Bloody Sunday / Paramount Classics ; Portman Film presents ; in association with Granada, Film Council, and Bord Scannán na hÉirean/the Irish Film Board ; a Granada Film/Hell's Kitchen production ; produced by Mark Redhead ; written and directed by Paul Greengrass.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard Mcsorley, Kathy Keira Clarke, Allan Gildea, Gerard Crossan, Mary Moulds, Carmel McCallion. Based on the book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday by Don Mullan. Special features: Commentaries by writer/director Paul Greengrass, actor James Nesbitt and co-producer Don Mullan; interviews with cast and crew, Ivan Cooper and James Nesbitt. Based on the book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday by Don Mullan. Special features: Commentaries by writer/director Paul Greengrass, actor James Nesbitt and co-producer Don Mullan; interviews with cast and crew, Ivan Cooper and James Nesbitt.
Contents:
Special features: "Bloody Sunday": history retold (interviews with the cast and crew); "Bloody Sunday: Ivan Cooper remembers" (interview with the real Ivan Cooper as well as James Nesbitt the actor who portrays him); commentary by writer/director Paul Greengrass and actor James Nesbitt; commentary by co-producer Don Mullan; writer of the original book "Eyewitness Bloody Sunday."
Summary:
Recreation of the events of "Bloody Sunday", Jan. 30, 1972, when British troops fired on unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. By the end of the day, 13 civilians were dead and 14 more wounded in the tumult and tragedy of Northern Ireland's darkest day.
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