The Van (Original title)
Dates: 1996 (Copyright), 29 November 1996 (Release)Countries: Ireland, USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: In Barrytown, in the suburbs of north Dublin, Bimbo, a baker who has recently been made redundant and his unemployed friend Larry decide to start a fast food business from a dilapidated van. They begin the arduous process of cleaning the van and learning to make battered fish, chips and burgers with the aim of launching their business in time for the football World Cup in June 1990. The business flourishes, but their friendship deteriorates, with Bimbo feeling that Larry doesn’t take the work seriously enough and Larry resenting Bimbo’s wife Maggie’s interference in the business.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Fast food, Small businesses, Unemployment, Friendships, Family life, World Cup 1990
Releases
Date: 29 November 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 99 mins 41 secs - Length: 8971 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 29 November 1996Country: IrelandRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 99 mins Dialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031336
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: Umatic (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-622213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: D3Duration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031317
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031336
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1996Stock date: 1997BFI identifier: N-622164
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-622199
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-622257
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1996 (Copyright), 29 November 1996 (Release)Countries: Ireland, USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: In Barrytown, in the suburbs of north Dublin, Bimbo, a baker who has recently been made redundant and his unemployed friend Larry decide to start a fast food business from a dilapidated van. They begin the arduous process of cleaning the van and learning to make battered fish, chips and burgers with the aim of launching their business in time for the football World Cup in June 1990. The business flourishes, but their friendship deteriorates, with Bimbo feeling that Larry doesn’t take the work seriously enough and Larry resenting Bimbo’s wife Maggie’s interference in the business.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Fast food, Small businesses, Unemployment, Friendships, Family life, World Cup 1990
Releases
Date: 29 November 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 99 mins 41 secs - Length: 8971 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 29 November 1996Country: IrelandRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 99 mins Dialogue (original): English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031336
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: Umatic (unspecified)Line standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: N-622213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: D3Duration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031317
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 95.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1999-02-07BFI identifier: C-1031336
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1996Stock date: 1997BFI identifier: N-622164
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-622199
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Magnetic recordingBase: PolyesterSound: SoundBFI identifier: N-622257
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film