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In the Name of the Father (1993): Gerry Conlon
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The greater part of the movie takes place in prison, where Conlon and his father (Pete Postlethwaite) are housed in the same cell. His father, a hard-working, honest man, is filled with indignation. Conlon is more filled with self-pity and despair, but gradually, inspired by his father, he begins trying to prove his innocence, and is lucky to convince a stubborn lawyer (Emma Thompson) to take his case. She works for years, and even so might not have made much progress if a police evidence technician hadn't mistakenly given her a report she was never meant to see.
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Based on the true story of accused IRA bomber Gerry Conlon, Jim Sheridan's IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER is the powerful saga of an unlikely Irish martyr wrongfully imprisoned by the British government. Sheridan takes a controversial subject and gives it wider appeal by focusing on the family drama of two men who are ... political prisoners. In 1974, the Irish Republican Army bombs a pub in Guildford, England, killing five people. read more
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Bullied by the police who are under pressure to arrest someone for the murders, Conlon confesses, and he and his father spend 15 years in prison. It is British attorneys, led by Gareth Peirce, who eventually win Conlon's freedom. The film has as much to do with the relationship between father and son as it does with the miscarriage of justice. It has been rightly compared to To Kill A Mockingbird for its ability to reach people no matter what their political views, and for showing defense attorneys as the principled lawyers they are. The film was nominated for seven Oscars. Gerry Conlon's speech outside the prison shows where the film draws its title: "I'm an innocent man. I spent fifteen years in prison for something I didn't do.
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Academy Award® -winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson star in this gripping drama which powerfully recreates one of the most terrifying events of recent British history. Based on Gerry Conlon’s memoirs as a Belfast youth who, along with friends and family members, was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a terrorist bombing in 1975.
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Based on Gerry Conlon's autobiographical novel about "the Guilford Four," a surly thief is falsely imprisoned along with his father and aunt for an IRA bombing. With the help of a steadfast lawyer, they fight the system. Six Academy Award Nominations: including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor(Daniel Day-Lewis), Best (Adapted) Screenplay
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Based on the true story of suspected terrorist Gerry Conlon, who was jailed along with his father for 15 years for the Guildford bombing based on evidence from coerced confessions. With the help of female solicitor Gareth Peirce, they eventually get a re-trial.
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