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Hunger (2008) -- The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands.
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7.7/10   5,477 votes
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Director:
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Steve McQueen (written by)
Enda Walsh (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 2008 (Greece) more
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An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest. more
Plot:
The last six weeks of the life of the Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 30 wins & 14 nominations more
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(201 articles)
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 22, 2009
 (From Screen Rant. 22 November 2009, 1:11 PM, PST)

Artists cast as saviours of British cinema
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 21 November 2009, 4:06 PM, PST)

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Powerful more (55 total)

Cast

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Michael Fassbender ... Bobby Sands

Stuart Graham ... Ray Lohan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helena Bereen ... Ray's mother
Larry Cowan ... Prison Guard
Liam Cunningham ... Father Moran
Helen Madden ... Mrs Sands
Des McAleer ... Mr Sands
Dennis McCambridge ... Beaten Prisoner
Liam McMahon ... Gerry
Laine Megaw ... Mrs. Lohan
Brian Milligan ... Davey
Rory Mullen ... Priest
Ben Peel ... Stephen Graves - Prison guard
Lalor Roddy ... William
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96 min
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Michael Fassbender had to go on a medically monitored crash diet to portray Bobby Sands, much to the horror of those around him. more
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61 out of 83 people found the following comment useful.
Powerful, 20 May 2008
10/10
Author: sambrinks from United Kingdom

The movie is a timely piece of film-making in this era of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. I have to admit my prejudice for the film because of my past as one of the prisoners depicted in the film. Long Kesh – or the Maze as the British infamously renamed it – was the Abu Ghraib of its day. One stark difference though: unlike Abu Ghraib, no one has ever been charged with the horror and relentless torture inflicted upon naked, defenceless prisoners in Long Kesh. The film is uncompromising in its examination of the events leading up to and beyond the Hunger Strike. Michael Fassbender is frighteningly real. But I will leave it up to the words of Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian to sum it up: 'Hunger is raw, powerful film-making and an urgent reminder of this uniquely ugly, tragic and dysfunctional period in British and Irish history…'

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