In the Name of the Father (1994)

Release Date: March 15th, 1994

DVD Release Date: July 8th, 1998

R |2 hr 12 min

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Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend Paul Hill (John Lynch). On the same night that the IRA bombs a nearby pub, the friends get kicked out of their communal digs and are forced to sleep in a park. He returns to Belfast, but is arrested as the prime suspect in the bombing and imprisoned, where he spends 15 years trying to clear his name.

Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, John Lynch, Corin Redgrave, Beatie Edney, Daniel Massey, Alison Crosbie

Director: Jim Sheridan

Genres: Docudrama

Production Co: Universal Pictures, Hell's Kitchen Films

Keywords: Rise, Escape, Prison, Judge, Inspiring, 1980s, 1970s, Father, Friend