In the Name of the Father

...has since been ceded to Pixar. Brothers (Dec. 4). It's directed by Jim Sheridan, who got Oscar nominations for My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father. It's written by David Benioff (25th Hour, The Kite Runner), based on a 2004 Danish...

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...Carey Mulligan" -- as well as that of director Jim Sheridan -- "his films have earned 16 nominations, including nods for 'In America,' 'In the Name of the Father' and 'My Left Foot.' " As Pete recounts, "Sheridan received a tremendous...

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...give up acting a lot. Whenever I watch him, I think, "What's the point? There's no point in carrying on. That's it." I remember watching "In the Name of the Father" and coming out of the cinema and burning my equity card and going "I'm...

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...consider some of those who are asking you to take a leap of faith with them: Sheridan, a master storyteller of such power -- remember "In the Name of the Father" or "My Left Foot"? Jackson, the true lord of "The Rings"; "Titantic's" Cameron;...

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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 which killed four off-duty British soldiers and a...

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...the picture. After beefing up for the role of Hawkeye in "Last of the Mohicans," he shed 30 pounds to play IRA prisoner Gerry Conlon in "In the Name of the Father." But beyond looking the part, Day-Lewis strives to become the person he's...

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...QUIT AFTER WATCHING DAY-LEWIS Scottish actor EWAN MCGREGOR set fire to his Equity union card after watching DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER - because he realised he'd never be as good as the Irishman. The star admits he...

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...for six Oscars, two Golden Globes and has directed seven actors into Oscar-nominated roles. His previous works include My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, and In America. His next film, Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake...

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...decades into the future detailing a life where the warnings of climate change were not heeded. Oscar®-nominated Pete Postlethwaite ("In the Name of the Father," "Usual Suspects") plays a global archivist living in 2055 who takes...

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...Globies Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill? We are, too. In March, Jim Sheridan, the celebrated Irish director of such Oscar-nominated films as "In the Name of the Father'' and "My Left Foot,'' was in town to scout locations, and there was talk of a...

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