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Genres:
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Drama /
History
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Release:
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Director:
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Paul Greengrass
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Actors:
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James Nesbitt,
Christopher Villiers,
Allan Gildea,
Gerard Crossan,
Mary Moulds,
Carmel McCallion,
James Hewitt,
Declan Duddy,
Edel Frazer,
Joanne Lindsay,
Mike Edwards,
Gerry Hammond,
Jason Stammers,
Tim Pigott-Smith,
Nicholas Farrell
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Duration:
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106 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)81.5
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Plot Summary:
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In 1972 troops open passionate on civil-rights bandleader Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) and other peaceful protesters in Northern Ireland.
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Bloody Sunday
This movie stars James Nesbitt as Ivan Cooper (an activist) and chronicles the events leading up to and including the so called peaceful march in Derry, Ireland on 30th January 1972 where 13 unarmed people were killed by British troops that shattered any chance of peace with the IRA.
A documentary type movie that is fast paced and shows all the main events in some detail, including the actual march and the British commanders' naive and ignorant views towards the seriousness of the culminating situation.
A very good movie, well worth viewing.
Bloody Sunday
Controversial docudrama based on events in September 1972, when British soldiers shot and killed 13 unarmed civilians during a peace march in Derry. Powerful and thought-provoking
Bloody Sunday was a turning point in the Troubles, leading to an escalation of the conflict and 25 years of cyclical violence. Paul Greengrass's film about the event, first aired on ITV in January 2002, caused some indignation for its alleged "Brit-bashing". But rows and debate are exactly what one would expect, and wish, from such a film. Greengrass doesn't shy away from difficult truths, which makes this very uncomfortable viewing indeed.
Like the writer-director's award-winning TV drama 'The Murder Of Stephen Lawrence', Bloody Sunday is a recreation of events using eye-wi...
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