In Europe's most secure prison, 400 young men must make a choice between life or justice. Time is runing out. Seamus Scullion is the man chosen to select the names of his fellow prisoners in the H3 prison block who are ultimately prepared to die for what they believe in. Based on the true events of the 1981 Hunger Strike at the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland.
Product details
Is discontinued by manufacturer
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No
Language
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English
Package Dimensions
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18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 Grams
Item model number
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5098730094326
Director
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Les Blair
Media Format
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PAL
Run time
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2 hours and 7 minutes
Release date
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12 April 2010
Actors
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Brendan Mackey, Dean Lennox Kelly, Tony Devlin, Kevin Elliot, Mark O'Halloran
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This is an interesting film, but one which depends on the viewer having knowledge, and interest in the subject matter. It reveals a realistic, and sordid existence of republican prisoners in the H blocks of The Maze prison. There are no attempts at sensationalism, and much of the film exposes the utter tedium, loneliness, and uncleanliness of life for those prisoners 'on the blanket'. Unlike the other two films about this period, 'Some Mother's Son', and 'Hunger', this film shows the daily grind of prison life, and the strength, and determination of the republican prisoners, not through the extremity of events so much as the corporate defiance, amidst appalling conditions. The sense of incaceration is compounded by the long periods of inaction, and by the world outside only being seen though the prison wire mesh covering the windows of the cells. Claustrophobic!
A very good attempt to chronicle the Maze Prison H Block hunger strikes in Northern Ireland in 1981. I feel that the ending of the film was a bit rushed and could have been expounded on a little further, but no matter - the film itself is an interesting attempt to convey the reality of the hunger strikes, disgusting prison officer behaviour and the death of Bobby Sands MP and his republican friends, during the time of The Troubles. Clearly not one of Margaret Thatcher's finest hours in politics.
this film is excellent and although its hard to document how bad the conditions were inside the H Blocks and the daily torture these men endured. its been a good film hard to watch if you are anyway aware of the prison protest. Spartans one and all.
Excellent film that was not widely advertised. I only came across it on Amazon by accident. For anyone requiring further information on the Hunger Strike from a dramatic point of view, this is ideal.
I found this movie a bit disappointing, but I'm not sure why. Maybe a bit too unrealistic, didn't quite grip me. I expect IRA and the troubles movies to be intense but this was a bit superficial. It did make me think however. I wondered if the then Prime Minister's determination not to recognise political status for the H-Block prisoners was really an own goal. If she had accepted that status and accepted that a guerilla war had been declared on the UK then presumably it would have been legitimate to send the SAS to the island and assassinate every member of the IRA that they knew the identity of without worrying about the rule of law as it would have been war and not murder. Hmm.
At last! A great account of life for Irish political prisoners. Nearly there with accuracy and disclosure of what it was like. Some good acting as well as some bad but better than the more recent film Hunger which although shows accurately the violent manner they were treated and no wash policy is actually a pretty poor protrayal of Bobby Sands.
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