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Release Date:
2 October 2008 (Greece)
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Tagline:
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
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 30 wins
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14 nominations
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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)
(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
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Cast
(Credited cast) | 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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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Ireland:15A |
UK:15 |
Australia:MA |
France:-12 |
Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Sweden:15 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (British Columbia) |
Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Finland:K-15 |
Argentina:16
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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.
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Referenced in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008)
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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…'