In the Name of the Father
original film poster
Directed by	Jim Sheridan
Produced by	Jim Sheridan
Written by	Jim Sheridan Terry George
Starring	Daniel Day-Lewis Pete Postlethwaite Emma Thompson
Cinematography	Peter Biziou
Editing by	Gerry Hambling
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	December 12, 1993 (premiere) 13 December 1993 (Belfast only) 29 December 1993 (limited) 21 January 1994 11 February 1994 3 March 1994
Running time	133 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

In The Name Of The Father is a 1993 film directed by Jim Sheridan based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the IRA's Guildford pub bombing. The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheridan from the autobiography Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon. Image File history File links In_the_name_of_the_father_ver2. ... Jim Sheridan (born February 6, 1949) is a film director who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. ... Jim Sheridan (born February 6, 1949) is a film director who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. ... Jim Sheridan (born February 6, 1949) is a film director who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. ... Terry George (born 1952) is a Belfast-born screenwriter and director. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy-Award winning and Golden Globe-award nominated actor. ... 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Synopsis

The protagonist is Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis). Gerry tries to prevent his father (Pete Postlethwaite) from being involved in the IRA bombing accusations. Emma Thompson plays Gareth Pierce, a lawyer who eventually secures Conlon's release, but not before his father has died in prison. The Four were Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick (Paddy) Armstrong and Carole Richardson. ... Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957), is an Academy-Award winning and Golden Globe-award nominated actor. ... Pete Postlethwaite OBE (born February 7, 1945)[1] is an English actor. ... Thompson in the 1989 film The Tall Guy Emma Thompson (born April 15, 1959) is a two-time Academy Award and BAFTA-winning English actress, comedienne, and screenwriter. ... Gareth Peirce (born c. ...

Cast

• Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon
• Emma Thompson as Gareth Peirce
• Alison Crosbie as Girl in Pub
• Nye Heron as IRA Men
• Mark Sheppard as Paddy Armstrong
• Frankie McCafferty as Tommo

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Controversies

The film was controversial on its release due to the liberties taken with events. For example, Conlon and his father were never imprisoned together as in the film. The reasons given for Conlon's eventual release are also fictionalized. Emma Thompson's character is a composite of several lawyers who worked on the case.

Awards

In the Name of the Father was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Pete Postlethwaite), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Emma Thompson), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... // The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to actresses working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Directing is an accolade given to the person that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences feels was best director of the past year. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to the film includes the popular song "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" performed by Sinéad O'Connor and written by Bono, Gavin Friday, and Maurice Seezer. Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... Gavin Friday Gavin Friday (born Fionan Martin Hanvey, on 8 October 1959, in Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter. ...

Filming locations

• Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland (as Park Royal Prison)
• Liverpool, UK (used for many London scenes).

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See also

• Guildford Four
• Maguire Seven
• Birmingham Six
• Prevention of Terrorism Act
• Gareth Peirce

The Guildford Four were a group of people (Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson), who were wrongly convicted in the United Kingdom in October 1975 for the Provisional IRAs Guildford pub bombing — which killed five people and injured sixty-five more — and imprisoned for over... The Maguire Seven case was an infamous event of wrongful conviction in the United Kingdom. ... The Birmingham Six were six men—Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker—sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 in an infamous miscarriage of justice for two pub bombings in Birmingham, England on November 21, 1974 that killed 21 people. ... The Prevention of Terrorism Acts were a series of Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1989, which conferred emergency powers upon police forces where they suspected terrorism. ... Jean Gareth Peirce (born c. ...

External links

• In the Name of the Father at the Internet Movie Database