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Director
Jim Sheridan
Credits
Producers: Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin. Writers: Jim Sheridan, Terry George, Gerry Conlon
Principal Cast
Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite
Category
FeatureClassic
Drawn from real-life individuals and events, In the Name of the Father continued Sheridan’s collaborations with Daniel Day-Lewis in this re-enactment of the miscarriage of justice that led to the Guildford Four being wrongly imprisoned for the pub bombings of October 1974. Day-Lewis plays Gerry Conlon, Pete Postlethwaite is his father, Giuseppe, and much of the film’s strength lies in the interplay between these two actors as the younger Conlon gradually realises that he must take control of his life if justice is to be achieved. The British media responded with outrage to the film and particularly to national treasure Emma Thompson’s role in it as crusading lawyer Gareth Peirce. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, Sheridan was unlucky to lose out in all categories in the year of Schindler’s List.
133 minutes, Ireland/United Kingdom/United States, 1993, Colour
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: CERTIFIED COPY 18.30
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:15, 20:50
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
IO CAPITANO 13:30
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 20:30
PERFECT DAYS 17:00
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 15:40, 18:15
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 13:15
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