Genre: Drama / Biography
Duration: 133 minuten
Country:
Ireland / United Kingdom
Directed by: Jim Sheridan
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite and Emma Thompson
IMDb score:
8,1 (195.405)
Releasedate: 12 December 1993
In the Name of the Father plot
"Falsely accused. Wrongly imprisoned. He fought for justice to clear his father’s name."
Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day Lewis) was not politically active in Northern Ireland, but his wanderings around the city have made him suspected of being a member of the IRA. For security reasons, his father sends him to London, where he is also accused when a bomb attack is committed on October 5, 1974 and a hippie identifies him and his friends as possible perpetrators. Under the new anti-terrorism law, they are tortured without official charges and become a scapegoat for the British-Irish issue.
Actors and actresses
Gerry Conlon
Giuseppe Conlon
Gareth Peirce
Paul Hill
Robert Dixon
Carole Richardson
Chief PO Barker
Benbay
Sarah Conlon
Belfast Detective Pavis
Reviews & comments
baspls
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- 4118 messages
- 1673 votes
In the Name of the Father may be partly fictitious and many factual inaccuracies about the British legal process, but it's an excellent biographical film that successfully captures the essence of the Guildford Four's story. told. According to Jim Sheridan, it is primarily a film about the relationship between father and son.
A number of Irish living in London are suspected of being IRA members. During the heavy-handed interrogations, they sign a statement under pressure in which they confess to an attack. Their families are also being arrested as accomplices. All are sentenced to long prison terms. Years later, a lawyer believes in their innocence.
The recently retired Daniel Day-Lewis plays very strong as Gerry and Pete Postlethwaite was also strong as the father. In addition, Emma Thompson had a great role as the lawyer.
The film is well shot, has a fine soundtrack by Trevor Jones and contains strong music by Bono and Sinéad O'Connor, among others. Because the film mainly relies on documentary facts and drama, there is little exuberant camera work, only the opening titles could be seen as a cinematic masterpiece.
Maybe it's because I'm Catholic like the Irish, but I think the English should just get out of Northern Ireland. Give those people their own country if they want it. And that legal system in England and America really makes no sense, but not that it is so great in the Netherlands. In the Name of the Father I think is a strong film about injustice and "the Irish question".
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Shadowed
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- 10184 messages
- 6094 votes
Solid.
A film classic that took a relatively long time before I finally decided to watch the film. There was a period when I wanted to see every top 250 film as quickly as possible, meanwhile my interest in that area has waned a bit and the pace is slow as a result. At least I can tick one off now.
The first thing that strikes you about the film is that it makes quite a bit of noise, in decibels. Many scenes of the film consist of a crackling soundtrack supported by wild images and screaming actors. It's all very busy, but the nice thing about it is that the pace does go up. The film is therefore nowhere a problem to sit out.
The playing time is relatively long, but that is part of the subject. I even dare to argue that it is simply too short, especially since the sequences in the prison run very quickly. 15 years pass in an hour, and that's just a bit too sloppy and quick, considering the torture scenes last just about as long.
The acting is nice and Day-Lewis puts on a good character who really existed. Furthermore, the film does not deviate much from theatrical acting and sometimes that is a shame, but in general it makes little difference. The dark atmosphere is sometimes good, visually it could have been a bit more handsome. Everything looks a little too bare at the moment.
Overall, this has become a fascinating film, not always well written but told with a lot of pace and noise. It also works in a special way, because the film never gets boring and always looks away. Not a film that blows you away, but keeps you captivated from start to finish. Solid.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 13992 messages
- 4254 votes
This movie failed to grab me. I thought the movie as a whole was rather dull. Lots of scenes with no music, and that gave it quite a 70s vibe (at least, that's the feeling I have) that I never really liked. This makes the film feel distant to me, with no drama or suspense to be found. I also didn't really like Day Lewis, also playing very flat and he didn't hit me anywhere. Visually very boring, there was nothing beautiful in it. This also feels like a cheap movie from the 70s. They probably wanted the movie to feel like it was shot at the time, but it doesn't work for me. In addition, I didn't find a lot of hassle in the prison really interesting. And even the trial at the end, often my thing, didn't really interest me, let alone touch me. In the end, it's not that I was bored, but that's about it. 2.5*.
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