are bringing to their dry town. He hides the money from his wife, but also tries to buy her expensive gifts, which she refuses. With this outlaw in town, there’s plenty of coffins that need building, and this brings some serious coinage to the Irishman. It wasn’t a surprise to see him quash his own morals and accept the friendship and employ of cold-blooded killer Dutch Albert (Cusack). This only touches upon his desire for money. Early on in the film, he even pressures his wife to keep moving over the mountains to seek their fortune.
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The fact that he, his wife, Audrey (François), and their two children, Ella (Molly McCann: Sweetness in the Belly 2019) and Thomas (newcomer Quinn Topper Marcus), have created their homestead on the actual California Trail tells a lot about where Patrick wished he was headed. He was used to being hungry and working hard to get by back in Ireland. Coffinmaker/undertaker/carpenter Patrick Tate (Hirsch) came from poor Irish stock, and even among the other US immigrants, he’s considered a savage. The characters in Never Grow Old act and react according to their pasts, their backgrounds and what they know is over on the other side of the mountains. “Their performances, I think, were also aided by how harsh the filming conditions were, with the bitter cold and the deep mud, making them feel like they had been transported back in time, experiencing, just a little, of what these immigrants must have had to endure.” In our interview with Emile Hirsch, he talked a bit about the cold, muddy conditions, and director Ivan Kavanagh had this to say as well: It helped to create the dark, troubled tone of the film while keeping them in the right mood for the time and setting. The cold weather and location covered in 4″ of mud had a huge effect on the cast and crew. Emile Hirsch (Patrick Tate) in a scene from Never Grow Old, directed by Ivan Kavanagh This was such an intriguing way of creating a film that I just had to share. Both Emile Hirsch and John Cusack jumped into this process with both feet. They were also encouraged to do research into the area and time period… 1849, along the California Trail, when the gold rush was happening, but before the Civil War, when most westerns take place. Rather than giving the actors a finished script, Ivan gave them detailed character histories, and then talked with them about creating the character and how they should react to situations in the story. Ten years later – to the day! – Ivan and his cast and crew shot their first roll of film in Connemara, in west Ireland.
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It was on December 5, 2007, that he got confirmation for a screenplay loan from Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board (now known as Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland). Let me start by saying that Never Grow Old has been in the forefront of filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh’s mind since 2007. Undertaker Patrick Tate must choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers’ victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western. The once-peaceful frontier town is now a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert and his gang arrived-and began gunning down their opposition. The film was produced by Nicolas Steil ( Tremors 2019), and Marina Festré ( Clash Of Futures 2018) and Parked’s Dominic Wright and Jacqueline Kerrin, with Piers McGrail ( The Canal 2014 – read our review here) acting as the Director of Photography.
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Directed and written by Irish filmmaker Tin Can Man’s Ivan Kavanagh (read our interview with him here), Never Grow Old stars Into the Wild’s Emile Hirsch (read our interview with him here), John Cusack ( Say Anything 1989, Cell 2016 – read our review here), Danny Webb ( Alien 3 1992), Tim Ahern ( Lilyhammer TV series), Paul Reid ( The Ritual 2017 – read our review here) and Déborah François ( L’Enfant 2005).