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Veronica Guerin (2003) -- An Irish journalist is assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about in a series of stories.
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Veronica Guerin (2003) -- An Irish journalist is assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about in a series of stories.
Veronica Guerin (2003) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Touchstone Pictures
Veronica Guerin (2003) -- US Home Video Extra (Clip) from Touchstone Pictures

Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   7,775 votes
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Director:
Joel Schumacher
Writers (WGA):
Carol Doyle (story)
Carol Doyle (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 October 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?
Plot:
An Irish journalist is assassinated by drug dealers she wrote about in a series of stories. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 13 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
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Great Film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Cate Blanchett ... Veronica Guerin
Gerard McSorley ... John Gilligan
Ciarán Hinds ... John Traynor
Brenda Fricker ... Bernie Guerin
Don Wycherley ... Chris Mulligan
Barry Barnes ... Graham Turley
Simon O'Driscoll ... Cathal Turley
Emmet Bergin ... Aengus Fanning
Charlotte Bradley ... Anne Harris
Mark Lambert ... Willie Kealy
Garrett Keogh ... Tony Gregory
Maria McDermottroe ... Geraldine Gilligan
Paudge Behan ... Brian Meehan
Joe Hanley ... Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland

David Murray ... Charles Bowden
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and some drug content.
Runtime:
98 min | USA:92 min
Country:
USA | Ireland | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams heard a boy (Brian O'Donnell) singing on the street for money in Dublin when he arrived to spend a few days on the set of the film. Later, he tracked the boy down again and recorded him singing six or seven folk songs acapella in a quiet alley. Gregson-Williams chose "Fields of Athenry" from the recording and added his own music around the song. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Veronica Guerin is showing Colin Farrel about Eric Catona she says his birthday is 26 May 1966. It is in fact 24 May 1966. more
Quotes:
Veronica Guerin: You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same. more
Movie Connections:
References Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) more
Soundtrack:
One More Day more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Film, 31 January 2004
8/10
Author: gerrymcd from Dundalk,Ireland

As an n irish person i was expecting a bad film with joel shumacher directing but this is a great film.

great because of the way veronica dedicated her life to something that was right.

cate blanchet is superb and its sad that it took her death for the irish gorvernment to do something.

an inspirational Film 8/10

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