In the Name of the Father
1993 · Movie · 135 min. · Ireland
Based on Gerry Conlon's autobiography, 'Proved Innocent', Jim Sheridan's 'In the Name of the Father' tells the story of a man wrongfully imprisoned in 1974 for the bombing of a London pub. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Conlon, a young Irish petty thief living in London who gets picked up after he and a friend, Paul Hill (John Lynch), rob a hooker's apartment. The British police, desperate to produce results in their search for the culprits in the pub bombing, force a false confession out of Conlon after subjecting him to days of sadistic torture and threats. The Guildford Four--Conlon, Hill, Paddy Armstrong (Mark Sheppard), and Carole Richardson (Beatie Edney)--are found guilty of the bombing, and members of Conlon's family, including his sickly father, Guiseppe, are imprisoned as co-conspirators. Conlon's desire to bring the truth to light builds as his harrowing incarceration in a maximum security prison stretches on.
Direction Jim Sheridan
Cast Daniel Day-Lewis · Emma Thompson · Pete Postlethwaite · John Lynch · Beatie Edney · Mark Sheppard · Don Baker · Frank Harper · Saffron Burrows · Tom Wilkinson · Gerard McSorley
Soundtrack Trevor Jones · Bono · Gavin Friday
Screenplay Terry George · Jim Sheridan · Gerry Conlon
Cinematography Peter Biziou
Original title In the Name of the Father
8.2
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