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In the Name of the Father DVD 1993 Im Namen Des Vaters / Directed by Jim Sheridan / Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite

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In the Name of the Father DVD 1993 Im Namen Des Vaters / Directed by Jim Sheridan / Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite

UPC 4030521312111

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: ENGLISH 5.1, French 5.1, German 2.0, Italian 2.0, Spanish 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, French, German, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish

TOTAL RUNTIME: 132 minutes

 

!!! Condition of this DVD is used Very Good !!!

 

English Summary:

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical courtroom 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, which killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian. The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon.

The film was positively received by critics, and received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Pete Postlethwaite), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Emma Thompson), Best Director, and Best Picture.

Gerry Conlon is shown in Belfast stripping lead from roofs of houses when security forces home in on the district with armoured cars, and a riot breaks out. Gerry's father, Giuseppe Conlon, later saves him from IRA punishment, and he is sent off to London to stay with his aunt, Anne Maguire, for his own good. Instead, he finds a squat, to explore, as he puts it, "free love and dope". In October 1974, Gerry happens to gain entry to a prostitute's flat and he steals the £700 he finds there and chats briefly with a man sitting in a park. On that evening in Guildford, southwest of London, there is an explosion at a pub that kills four off-duty soldiers and a civilian, and wounds sixty-five others.

 

German Summary:

Im Namen des Vaters (Originaltitel: In the Name of the Father) ist eine britisch-amerikanische Co-Produktion aus dem Jahr 1993. Der unter der Regie von Jim Sheridan entstandene Film basiert auf der wahren Geschichte der so genannten Guildford Four.

Als der im Belfast der 1970er Jahre lebende Kleinkriminelle Gerry Conlon von Soldaten der britischen Armee für einen Heckenschützen gehalten wird, verursacht er auf seiner Flucht vor den Soldaten einen Aufruhr, der auch Mitglieder der IRA in Bedrängnis bringt. Sie wollen ihn dafür bestrafen, was Gerrys Vater Giuseppe jedoch im letzten Augenblick verhindern kann.

Giuseppe rät seinem Sohn, sich nach London abzusetzen, wo seine Tante lebt, um weiteren Konflikten mit der IRA aus dem Weg zu gehen. Zusammen mit seinem Freund Paul Hill macht er sich auf den Weg nach London, wo sie mit der Londoner Hippie-Szene in Kontakt kommen. Sie ziehen in ein Haus, das von einer Kommune besetzt worden ist. Dort lernen sie Carole Richardson und Paddy Armstrong kennen. Nach einem Streit ziehen sie wieder aus und nehmen zunächst eine Parkbank in Beschlag, die jedoch ein obdachloser Landsmann für sich beansprucht. Als sie mit dem Bettler sprechen, explodieren zwei Pubs. Aufgrund einer Beschuldigung vonseiten eines der Hausbesetzer geraten Gerry und Paul in Verdacht, die Explosionen verursacht zu haben, und werden inhaftiert.

 

Cast / Besetzung:

  • Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon
  • Pete Postlethwaite as Patrick "Giuseppe" Conlon
  • Emma Thompson as Gareth Peirce
  • John Lynch as Paul Hill
  • Corin Redgrave as Inspector Robert Dixon
  • Beatie Edney as Carole Richardson
  • John Benfield as Chief PO Barker
  • Paterson Joseph as Benbay
  • Marie Jones as Sarah Conlon
  • Gerard McSorley as Detective Pavis
  • Frank Harper as Ronnie Smalls
  • Mark Sheppard as Paddy Armstrong
  • Don Baker as Joe McAndrew
  • Tom Wilkinson as an Appeal Prosecutor

Model, now actress, Saffron Burrows made her feature film debut in the film, as Gerry Conlon's free love-interest at a commune/squat in London at the time of the bombings.

 

Directed by Jim Sheridan
Produced by Jim Sheridan
Screenplay by
  • Terry George
  • Jim Sheridan
Based on Proved Innocent
by Gerry Conlon
Starring
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Emma Thompson
  • Pete Postlethwaite
Music by Trevor Jones
Cinematography Peter Biziou
Edited by Gerry Hambling
Production
company
Hell's Kitchen Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • 27 December 1993 (Ireland)
  • 29 December 1993 (United States)
  • 11 February 1994 (United Kingdom)
Running time
132 minutes
Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
Language English

 

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