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Dec 29, 1993 · "In the Name of the Father" has a title that evokes both familial devotion and prayer. A personal tragedy and a plea for reason, Mr. Sheridan's tough, riveting film succeeds on both...
Oct 13, 1971 · There is a sequence about halfway through Marco Bellocchio's "In the Name of the Father" during which a group of upper-form Italian prep school boys prepare for their nightly recreation...
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May 17, 2010 · A. O. Scott on Jim Sheridan's 1993 drama, featuring Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite.
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Jan 14, 1994 · A feckless young Irishman named Gerry Conlon and three others were charged by the British police with being the IRA terrorists who bombed a pub in Guildford, England, in 1974, and a year later they were convicted and sentenced to life.
In this powerful, Oscar-nominated movie, Jim Sheridan infuses a fact-based social injustice drama with a more intimate family tale of estranged father and son, splendidly played by Daniel Day ...
Impassioned and meticulously observed, In the Name of the Father mines rousing drama from a factual miscarriage of justice, aided by scorching performances and director Jim Sheridan's humanist...
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