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In The Name of the Father

1993 • 133 minutes
4.8
52 reviews
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Nominated for seven Oscars in 1993, this biopic features the dramatic prowess of Daniel Day-Lewis as the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA terrorist attack that killed four people. As if a forced confession weren't enough injustice, the police work to implicate Conlon's father (Pete Postlethwaite) in the same crime. Emma Thompson plays the lawyer who worked for years to uncover the truth.

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4.8
52 reviews
Paul Cook
September 1, 2013
What an excellent film,Pete postelthwaite and Daniel Day Lewis are first class together in this epic about sinn fein and the IRA. This had me glued to it from start to finish. Highly recommended.
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A Google user
March 6, 2012
an astonishing yet unsurprising account of the british police's lies, corruption and brutality against the occupied and oppressed native irish people
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Shaun Carney
May 2, 2019
ANOTHER CLASSIC TRUE FILM IMAGINE SPENDING ALL THEM YEARS IN PRISON FOR SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID ????
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