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Saipan. Image shows left to right: Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan), Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke)
Saipan

Saipan

  • 2025 film

Comedy drama about the fall-out between footballer Roy Keane and his country's manager at the 2002 World Cup. Also features Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke.

  • This film project is currently in development

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Saipan. Image shows left to right: Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan), Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2025
Stars
Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke
Writer
Paul Fraser
Directors
Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa
Producers
Macdara Kelleher, John Keville, Trevor Birney, Oliver Butler, Patrick O'Neill, Eoin Egan, Rachael O'Kane, Stephen Kelliher and more
Companies

A true-life comedy of the most epic proportions, Saipan chronicles the events leading up to Ireland's incendiary 2002 World Cup campaign, when the intense rivalry between player Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy transcended the game and gripped an entire nation.

On the surface, the feud was all about standards, but deep down it was a hugely emotive story of two men whose rivalry and contempt came to surpass the sport they loved. This is the definitive account of one of the most fractious falling-outs in the history of sport.

Additional details

Produced
Summer 2024
Distributors

Vertigo Films

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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