Michael Collins

Titolo originale: Michael Collins
Regia: Neil Jordan |
Anno: 1996
Origine: Ireland | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Guerra Dramma Thriller Storia
Tag: civil war | fight | presidential election | freedom fighter | biography | ireland | irish easter rebellion (1916) | 1920s | assination | irish history | irish | assassinated |
Cast: Liam Neeson | Aidan Quinn | Stephen Rea | Alan Rickman | Julia Roberts | Ian Hart | Brendan Gleeson | Stuart Graham | Sean McGinley | Gerard McSorley | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Charles Dance | Richard Ingram | John Kenny | Ronan McCairbre | Jer O'Leary | Mike Dwyer | Martin Murphy | Gary Whelan | Frank O'Sullivan | Frank Laverty | Owen O'Neill | Liam De Staic | Owen Roe | Paul Bennett | Claude Clancy | Paul Hickey | Tom Murphy | David Gorry | Gary Lydon | David Wilmot | Joe Hanley | Colm Coogan | Aiden Grennell | Dave Seymour | Ian McElhinney | Tony Clarkin | Luke Hayden | Gary Powell | Max Hafler | Laura Brennan | Aidan Kelly | Jim Isherwood | Michael James Ford | Mal Whyte | Martin Phillips | Aisling O'Sullivan | Malcolm Douglas | Brian 'Joker' Mulvey | Frank Patterson | Peter O'Brien | Michael McCabe | Vinnie McCabe | Alan Stanford | Gary Mullan | Barry Barnes | Denis Conway | Don Wycherley | Paraic Breathnach | Terry Woods | Conor Breen | Lesley Conroy | Karl Dawson | Alan Joyce | Gareth Molan | Deirdre Mulrooney | Joe Redmond | Jean Kennedy Smith | Ian Dillon |

Il film segue sette anni della breve e ardente vita di Michael Collins, discusso eroe dell'indipendenza irlandese, ucciso in un'imboscata da altri irlandesi.

Approfondimenti

The director Neil Jordan issued a statement in which he attempted to justify Collins' work by saying [...] D
Despite containing several brutal scenes of violence, the film was given a very lenient 'PG' rating [...] D
Liam Neeson was 43 when this movie was made. The real-life Michael Collins was 31 when he died. D
The Treaty ports were returned to Ireland in 1938, ensuring the country could remain neutral through [...] D
The character Ned Broy is a composite of Ned Broy, a double agent in the police, and Dick McKee, Com [...] D
The first DVD release was flippable, and had two sides, much like an old LP (similar to the first DV [...] D
After he had delivered a hit in the form of Intervista col vampiro (1994) to its studio, David Geffe [...] D
Mary-Louise Parker was at the point of being signed for the part of Kitty, when Neil Jordan got a ca [...] D
Richard Harris and Kevin McClory, planned a Michael Collins biopic in the mid 1960s. D
Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, and Ian Hart all appeared in Harry Potter films. D
John Boorman's short segment from Lumière and Company (1995) was filmed on the set of this movie [...] D
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Julia Roberts; and two Oscar nominees: Liam Neeson and Step [...] D
Recently released documents show that Michael Collins used former Black and Tans against the IRA dur [...] D
Jonathan Rhys Meyers's character could represent the post-Free State founding, and later versions of [...] D
Michael Collins adopted guerrilla tactics used by the Boers during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). D
The film, like most films of historical characters, alters real events for dramatic effect. Harry Bo [...] D
Robert Redford spent a short time in Dublin in the early '80s doing research on an unrealized Michae [...] D
Michael Collins was a major influence on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Cuban R [...] D
The final song by Elliot Goldenthal in the film, "Funeral/Coda," is actually Goldenthal's rejected f [...] D
Brendan Gleeson played Collins in The Treaty (1991). Liam Neeson consulted with Gleeson during pre-p [...] D
Michael Collins was accusing of betraying Ireland by signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty as it confirmed [...] D
This was originally going to be a Kevin Costner feature. D
The film suggests that Eamon De Valera ordered the assassination of Michael Collins. De Valera alway [...] D
When the film was in production, the IRA exploded a bomb in London's Canary Wharf, thereby ending a [...] D
John Turturro turned down the role of Eamon de Valera. D
It is considered likely that Collins was killed by a dum-dum bullet fired by Denis "Sonny" O'Neill, [...] D
Matt Dillon was originally up for the part of Harry Boland. D
The film takes place from 1916 to 1922. D
Many of the Black and Tans served with the 10th Irish Division during World War I. D
Gabriel Byrne was attached to the role of Michael Collins when Michael Cimino was set to direct. D
Bray Wanderers' Carlisle Grounds substituted for 1920's Croke Park, at a cost of approximately one m [...] D
Tom Cruise was offered the Jonathan Rhys Meyers cameo of the assassin. Cruise would later co-star in [...] D
The vast exterior set of the GPO (General Post Office), cost IR£1.5 million, which RTE News descr [...] D