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In the Name of the Father. (film) 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. [2]
Feb 25, 1994 · In the Name of the Father: Directed by Jim Sheridan. 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.
- (189K)
- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Jim Sheridan
- 1994-02-25
Convinced by the film's documentary detail, we assume all these facts are based on truth, and it is a little surprising to discover that the sadistic British policeman is a composite of several officers, that Conlon and his father were never in the same cell - and that the crucial character of Joe McAndrew (), an IRA man who confesses to the Guildford bombings, is a fictional invention.
Jun 3, 2022. In the Name of the Father is a deeply stirring film that lessens the moral authority of the I.R.A., English soldiers in Ireland, the British police and the British government. Feb 28 ...
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- Jim Sheridan
- R
- Daniel Day-Lewis
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. 1,821 IMDb 8.1 2 h 13 min 1994. X-Ray R. Drama · Documentary · Bleak · Bold. Available to rent or buy.
- 133 min
A. 90. Written by Ahmetaslan27 on May 2, 2023. A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in ...
Summaries. 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. Young Belfastian Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) admits that he was in London at the time of the incident.
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