In the Name of the Father (1993)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
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Cast
as Gerry Conlon
as Giuseppe Conlon
as Gareth Pierce
as Dixon
as Hill
as Benbay
as Annie
as McAndrew
as Ann Conlon
as Carole Richardson
as Belfast Detective Pavis
as Prosecutor
as Chief PO Barker
as Paddy Armstrong
as Girl in Pub
as Guildford Soldier
as 1st IRA Man
as Nick Sharkey
as Danny
as Tommo
as Carol
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Soldier
as Bin Lady
as Elaine
as Female Rioter
as Judy Miller
as 2nd Ira Man
as Tom
as 3rd Ira Man
as Mother
as Girl with Baby
as Boy in Riot
as Boy in Riot
as Young Girl
as IRA Woman
as Charlie Burke
as Woman on Balcony
as Hooker's Driver
as Granny Conlon
as Detective
as Sarah Conlon
as Detective
as Bridie Conlon
as Detective
as Girl in Commune
as Detective
as Deptford Jim
as Detective
as Marian
as Detective
as Paddy Maguire
as Policewoman
as Young Vincent Maguire
as Young Patrick Maguire
as Policewoman
as Trial Judge
as Defense Counsel
as Remand Prison Officer
as Trial Judge
as Jury Foreman
as Ronnie Smalls
as Prison Officer
as Prison Officer
as Prisoner John O'Brien
as Cockney Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Home Office Official
as New Chief Prison Officer
as Dixon's Son
as Government Official
as Archivist Jenkins
as Scottish Governor
as Archivist 2
as Appeal Judge
as Appeal Prosecutor
as Salvatore
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Critic Reviews for In the Name of the Father
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Daniel Day-Lewis is remarkable.
In the Name of the Father is a model of this kind of engaged, enraged filmmaking, a politically charged Fugitive that uses one of the most celebrated cases of recent British history to steamroller an audience with the power of rousing, polemical cinema.
At every point, Day-Lewis is at the center of the story, and he carries the film with an impassioned performance. It helps that it's a great part.
The picture turns into a kind of stylized morality play about the right and the wrong ways for Irishmen to respond to distorted portraits of their character, and it's terrifically effective.
Day-Lewis, so intricately repressed in The Age of Innocence, here offers a role reversal in an unreserved and emotional performance that throws caution and inhibition to the winds.
The complicated relationship between the rebellious Gerry and the quietly tormented Giuseppe is one focus of the film. The obvious political implications of the dreadful situation are another.
Audience Reviews for In the Name of the Father
Over-the-top dramatics move this bit of populist fantasy about some Irish falsely imprisoned for bombing innocents in London. Once you accept that some liberties were taken to sell the tale the thing is palatable.
Super Reviewer
An explosive and powerful film, it makes you take notice, rooted to the edge of your chair as you watch the senseless prejudice and heartless feeling of the British judiciary system while they imprison four innocent people. Based on the true story of Gerry Conlon and the Guildford Four, director Jim Sheridan winds through the real life events that landed a bunch of hippies in jail for murdering fifteen people at the height of the IRA's power in Ireland. This is a very strong and powerful film, because the cover-up was so huge and the misuse of power is so obvious. Not just the people prosecuted, but their family and friends, were put into prison, and that's what makes this such a nauseous film to watch. Much of what makes this heartbreaking are the great performances from the cast assembled. Daniel Day-Lewis is himself an enigma among actors, and he proves his method acting is tried and true in this role, coming off as a disenchanted young man with sincerity, but also a dogged and tired middle aged man at the offset of his sentence. Pete Postlethwaite as his father, wanting his freedom and yet remaining revered in the face of his sentencing, makes you tear up every time he holds out hope for the future. The supporting cast is also quite sincere with their performances, and the four imprisoned showed the deepest pain and regret as they are carted off to prison. The only performance that seemed off was Emma Thompson, who plays Conlon's lawyer. Though she remains restrained throughout most of the film, she ends up seeming earnestly aghast as an outsider, when she should be more composed and triumphant at the end of the film. Though some minor facts were changed, most of what remains true and gut wrenching is in this film, and it makes you sad to think it's not false.
Super Reviewer
Superlative drama, about a group of Irishmen wrongfully imprisoned as terrorists in 1970's England. As is ever the case with him, Daniel Day-Lewis exhibits a tour-de-force performance, that leaves one genuinely gripped. Joined by esteemed thespians like Emma Thompson and the late Pete Postlethwaite, there is excellent acting to be found within the supporting cast as well. Sort of like an Irish version of The Shawshank Redemption and almost as powerful. Certainly not to be missed!
Super Reviewer
In the Name of the Father Quotes
| Gerald Conlon: | Our case was so insane, that if you made it up, nobody would believe it. |
| Guiseppe Conlon: | I want you to have some respect. |
| Gerald Conlon: | Respect for who? |
| Guiseppe Conlon: | Respect for yourself. |
| Gerald Conlon: | You see, I don't understand your language. "Justice." "Mercy." "Clemency." I literally don't understand what those words mean. I'd like to put in an application to get all my teeth extracted.That way I could put my fist in my mouth and never speak another word of fuckin' English so long as I live. |
| Gerald Conlon: | You see, I don't understand your language. 'Justice.' 'Mercy.' 'Clemency.' I literally don't understand what those words mean. I'd like to put in an application to get all my teeth extracted.That way I could put my fist in my mouth and never speak another word of fuckin' English so long as I live. |
| Gerald Conlon: | I'm a free man, and I'm going out the front door. |
| Gerald Conlon: | I'm a free man, and I'm going out the front door. |
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