First it was a bet, then it became an internationally best selling book and now Tony Hawks' eccentric, hilarious, and life changing hitchhike Round Ireland with a Fridge has become a feature film.

Round Ireland with a Fridge is directed by Ed Bye (My Family, The Detectives, Red Dwarf) and stars Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Sean Hughes, Valerie O'Connor, Josie Lawrence and Sara Crowe. It is an independently produced and financed British film.

The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be entertaining, educational, challenging and at times downright silly.

As an inspiring and funny British comedy-drama that will evoke memories of Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and Local Hero, the film recreates Tony's actual 1997 journey around Ireland as he re-evaluated his life and career, found romance, met a wide range of bizarre characters, made many new friends and discovered that people are perfectly prepared to treat a small white domestic appliance as though it was a fully fledged person with a personality in its own right.

During the course of the film the fridge is taken surfing, christened, blessed by nuns, accompanied by a bagpiper, taken to a bachelor festival and becomes the hero of a national radio station as Tony and all those he encountered become aware of the power and philosophy of the fridge !

Round Ireland with a Fridge debuted at the prestigious Cambridge Film Festival in September 2010 and has been playing in cinemas across the UK and Ireland.

The book that the film is based on is published by Ebury Press and the soundtrack, which is available on Amazon, features new tracks by Nik Kershaw, Brian Kennedy, Andy Warrington and Chesney Hawkes

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