In the name of the father / Universal Pictures presents a Jim Sheridan film ; screenplay by Terry George & Jim Sheridan ; produced and directed by Jim Sheridan.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20248 | Universal Studios Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, [1998]Description: 1 videodisc (R) (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0783227906
- 9780783227900
- In the name of the father (Motion picture)
- Conlon, Gerry -- Film adaptations
- Conlon, Gerry -- Drama
- False imprisonment -- England -- Drama
- Judicial error -- England -- Drama
- Fathers and sons -- Ireland -- Drama
- Prisons -- England -- Drama
- Terrorism -- England -- Guildford -- Drama
- Bombings -- England -- Guildford -- Drama
- Bombing investigation -- England -- Guildford -- Drama
- Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; production designer, Caroline Amies ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; original songs by Bono, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The My Left Foot team of star Daniel Day-Lewis and director Jim Sheridan were reunited to make this political docudrama about Irish citizen Gerry Conlon (Day-Lewis), who was wrongly convicted of taking part in an IRA bombing that killed five in Guildford, England in 1974. After a brutal interrogation forces him to sign a false confession, Gerry is sentenced to prison, his family is raked over the coals, and later his father Giuseppe (Pete Postelthwaite) is charged with being an accomplice and is also sent to prison where he lives out the last days of his life. Day-Lewis gives an outstanding performance as a man tormented by the injustice served him. Watch for Emma Thompson as the persevering lawyer who works for years, gathering evidence to clear Gerry's name. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
DVD; Dolby surround; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Region 1 NTSC.
English or French language soundtrack (Dolby surround) with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Rated R.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson, Malcom Tierney, Daniel Massey.
Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; production designer, Caroline Amies ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Trevor Jones ; original songs by Bono, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer.
Based on the autobiographical book: Proved innocent / by Gerry Conlon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993.
Special features: Production notes ; cast & filmmakers' bios ; film highlights.
Fact-based film about Gerry Conlon, a young Irish punk who is caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and forced to confess to a terrorist bombing. He and his father, along with friends of Gerry, are found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. There, his father shows his true strength, and Gerry works to prove their innocence and clear his father's name.