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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783227900
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783227906
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 1998
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 3730
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 1994
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The true story of a dublin youth wrongly imprisoned for an ira bombing and vindicated in a courtroom battle. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/02/2003 Starring: Daniel Day-lewis Emma Thompson Run time: 133 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Based on a true story, this rousing and tough-minded film details British overzealousness in prosecuting an IRA bombing in the 1970s. Grabbing up a pair of small-time thieves (Daniel Day-Lewis and John Lynch) and their families, the government concocts a conspiracy case against them and tosses them all in jail. Until then, Day-Lewis has been a ne'er-do-well, an apolitical goof looking for a quick score. But confronted with the toughness of his own father (Pete Postlethwaite) in the face of British torture, he begins to realize just what the stakes are. In the Name of the Father is at times grueling and never less than compelling, with a complex performance by Day-Lewis and a strong one by Emma Thompson, as the lawyer who finally cracks through the British obstructions to the truth. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A stunning film about injustice
This is a brilliant film, which shows the appalling events behind a major miscarriage of justice. I found it very moving, and thought the acting and directing was excellent.
This is something I would recommend to anyone.
Rating: - 20 stars!
I bought this film as soon as it came out on Video. I've watched it through about 20 times & have watched certain scenes over & over. The scene in the prison when Gerry Conlon's father is put into the same cell with his son is riviting. Day-Lewis's emotions build from confused to irate to explosive. Pete Postlethwait's sad, shocked reactions work perfectly with Day-Lewis. Throughout the film, these two work off each other--from lackadasical youth shunning his father's advice to mature, driven ... Read More
Rating: - Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
A remarkable film based on the true story of Gerry Conlan, In The Name Of The Father has one of the most gripping opening 20 minutes of any movie I have ever seen. The entire film is incredibly well written and superbly acted.
Essentially a tale of the miscarriage of justice and the abuse of police powers during the troubles, the film begins in Belfast with the British troops mistaking Conlon (Danile Day Lewis) for an IRA sniper and chaos ensues. This is just a foretelling of a much more serious ... Read More
Rating: - heartbreaking
I have watched this movie more times than I can count. Every time I watch it I am still amazed at what transpired. The acting is truly superb. What happened to the people portrayed in the film (was) is appalling. Scary to think about what may go on behind the scenes when a terrible crime is committed and the police desperately want to solve it.
Rating:  - Riveting!
"In the Name of the Father" is a movie based on a true story that shows not only how life can be unfair, but how, through strange circumstance, even in great suffering, a father and son come to know and love each other, when otherwise they might have drifted apart.
The story is set during the IRA revolution. A first scene shows happy young people entering a English pub in the evening during the year 1974. Fire and smoke explode in front when a IRA bomb foes off, killing five people. An ... Read More
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