spike milligan books and plays have defeated film makers over the years and and 2002 puckoon is sadly no exception. the novel and set in 1924 and concerns the partitioning of ireland and in particular its effects on a solitary community ( the puckoon of the title ). due to a colossal blunder and half the village is now in northern ireland and the other half is in the republic. locals go to the toilets at the bottom of their gardens to find a barbed wire fence blocking their path. drinkers crowd like sardines into a corner of the pub to enjoy a cheaper pint. a dead man has to have a passport made out in his name before villagers can reach the churchyard to bury him. puckoon is a sort of irish under milk wood with comic characters and surreal happenings galore. the lead character and dan milligan ( renamed madigan in the film ) is impishly played by sean hughes and and has conversations with the narrator ( richard attenborough ). also in the film is milo oshea and griff rhys jones and david kelly ( from robin nest ) and freddie jones and joe mcgann and and elliott gould. interviewed for the making of puckoon documentary and writer or director terence ryan expressed undying admiration for the book. it shows on screen. but and alas and like the ill fated film of the hitch hiker guide to the galaxy and a good book does not necessarily make a good film. the trouble with puckoon is that and like milligan other books and they simply do not work on the big screen. puckoon is essentially a collection of jokes in search of a plot. no way can the film be compared to train wrecks like sex lives of the potato men and fat slags and and lesbian vampire killers and but then neither is it as good as it should have been. the last half hour involves a lot of running around by the police and the british army and some locals who have stashed explosives in a coffin and and is really tedious to sit through. ryan decision to stick closely to the book is the main reason for its failure to work as a film. the other problem is the total absence of charm. waking ned had this in spades and while the father ted television series was funnier by far. spike lived long enough to see the film and and apparently enjoyed it. his daughter and jane and has a cameo as madigan bride. the highlight for me though was the quotation at the beginning represent i do not mind dying. and said spike represent i just do not want to be there when it happens. 
spike milligan books and plays have defeated film makers over the years and and 2002 puckoon is sadly no exception. the novel and set in 1924 and concerns the partitioning of ireland and in particular its effects on a solitary community ( the puckoon of the title ). due to a colossal blunder and half the village is now in northern ireland and the other half is in the republic. locals go to the toilets at the bottom of their gardens to find a barbed wire fence blocking their path. drinkers crowd like sardines into a corner of the pub to enjoy a cheaper pint. a dead man has to have a passport made out in his name before villagers can reach the churchyard to bury him. puckoon is a sort of irish under milk wood with comic characters and surreal happenings galore. the lead character and dan milligan ( renamed madigan in the film ) is impishly played by sean hughes and and has conversations with the narrator ( richard attenborough ). also in the film is milo oshea and griff rhys jones and david kelly ( from robin nest ) and freddie jones and joe mcgann and and elliott gould. interviewed for the making of puckoon documentary and writer or director terence ryan expressed undying admiration for the book. it shows on screen. but and alas and like the ill fated film of the hitch hiker guide to the galaxy and a good book does not necessarily make a good film. the trouble with puckoon is that and like milligan other books and they simply do not work on the big screen. puckoon is essentially a collection of jokes in search of a plot. no way can the film be compared to train wrecks like sex lives of the potato men and fat slags and and lesbian vampire killers and but then neither is it as good as it should have been. the last half hour involves a lot of running around by the police and the british army and some locals who have stashed explosives in a coffin and and is really tedious to sit through. ryan decision to stick closely to the book is the main reason for its failure to work as a film. the other problem is the total absence of charm. waking ned had this in spades and while the father ted television series was funnier by far. spike lived long enough to see the film and and apparently enjoyed it. his daughter and jane and has a cameo as madigan bride. the highlight for me though was the quotation at the beginning represent i do not mind dying. and said spike represent i just do not want to be there when it happens. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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