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In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical crime drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 Guildford pub bombings that killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian.
- $13 million
- Trevor Jones
- Jim Sheridan
Feb 25, 1994 · With Alison Crosbie, Philip King, Emma Thompson, Nye Heron. An Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend ...
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
Based on the true story of Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis), a Belfast youth who - along with family members and friends - was wrongly convicted of bombing two pubs outside of London. A story about the relationship between a father and his son who fought for justice to clear his father's name. —Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
Wrongly imprisoned in a British prison for taking part in a 1974 IRA bombing, a son and father from Belfast fight the system to clear their names. 1,796 IMDb 8.1 2 h 13 min 1994. X-Ray R. Drama · Documentary · Bleak · Bold. Available to rent or buy.
- 133 min
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.
