Michael Collins
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790729404
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790729407
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 08, 1997
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sales Rank: 5764
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 11, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Neil Jordan returns to the strife-torn Irish political landscape for this real-life epic set in 1920 and starring Liam Neeson as the legendary Irish revolutionary leader and Julia Roberts as his headstrong fiancee.
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Irish writer-director Neil Jordan followed up his surprise hit The Crying Game with this controversial biography of IRA leader Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. The film follows Collins as he matures from guerrilla leader to national hero and statesman. Jordan's take on Collins is that he was set up by Irish president Eamon De Valera (Alan Rickman), who was jealous of Collins's legendary popularity. De Valera puts Collins in the position of negotiating a peace treaty that would never satisfy the Irish hero's hard-core followers. When the IRA leader returns with a first-step compromise, De Valera undercuts Collins's popularity by refusing to support the revised treaty. And the civil war continues for decades. Michael Collins occasionally loses focus and momentum, but is the kind of exciting historical drama that deserves to be called 'sweeping.' It is also one of the most beautifully photographed films in years: cinematographer Chris Menges uses color and texture to set moods and accent emotions. The movie also stars Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, and Stephen Rea. --Jim Emerson
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- A great film - should be watched by everyoneThis film has a real power to it, and presents a major historical figure in a way that is easy to ... Read More
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- Historically inaccurate, mediocre-to-bad actingThis movie, while somewhat interesting, was so historically inaccurate and lopsided it's laughable. ... Read More
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- Love the film, despise the DVD release.This review is not concerned with the film itself - but rather its presentation on DVD. First of all, ... Read More
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- Liam Neeson Shines as CollinsThis is a well produced and well written film that tells the story of Michael Collins and the Irish Rebellion ... Read More
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- Pleasantly pleasedThis film came in perfect condition and in a very timely manner. I got it the very next day. I couldn't have been ... Read More
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