Michael Collins (1996)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 132m
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Gerard McSorley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charles Dance
Synopsis:
When the majority of the ringleaders are either imprisoned or shot after the Easter Rising (Dublin, 1916) it is left to Michael Collins to organise armed resistance to British rule. However, his assassination tactics bring him into conflict with the self-declared President of the Republic, De Valera, leading to an animosity and rivalry that are ultimately his undoing.
Review:
However it might telescope events, distort issues and relationships and lionise its subject, the film is no different to countless other historical biopics in that. On the other hand, it is handsomely mounted, provides a pretty useful grounding for British audiences in the background to the troubles and plays very much like a gangster movie, which would have been Dev's point. Moreover it conveys the time-honoured dichotomy of whether it is idealists or men of action who win revolutions.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 132m
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Gerard McSorley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charles Dance
Synopsis:
When the majority of the ringleaders are either imprisoned or shot after the Easter Rising (Dublin, 1916) it is left to Michael Collins to organise armed resistance to British rule. However, his assassination tactics bring him into conflict with the self-declared President of the Republic, De Valera, leading to an animosity and rivalry that are ultimately his undoing.
Review:
However it might telescope events, distort issues and relationships and lionise its subject, the film is no different to countless other historical biopics in that. On the other hand, it is handsomely mounted, provides a pretty useful grounding for British audiences in the background to the troubles and plays very much like a gangster movie, which would have been Dev's point. Moreover it conveys the time-honoured dichotomy of whether it is idealists or men of action who win revolutions.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 132m
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Gerard McSorley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charles Dance
Synopsis:
When the majority of the ringleaders are either imprisoned or shot after the Easter Rising (Dublin, 1916) it is left to Michael Collins to organise armed resistance to British rule. However, his assassination tactics bring him into conflict with the self-declared President of the Republic, De Valera, leading to an animosity and rivalry that are ultimately his undoing.
Review:
However it might telescope events, distort issues and relationships and lionise its subject, the film is no different to countless other historical biopics in that. On the other hand, it is handsomely mounted, provides a pretty useful grounding for British audiences in the background to the troubles and plays very much like a gangster movie, which would have been Dev's point. Moreover it conveys the time-honoured dichotomy of whether it is idealists or men of action who win revolutions.