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 Michael Collins (DVD)
 Michael Collins (DVD) ... September, 1998 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Full Screen, PAL / A heartfelt epic from Irish director Neal Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire), Michael Collins is the biography of the charismatic and controversial Irish rebel leader who led the fight for independence from Britain. Among the most beautiful and atmospherically photographed movies of the 1990s, Michael Collins is also a rich and intelligent study of the nature of politics and leadership: the IRA spokesman, full of fiery convictions, eventually gives way to the more mature negotiator who strives to reach a compromise solution and is politically undone in the process. Liam Neeson gives a grand and towering performance as Collins, but for all the character's legendary, heroic, or otherwise larger-than-life attributes, Jordan and Neeson also keep him human. This is sweeping historical filmmaking of the kind we haven't seen since the heyday of David Lean, but with Jordan's characteristic touches of complexity and ambivalence. --Jim EmersonNewest Review: ... of Michael Collins back in Ireland with a plan that will finally rid Ireland of the British occupation. What begins is a ... more ... geurilla war lasting almost three years. We witness the truce called by the British when all hope was lost by the Irish of succeeding. We witness the apparent of success of Collins' campaign and the rejection of its terms by some members of The Dáil, leading to a civil war which cost the life of Collins when he attempted to end the conflict. This is Neil Jordan's excellent film based on the life of Michael Collins. He had waited almost ten years before he could finally get this project under way, and had Liam N...more |
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Dublin, Ireland. The 1916 Easter Rising. The Dublin GPO is under heavy fire from British forces. Eventually Irish volunteers realise they have been fighting a hopeless battle and surrender. The leaders of the rebellion are executed, while the others who took part in the Rising are shipped off to England and imprisoned. Some time later, we witness the arrival of Michael Collins back in Ireland with a plan that will finally rid Ireland of the British occupation. What begins is a geurilla war lasting almost three years. We witness the truce called by the British when all hope was lost by the Irish of succeeding. We witness the apparent of success of ... Read the complete review
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