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The Snapper
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Is this film based on a novel?
Yes, it's based on a 1990 novel by Roddy Doyle.
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Why are the Rabbittes called the Curleys in this film?
The Commitments (1991)
was distributed by
Twentieth Century Fox
and so they own the film rights to the character names.
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What does the title mean?
"Snapper" is a slang term for a child or baby, a shortening of "whippersnapper."
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Why was Leslie Rabbitte facing "Arabs"?
At the time, soldiers from the Irish Army were deployed as peacekeeping troops on the Iran-Iraq border (as part of UNIIMOG) and in Lebanon (as part of UNIFIL).
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