In the Name of the Father

We all know the Daniel Day Lewis was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Gerry Conlon, the Irishman who was there in the wrong place at the wrong time and lost precious years of his life behind bars.

An excellent movie for anyone who wants to deliberate on the misgivings people have with POTA and other legislation etc. Excellent still if you like good, hard-hitting movies with tight scripts. Fantastic acting by Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite (the guy most people know as Kobayashi from one of our favourite movies - The Usual Suspects)

Not an after dinner movie if you want to sleep well. But a movie, anyone with hatred in the heart for other people, countries, etc must watch for a retake. Besides we know very little about the IRA and England, etc - most of what we know coming from watching Michael Collins, this movie and perhaps The Devil's Own (not a great movie, not bad either)

My favourite scene is when Pierce the solicitor is speaking...

Appeal Prosecutor: My Lord, this is new evidence.
Appeal Judge: It is shocking new evidence.
Appeal Prosecutor: My lord, this evidence was not submitted at the trial that is under appeal.
Appeal Judge: That, I believe, is the point that Mrs Pierce is trying to make. Proceed, Mrs Pierce.

Thanks to IMDB for the quotes above

Particularly heart-rending are the interrogation and the subsequent scenes.

Must watch for all movie (and perhaps all history) buffs considering that is tragically based on a true story)