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Released
1996 · FILM

The Van

A comedy about friends, family and fish.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
100 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

In a working‑class district of Dublin, Bimbo Reeves is made redundant and uses his severance pay to purchase a van for a fish‑and‑chips business he runs with his friend Larry. The venture benefits initially from Ireland’s unexpected success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but tensions develop between the two men as Bimbo adopts a more managerial attitude toward their partnership.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mick AudsleyShot by Oliver StapletonScored by Eric ClaptonDesigned by Mark Geraghty

Box Office

1996 · Box office

Grossed $712K worldwide

Worldwide gross

$712K

Worldwide gross$712K

Also known as

  • Fisch & Chipsde
  • Fisch und Chipsde
  • La camionetaes
  • Due sulla stradait

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