Bloody Sunday
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
verit'8e
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
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| title: |
Bloody Sunday |
| theatricalDate: |
01-01-2002 |
| stars: |
James Nesbitt
Tim Pigott-Smith
Nicholas Farrell |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Paramount Home Video |
| published: |
22-04-2003 |
| price: |
$19.99 |
| net Rating: |
4.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
110 |
| last lookup time: |
152890096 |
| genre: |
Political Drama
True Story
Politics
Ireland
Social Injustice |
| fullTitle: |
Bloody Sunday |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen
1.85:1 |
| director: |
Paul Greengrass |
| currentValue: |
$8.91 |
| created: |
152890080 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00008DDHZ
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