Bloody Sunday is a 2002 television film about the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland. Although produced by Granada Television as a TV film, its cinematic potential was noted and it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 16 January, a few days before its screening on the British TV channel ITV on January 20, and then in selected London cinemas from 25 January. The production was written and directed by Paul Greengrass. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Paul Greengrass (b. ... Paul Greengrass (b. ... James Nesbitt (born January 15, 1965) is a Northern Irish actor who is best known for his roles in ITVs Cold Feet and the BBCs Murphys Law as well as many television advertisements. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, France, Venice, Italy, Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // The Bogside area viewed from the city walls Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment led... Londonderry redirects here. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks alongside the Cannes, France, Venice, Italy, Berlin, Germany, and Toronto, Canada festivals as one of the most prestigious in the world. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Greengrass (b. ...

Content

The drama shows the events of the massacre through the eyes of Ivan Cooper, the Protestant Stormont Member of Parliament (for the Social Democratic and Labour Party) who was a central organiser of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement march in Derry on 30 January 1972 that ended with British paratroopers firing on the demonstrators, killing thirteen and wounding another thirteen, one fatally. Ivan Cooper, a Protestant M.P. best known for leading the proscribed anti-internment march, which ended being known as Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, where 14 unarmed men and boys -- only one of whom, Gerry Donaghy (of the Junior IRA), could be adjudged a... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from June 7, 1921 to March 30, 1972, when it was suspended. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Londonderry redirects here. ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Parachute Regiment is the Airborne Infantry element of the British Army. ...

Cooper is played by James Nesbitt, himself a Protestant from Northern Ireland, and a number of the military characters were played by ex-members of the British army. James Nesbitt (born January 15, 1965) is a Northern Irish actor who is best known for his roles in ITVs Cold Feet and the BBCs Murphys Law as well as many television advertisements. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...

The soundtrack contains only one piece of music, a live version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2 which plays over the closing credits. Sunday Bloody Sunday is the third single and opening track from U2s 1983 album, War. ... U2 (IPA: /ju. ...

Trivia

• In the film, Gerry Donaghy was played by Declan Duddy, nephew of Jackie Duddy, one of those killed on Bloody Sunday.
• Big Brother 2007 (UK) housemate Seány O'Kane was in the film.^[1]
• The Film was shot in Ballymun in North Dublin

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Responses

The film was critically acclaimed.^[2] It won the Audience Award at Sundance and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, in addition to the Hitchcock d'Or best film prize at the Dinard British Film Festival.^[3] One of the A festivals in Europe. ...

Bloody Sunday appeared a week before another TV film on the same subject, entitled Sunday (shown by Channel 4). The makers of Sunday criticized Greengrass's film for concentrating on the leadership of the march and not the perspective of those who joined it.^{[citation needed]} Bloody Sunday is a television drama, produced by Sunday Productions for Channel 4 and screened on January 25 2002. ... Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ...

References

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External links

• Bloody Sunday at the Internet Movie Database