| Bloody Sunday (2002)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| James Nesbitt |
Ivan Cooper
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| Tim Pigott-Smith |
Maj. Gen. Ford
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| Nicholas Farrell |
Brig. Maclellan
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| Kathy Kera Clarke |
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| Gerard McSorley |
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| Allan Gildea |
Kevin McCorry
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| Gerard Crossan |
Eamonn McCann
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| Mary Moulds |
Bernadette Devlin
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| Carmel McCallion |
Bridget Bond
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| Christopher Villiers |
Maj. Steele
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| James Hewitt |
Col. Tugwell
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| Declan Duddy |
Gerry Donaghy
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| Plot |
| With breathtaking verisimilitude, Bloody Sunday posits an immediate, you-are-there re-creation of Ireland's most controversial contemporary tragedy. From dusk to dawn, the events of January 30, 1972, are presented in convincing verité fashion; by employing rapid fade-to-black transitions, director Paul Greengrass approaches two perspectives with equal anticipation of potential disaster, based on facts as reported in Don Mullan's politically influential book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) is, ironically, a Protestant Member of Parliament, leading a peaceful but tensely expectant civil rights march through the Catholic "bogside" of the city of Derry, in protest of the British practice of internment without trial. He watches in horror as his throng of unarmed protesters splinters against British paramilitaries who impulsively open fire. No question where Greengrass's sympathies lie (heard but not seen, the first shots are British), but despite charges of inaccuracy and bias, Bloody Sunday will likely stand as the definitive cinematic representation of that horrible day when deadly confusion reigned supreme. (U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" plays over the closing credits; any other choice would have been blasphemous.) --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; War |
| Director |
Paul Greengrass |
| Producer |
Mark Redhead; Arthur Lappin |
| Writer |
Paul Greengrass |
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| Studio |
Paramount Pictures |
| Country |
UK
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
110 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
1/16/2002 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
506 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
8/11/2005 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
097363412946 |
| Chapters |
16 |
| Release Date |
12/12/2003 |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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