Director
Jim Sheridan
Leading Actors/Actresses
Daniel Day Lewis, Emma Thompson
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Pete Postlethwaite, Corin Redgrave, Beattie Edney
Genre
Biographical Courtroom Drama
Language
English (Irish)
Awards
Best Director, Jim Sheridan : Berlin International Film Festival, Best Move BAFTA Award
Date of Release
1993
Producer
Jim Sheridan
Setting and Context
Belfast, 1974 and London, England, 1974 against a backdrop of terrorist bombings perpetrated by the IRA on the British mainland
Narrator and Point of View
The movie has Gerry Conlin's point of view
Tone and Mood
Dramatic and threatening, psychological
Protagonist and Antagonist
Gerry Conlon is the protagonist, the British legal system the antagonist
Major Conflict
The movie is about conflict from beginning to end. Some of these conflicts include the conflict between the supporters of the IRA and the British government; the conflict between Gerry and his father; the conflict between Gerry and the police officers interrogating him and the conflict between Gareth Peirce and the prosecution at the appeal
Climax
The climax of the movie is the convictions of the Guildford Four being overturned
Foreshadowing
The arrival of the RUC officers to arrest Gerry foreshadows his arrest on terrorism charges
Understatement
The effect of the bombings in the victims is understated throughout the movie as the desperation of the police to bring the bombers to justice is understated and instead presented as something deliberately attempting to gain a false confession
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
There are no particular allusions in the film
Paradox
Gerry does not develop the kind of emotional connection with Giuseppe that his father is desiring until his father has passed away and Gerry's loyalty becomes to his memory
Parallelism
No specific instances of parallelism
