Michael Collins

10/25/19962h 12m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Ireland, 1916. His Dreams Inspired Hope. His Words Ignited Passion. His Courage Forged A Nation's Destiny. ~

Overview:

Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

Director:

Neil Jordan

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$16,900,000.00

Key words:

civil war
fight
presidential election
freedom fighter
biography
ireland
irish easter rebellion (1916)
1920s
assination
irish history
irish
assassinated

Cast

Liam Neeson

~ as ~

Michael Collins

Aidan Quinn

~ as ~

Harry Roland

Stephen Rea

~ as ~

Ned Broy

Alan Rickman

~ as ~

Eamon de Valera

Julia Roberts

~ as ~

Kitty Kiernan

Ian Hart

~ as ~

Joe O'Reilly

Brendan Gleeson

~ as ~

Liam Tobin

Stuart Graham

~ as ~

Tom Cullen

Sean McGinley

~ as ~

Smith

Gerard McSorley

~ as ~

Cathal Brugha

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Reviews (1)

S
SPDonlan
Written 11 month(s) ago
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Like many such epics, Michael Collins is melodramatic and partial, about a past all too present. But much of the critical hostility it received/s is for offending popular pieties, imperial or republican, no less prejudiced.

Jordan wrestled with historiography and moral complexity in writing his screenplay. He understood that any historical account involves selection and even distortion, not least to persuade producers and sell tickets.

Ultimately, however, the period and place are too complex for Jordan to explain or Collins to contain: its violence is too roughly contextualized, its framing too hagiographical, and its characterization of De Valera too broad.