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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HART SHARP VIDEO
EAN: 0829567027721
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 13637
Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A gripping and emotional examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh Northern Ireland.2005 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama2004 IFTA Award for Best Actor (Gerard McSorley)2004 IFTA Award for Best Irish Film2004 Best European Film Award2004 Discovery Award Winner at Toronto International Film FestivalSystem Requirements:Running Time: 106 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/TRUE STORY Rating: NR UPC: 829567027721 Manufacturer No: SC0277D
Amazon.com:
The August 15, 1998 terrorist bombing in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh that killed 29 and injured hundreds of others is the raison d'etre for director Pete Travis's movie of the same name. But the bulk of this moving, beautifully-made film is devoted to the aftermath of the bombing, and American viewers still reeling from the atrocities of 9/11/01 and the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina may well find those events to be not merely compelling but hauntingly familiar. There's little suspense here; indeed, we know what's going to happen from the opening credits, when we see the bomb being made and planted in a car parked on the town's busy main street. Thereafter, people like Michael Gallagher (a fine, low key performance by Gerard McSorley) and his family must first deal with the excruciating agony of losing a loved one. But when weeks pass without a single arrest having been made, Gallagher and others form a support group and ask a simple question: Why? Instead of anything resembling justice, what they encounter are a host of incompetent, slow-reacting politicians and other officials offering little more than smarmy evasions. And that's not even the worst of it; in the most harrowing echo of 9/11 and Katrina, the film suggests that the folks in charge may even have ignored explicit warnings that the bomb (which was the work of a group calling itself 'the real Irish Republican Army') was coming. Dramatic and moving without being the least bit sappy or sentimental, Omagh is a riveting, relevant piece of work. --Sam Graham
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Screen Becomes a Window
I do not believe I have ever seen a movie that more truthfully and compellingly captures tragedy than Pete Travis's Omagh.
Omagh tells the story of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in the city of Omagh, Northern Ireland, and the aftermath that followed. Yet what endears me to this film is that this could have been any town, any family, any tragedy. The film is completely without frills. It is one of the few films I've seen that does not romanticize death and tragedy. It ... Read More
Rating:  - The Result of British Occupation
This was so well acted that it brought back horrible memories, to say the least, of that day. You may agree or disagree with what the Real IRA did, but that's the result of the British occupation in the north of Ireland. People on both sides suffered and we should do well to remember that. Also never forget that it was the Brits who separated the people by their religion, for their own selfish interests. Well directed and a great cast headed by McSorley.
Rating: - helpful
I'm actually an immigrant to Northern Ireland. I live half an hour from Omagh and I found the film helpful in understanding a bit of the areas history. Most of the local people recount the story just like it goes down in the movie. I have friends here who lost relatives in the bombing and they testify to the intensity of the tragety which is well portrayed in the movie.
Rating: - an "irish story"
Omagh is an "Irish story," as they say, and is a must-see for anyone with an interest in the history of modern Irish politics, particularly in the North. Perhaps as wrenching and grief-provoking as the story of the murders of innocent people in 1998 is the search for information and justice which illuminates the the entanglements and complexities of Irish politics.
Omagh is a riveting, well-made docudrama, which I highly recommend.
Rating: - This is a must see...
Brilliant movie. Historically accurate and a must see for anyone interested in Northern Ireland history. The acting is excellent...
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