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Minor Interest

CGiii Rating

Drag | Minor Gay Interest

Public Rating

Michael Collins

Country: Ireland, Language: English, 133 mins

Bio-pic | Minor Interest | 1996
  • Director: Neil Jordan
  • Writer: Neil Jordan
  • Producer: Redmond Morris; Stephen Woolley

CGiii Comment

A fictional biopic - intensely annoying and unsatisfying.

A wasted opportunity amid miscasting and fine performances.

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The(ir) Blurb...

Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.

Cast & Characters

Ian Hart as Joe O'Reilly;
Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan;
Richard Ingram as British Officer;
Liam Neeson as Michael Collins;
Aidan Quinn as Harry Boland;
John Kenny as Patrick Pearse;
Ronan McCairbre as Thomas MacDonagh;
Jer O'Leary as Thomas Clarke;
Michael Dwyer as James Connolly;
Martin Murphy as Captain Lee-Wilson;
Alan Rickman as Eamon de Valera;
Sean McGinley as Smith;
Gary Whelan as Hoey;
Frank O'Sullivan as Kavanagh;
Stephen Rea as Ned Broy

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117039