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Hunger (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Cannes Film Festival
European Film Awards
Stockholm Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Steve McQueen

Written By:
Steve McQueen
Enda Walsh

Actors:
Michael Fassbender ..... Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham ..... Ray Lohan
Helena Bereen ..... Ray's mother
Larry Cowan ..... Prison Guard
Liam Cunningham ..... Father Moran
Helen Madden ..... Mrs Sands
Des McAleer ..... Mr Sands
Dennis McCambridge ..... Beaten Prisoner
Liam McMahon ..... Gerry
Laine Megaw ..... Mrs. Lohan
Brian Milligan ..... Davey
Rory Mullen ..... Priest
Ben Peel ..... Stephen Graves - Prison guard
Lalor Roddy ..... William

Synopsis:

The film stars Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Bobby Sands was not a member of the IRA he was a member of the Irish National Liberation Army but acted with the IRA as part of a broader Irish Republican movement within the Long Kesh prison where this movie occurs) member who led the 1981 Irish hunger strike and participated in the no wash protest (led by Brendan "The Dark" Hughes) in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands death.The film opens with prison guard, Raymond Lohan (Stuart Graham) preparing to leave for work; checking under his car for bombs, putting on his uniform in the locker room and ignoring the camaraderie of his colleagues.Davey (Brian Milligan), a new IRA prisoner arrives at the gaol, following his refusal to wear the prison uniform, he is labeled "non-cooperative." His new roommate, Gerry (Liam McMahon), has smeared the cell with faeces from floor to ceiling and we witness their resistance to the prison regime.Sands is the focus of the film. He deeply believes in the cause that he was imprisoned for and in the righteousness of dying for political prisoner status. In one of the film's most notable scenes Sands debates the morality of the hunger strike with a visiting priest (Liam Cunningham).Yet to be released in the UK [31st October 2008], the film has premiered at Cannes, where it opened the official sidebar section, Un Certain Regard, sparking both walkouts and a standing ovation.

Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, 1981. The infamous H-Blocks is where Irish republican prisoners are on the Blanket and No-Wash protest. It is a living hell for both prisoner and prison officer as the H-Block leader, Bobby Sands, pursues various tactics to help his fellow republicans re-establish their political status. In order to create real change, Bobby leads a Hunger Strike to protest for special category status for republican prisoners.

Biopic about Irish Republican Bobby Sands. Sands starves himself, whilst prisoners Davey Gillen and Gerry Campbell refuse to wear surplus prison clothes, for what they see as the government's lack of recognition to perceive IRA members as political prisoners.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 August, 2009.

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