| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 504 |
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Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 504.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Performer |
Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; original music, David Holmes with Leo Abrahams. |
| Summary |
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member, Bobby Sands, went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. The film focuses on Sands's final days. An unflinching, transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard. |
| Note |
Special features: Video interviews with Steve McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender; short documentary on the making of Hunger: including interviews with McQueen, Fassbender, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch; "The Provos' last card?:" a 1981 episode of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland; trailer. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Sands, Bobby, 1954-1981 -- Drama.
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Irish Republican Army -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Political prisoners -- Ireland -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hastings-Smith, Laura.
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Gutch, Robin.
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Walsh, Enda.
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McQueen, Steve, 1969-
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Fassbender, Michael, 1977-
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Cunningham, Liam.
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Graham, Stuart.
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Megaw, Laine.
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Milligan, Brian.
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McMahon, Liam.
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Bobbitt, Sean.
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Walker, Joe.
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Holmes, David, 1969-
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Abrahams, Leo.
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IFC Films.
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FilmFour (Firm)
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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Northern Ireland Screen.
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Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.
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Wales Creative IP Fund.
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Blast! Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
The Provos' last card?
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| ISBN |
9781604652352 |
| Music No. |
CC1868BD Criterion Collection |
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