In The Name Of The Father (USA/UK/Ireland)
Proved Innocent |
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Director: Jim Sheridan Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson Footage: 127min Year: 1993 |
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This political docudrama based on Conlon's autobiography, Proved Innocent, is a story about Irish citizen Gerry Conlon , who was wrongly convicted of taking part in an IRA bombing that killed five in Guildford, England in 1974. After a brutal interrogation forces him to sign a false confession, Gerry is sentenced to prison, his family is raked over the coals, and later his father Giuseppe is charged with being an accomplice and is also sent to prison where he lives out the last days of his life. Gerry Conlon commences to gathering evidence to clear his name. References: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (by Roger Ebert) In the Name of the Father (1993) |
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