Saipan (film)
Saipan (film)
Saipan is a 2025 sports film about the Republic of Ireland national football team and the eponymous Saipan incident between player Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy in the lead up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke star as McCarthy and Keane respectively.
Plot
In 1980, an eight year old Roy Keane plays football in a field in Cork. Years later, he has risen to stardom, but has taken time off following claims of an injury.
Plot
In December 2001, in Barnsley, an interviewer discusses the upcoming sporting event with Mick McCarthy, who decides he should go to Tehran to see the Irish team.
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