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Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. It is based on the 1998 novel of the same name, written by Patrick McCabe, as adapted by Jordan and McCabe. The film stars Cillian Murphy as a transgender woman foundling searching for love and for her long-lost mother, in small town Ireland and London in the 1970s.
Breakfast on Pluto: Directed by Neil Jordan. With Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson. In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Neil Jordan
- 2006-01-06
- Before he began focusing on acting, he wanted to be a rock star. Murphy sang and played in several bands during the 1990s, including jazz-funk group The Son of Mr. Green Genes.They were popular enough to be offered a record deal and interviewed on Irish TV, as you'll see below.
- He now has his own music festival. Well, to be precise, Murphy is a co-curator of Sounds from a Safe Harbour, a festival that takes place every other year in his hometown of Cork.
- He gave up being vegetarian when he was cast in Peaky Blinders. This decision was motivated by his desire to bulk up to play tough guy Tommy Shelby. "I was vegetarian for about 15 years, but it was never a moral decision," Murphy told Mr. Porter.
- He auditioned to play Batman in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. It didn't work out, obviously, but Murphy managed to land the villainous role of Scarecrow instead.
Oct 18, 2014 · Cillian Murphy as Patricia "Kitten" Braden in Breakfast on Pluto Sony Pictures Classics; Steve Finn—Getty Images. Cate Blanchett as Jude Quinn in I'm Not There Weinstein Company; Dave...
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Jun 14, 2022 · Cillian Murphy stays out of the limelight -- he leaves that to the characters he plays -- but here's what many people might not know about the actor himself.
Cillian Murphy, born on May 25, 1976, in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland, is a highly regarded actor with a multifaceted career that spans film, television, and theater.
Jun 7, 2017 · In Neil Jordan’s 2005 film Breakfast on Pluto, he donned drag, but transcended the notion of playing transgendered to assume it as a state of mind. Perhaps it is this apparent malleability which means that ‘Cillian Murphy’ works so well in Ron Howard’s new film, In the Heart of the Sea, a seafaring yarn with dark undertones. In it he ...
