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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
United Kingdom Ireland
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Year
2008
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Genre
Biopic
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“A lacerating portrait of an agonised period of British and Irish history.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2008
In 1981 republican prisoners in Northern Ireland defied British PM Margaret Thatcher, their so-called ‘dirty protest’ intensifying into hunger strikes as they sought special ‘political’ status.
Director Steve McQueen’s previous experience was in gallery installations, yet he proved an alert and even-handed cinematic storyteller, capturing not only the extraordinary force of will demonstrated by ill-fated leading prisoner Bobby Sands (played by Michael Fassbender, who underwent significant weight loss for the role), but also the callous murder of off-duty prison officers by the IRA.
Unafraid to adopt an unconventional dramatic structure – notably Sands’s lengthy soul-searching conversation with a concerned priest – McQueen’s film moves from shocking realist authenticity to inward contemplation as it surveys human loss in the face of unshakeable ideological conviction.
Terry George’s Some Mother’s Son (1996) approaches the same historical events from the perspective of a prisoner’s mother, played by Helen Mirren.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Bobby Sands
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Father Dominic Moran
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Raymond Lohan
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Raymond's wife
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Davey Gillen
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Gerry Campbell
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Gerry's girlfriend
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the governor
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William
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Mrs Sands
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Mr Sands
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bearded man
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priest
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riot prison officer, Stephen Graves
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Raymond's mother
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hitman
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chief medical officer
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twelve year old Bobby
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loyalist orderly
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Credits
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Direction:
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Directed by
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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©
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©
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Production Company
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Presents
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Presents
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Presents
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Presents
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Developed with the support of
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Developed with the support of
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Filmed with the assistance of
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Made with the support of
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Produced with the participation of
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Worldwide Sales Agent
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Produced by
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Produced by
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Line Producer
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For Blast! Films (Head of Production)
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For Blast! Films (Researcher)
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For Channel 4/Film4 (Production)
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For Channel 4/Film4 (Production)
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For Channel 4/Film4 (Production)
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For Channel 4/Film4 (Commercial Dev'nt)
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For NI Screen (Chief Executive)
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For NI Screen (Head of Production)
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For NI Screen (Head of Finance)
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For NI Screen (Production Co-ordinator)
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Production Supervisor
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Production Accountant
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Scout
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Post-production Supervisor
Casting:
Writing:
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Written by
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Written by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Steadicam Operator
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Focus Puller
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Camera Loader
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Camera Loader
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Gaffer
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Key Grip
Stills:
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Stills Photographer
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Stills Photographer
Special Effects:
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Visual Effects
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Special Effects
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Graphics
Editing:
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Film Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Assistant Art Director
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Scenic Artist
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Props Buyer
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Props Master
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Construction Manager
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Construction Manager
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Assistant Costume Designer
Make-up:
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Chief Make-up/Hair Designer
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Make-up/Hair Artist
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Make-up/Hair Artist
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Make-up/Hair Artist
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Make-up/Hair Artist
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Make-up/Hair Artist
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Make-up/Hair Artist
Titles:
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Titles
Film processing:
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Digital Intermediate
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Camera Equipment
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Camera Equipment
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Electrical Equipment
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Film Laboratory
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Film Laboratory
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Film Stock
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Neg Checks
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Colourist
Music:
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Original Music by
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[Original Music by] With
Sound:
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Sound Designer
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Sound Design by
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Sound Mixer
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Sound Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Assistant Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording
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Sound Editing
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Additional Sound Effects Editor
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Foley (Recorded by)
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
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Stunt Artist
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Stunt Artist
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Stunt Artist
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Stunt Artist
Consultant:
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EPK
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Armourer
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