The Runway

Jul 10, 2010

1h 41m

★ 6.1

Overview

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Fastnet Films

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Film i Väst

Lucil Film

Film Fund Luxembourg

Poderosa Pictures

The Runway Trailers

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Cast

Ernesto Cordoba

Demián Bichir

Grace Thomas

Kerry Condon

Shutherland

James Cosmo

Paco Thomas

Jamie Kierans

Tommy Carmody

Donncha Crowley

Francisco de Caldus

Bruno Bichir

Manus

Pat Laffan

Frog's Da

David Pearse

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Stephen Moran

Ned

Martin Lucey

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