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A former IRA member escapes to London and tries to forget his past. [38] 1987 Naming the Names: Sylvestra Le Touzel: Stuart Burge: Young Belfast woman committed to republican cause caught in web of conflicting loyalties and violence. [39] Based on a short fiction story by Anne Devlin. [40] 1987 TV movie Act of Betrayal: Lawrence Gordon Clark
The film was a co-production of DreamWorks and Warner Bros. in association with Arnold Leibovit Entertainment, who obtained the rights to the George Pal original Time Machine 1960 and collectively negotiated the deal that made it possible for both DreamWorks and Warner Bros. to make the movie. Leibovit was interested in making a new film since ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
Since partition, the IRA had started a number of operations in Northern Ireland designed at bringing about their goal of a United Ireland.The intensity of this activity increased towards the end of 1941, where the IRA decided to step up its campaign of attacks in Northern Ireland. [5]
The Time Machine is a 1978 American made-for-television science fiction-adventure film produced by Sunn Classic Pictures as a part of their Classics Illustrated series. The film stars John Beck and Priscilla Barnes , and was broadcast November 5, 1978 during the November Sweeps on NBC .
[126] [127] The SAMs turned out to be out of date models, unable to shoot down British helicopters equipped with anti-missile technology. [128] The missiles were eventually rendered useless when their batteries wore out. [129] The Semtex plastic explosive proved the most valuable addition to the IRA's armoury. [130]
'71 is a 2014 British thriller film [1] directed by Yann Demange (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Gregory Burke. Set in Northern Ireland, it stars Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, David Wilmot, Richard Dormer, Barry Keoghan, Paul Anderson and Charlie Murphy, and tells the fictional story of a British soldier who becomes separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast at the ...
The Boxer is a 1997 Irish sports drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and co-written by Terry George.Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, and Brian Cox, the film centres on the life of a boxer and former Provisional IRA volunteer Danny Flynn, played by Day-Lewis, who is trying to "go straight" after his release from prison.