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Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis gives an impassioned performance in this riveting drama that mirrors one man's 15 year struggle and ultimate triumph over a terrible injustice. Oscar winner
Emma Thompson co-stars in this gripping and highly emotive film.
In The Name Of The Father tells the true-life saga of Gerry Conlon. A petty thief in strife torn '70s Belfast, Gerry's main interests are getting drunk and partying, much to the dismay of his quiet, frail father, Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite).
When Gerry angers the IRA, his father sends him to England, where his antics put him in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Innocent, but forced to confess to an act of savage terrorism, he is sentenced to life imprisonment as one of the 'Guildford Four'. An innocent Giuseppe is also arrested, and while behind bars, Gerry learns that his father's seeming frailty masks an unmatched inner strength and wisdom.
Working with a fiercely dedicated lawyer, Gerry determines to prove his innocence, clear his father's name and expose the truth behind one of the most shameful legal events in recent history.

Average rating (2 reviews)
Not exactly the truth but...
tjackson | 21/08/2007 | See all tjackson's reviews (1) »
still a very powerful and moving film with relevance to todays current culture of fear. Buy this now!
Powerful
glastochick | 09/05/2007 | See all glastochick's reviews (26) »
An amazing film, the truth about the guildford four and all they went through. One of my fave films. A story about injustice, being in the wrong place at the wrong time!
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie, Anthony Brophy, Emma Thompson, Frankie McCafferty, Julian Walsh, Nye Heron, Paul Warriner & Philip King | |
15 years and over | |
1993 | |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
French ; German ; Italian ; Catalan | |
Bulgarian ; Czech ; Danish ; Dutch ; English ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Turkish | |
2 hours 7 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
































