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VERONICA GUERIN (2003) |
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| In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone, with a few powerful drug lords battling for control. Their most fearsome opponant was not the police was the courageous journalist Veronica Geurin, who covered the crime beat with unmatched intensity. As she investigated and exposed the "pushers", balancing her home and family against her responsibility to her readers and her country, she became a national folk heroine to the people of Ireland; each attempt on her life only galvanized her legend. Based on a true story, this powerful, emotional film gives unique insight into a fascinating and complex aspect of the Irish conflict and a poignant portrayal of a journalist who risked her life in search of the truth. |
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| Cate Banchett (Veronica Guerin), Gerard McSorley (John Galligan), Ciaran Hinds (John Traynor), Brenda Fricker (Bernie Guerin), Don Wycherley (Chris Mulligan), Barry Barnes (Graham Turley), Simon O'Driscoll (Cathal Turley), Emmet Bergin (Aengus Fanning), Charlotte Bradley (Anne Harris), Mark Lambert (Willie Kealy), Gerrett Keogh (Tony Gregory), Maria McDermottroe (Geraldine Galligan), Paudge Behan (Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland), David Murray (Charles Bowden), Karl Sheils, Barry McEvoy (Gilligan Gang Members), Gina Costigan (Traynor's Girlfriend), Alan Devine (Gerry Hutch), Gerry O'Brien (Martin Cahill), Gabrielle Reidy (Frances Cahill), Paul Roe (Tommy Mullen), David Herlihy (Peter 'Fatso' Mitchell), Darragh Kelly (Terry Fagan), Colin Farrell (Tattooed Boy). |
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WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO KILL VERONICA GUERIN? |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Joel Schumacher (Bad Company).
WRITERS: Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue.
PRODUCER: Jerry Bruckheimer.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: James Flynn, Morgan O'Sullivan, Eli Richbourg, Pat Sandston and Paul Tucker.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ned Dowd, Chad Oman and Mike Stenson.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Harry Gregson-Williams and Michael A. Levine (additional music).
DISTRIBUTOR: Buena Vista Pictures. |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: October 17th, 2003 (USA)
DVD RELEASE DATE: March 16th, 2004 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $611,276 (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $1.5 million (USA)
BUDGET: $17 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: March 2002 -- June 2002
- Composer Harry Gregson-Williams heard a boy (Brian O'Donnell) singing on the street for money in Dublin when he arrived to spend a few days on the set of the film. Later, he tracked the boy down again and recorded him singing six or seven folk songs a capella in a quiet alley. Gregson-Williams chose "Fields of Athenry" from the recording and added his own music around the song for the moving scene following Veronica's death. |
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"A good story, told with the usual Jerry Bruckheimer-Joel Schumacher glibness/pseudo-social concern." -- John Anderson, Newsday |
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"A pre-programmed mediocrity, a slave to its cliches." -- Michael Atkinson, Village Voice |
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"With this movie, Cate Blanchett adds another fine performance to her resume." -- James Berardinelli, Reelviews |
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"It's hard to get behind a protagonist who keeps blundering ahead." -- Jami Bernard, New York Daily News |
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"Cate Blanchett plays Guerin in a way that fascinated me for reasons the movie probably did not intend." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times |
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