Cate Blanchett
Veronica Guerin
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Oct 17, 2003 · Veronica Guerin: Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker. An Irish journalist writes a series of stories about drug dealers.
- (21K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Joel Schumacher
- 2003-10-17
Veronica Guerin is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role. The screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue focuses on Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, at the age of 36.
- $9.4 million
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- $17 million
- Jerry Bruckheimer
Oct 17, 2003 · Disturbed by the sight of gangs selling drugs to children and teenagers in the Dublin of the 1990s, she began a high-profile, even reckless campaign to expose them. Was she surprised when her campaign ended with her own murder? She must have been, or she would have gone about it differently.
Two films have been based on her story: When the Sky Falls (2000), starring Joan Allen as Sinead Hamilton and Veronica Guerin (2003), starring Cate Blanchett.
- 1990–1996
- Trinity College Dublin
Oct 17, 2003 · 53% 141 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score In this true story, Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins...
- (450)
- Joel Schumacher
- R
- Cate Blanchett
Based on the true story of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent who exposed some of Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996; later that year she was gunned down by assassins hired by the same criminal drug lords she exposed.
Veronica Guerin. The true story of a journalist who exposes Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords. 711 IMDb 6.8 1 h 38 min 2003. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Coarse · Downbeat. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy.
