In The Name Of The Father DVD

Advantages: thought-provoking
Disadvantages: none

...of justice that put them in prison for over a decade for a terrorist atrocity they did not commit. Its easy in this day and age of Irish fun pubs and country wide celebrations of St Patricks day across England that it wasnt always this way. I come from an Irish family and live in Birmingham and I am old enough to remember my friends & neighbours attitudes towards the Irish during the IRA's reign of terror (if you stop to think about this you will ...
...community in this country - mainly Birmingham - have shown great humility and grace in forgiving and forgetting those horrible years when any Irishman could be pulled from his bed and held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for up to 72 hrs without charge. Now we have O'Neills pubs and O'Briens sandwich bars up and down the country and stars like Colin Farrell playing up to the cliched fighting Irish stereotype it is now trendy to be Irish. Thats ... Read review

Advantages: Tense, good use of music to create the effect and fear
Disadvantages: not 100% accurate, which undermines it's importance

...Four pub bombings that happened in the 1970's. The Guildford Four were released from prison in 1989 and since then Gerry Conlon has released his book "Proved Innocent." NOTE: I have not read the book, and knew nothing of the story of the Guildford Four until I watched this film, and therefore this review is based on my opinion of the film and how it made me feel. Jim Sheridan produced this film, along with many other films with their roots in Ireland, ...
...particular film was first released in 1993, four years after the Guildford Four were freed. Background ----------------- What happened to the Guildford Four is now well documented and is an example of one the terrible miscarriages of justice that has happened in Britain in the recent past. Gerry Conlon lived in Belfast and was not a particularly politically motivated individual despite the fact that the streets of Belfast were depicted as a war ... Read review