Omagh - Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Stuart Graham, Pete Travis
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As all of Ireland north and south of the border prepared in June 1998 to vote for peace in the Good Friday referendum, a small group of dissident Provisional IRA members opposed to the peace agreement set out to create a bomb outrage so bloody and calamitous that London and Dublin would be driven apart, unionists would withdraw from the peace process and Northern Ireland would be driven back into violent conflict.
They called themselves the Real IRA and selected their target carefully, choosing Omagh, a small market town where Catholics and Protestants had co-existed remarkably peacefully throughout the 30 years of the Troubles.
Omagh examines the events and aftermath of August 15th 1998, when a Real IRA bomb claimed thirty-one lives. It tells the story of the Omagh Support and Self Help Group as they strive to find the truth of what happened that day. At the heart of the film is the story of Michael Gallagher, who lost his 21-year-old son Aiden in the explosion, and who has become a key spokesman and lobbyist for the Support Group.
Persons of interest
- Gerard McSorley .... Michael Gallagher
- Michèle Forbes .... Patsy Gallagher
- Brenda Fricker .... Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan
- Stuart Graham .... Victor Barker
- Peter Ballance .... Mark Breslin
- Pauline Hutton .... Sharon Gallagher
- Fiona Glascott .... Cathy Gallagher
- Kathy Kiera Clarke .... Elizabeth Gibson
- Claire Connor .... Caroline Gibson
- Gerard Crossan .... Hugh
- Ian McElhinney .... Stanley McCombe
- Sarah Gilbert .... Patricia McLaughlin
- Alan Devlin .... Laurence Rush
- Frances Quinn .... Marion Radford
- Tara Lynne O'Neill .... Carol Radford
- Billy Clarke .... Kevin Skelton
- Frankie McCafferty .... Godfrey Wilson
- Karen Rohleder .... Ann Wilson
- Michael Legge .... Michael Barrett
- Billy Gibson .... James Barker
- Paul Doyle .... Fernando Baselga
- Rita Hamill .... Geraldine Breslin
- Hugo Temperley .... Oran Doherty
- Paul Kelly .... Aiden Gallagher
- Sandra Gildea .... Esther Gibson
- Paul Greengrass .... Screenwriter
- Guy Hibbert .... Screenwriter
- Pete Travis .... Director
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- Awards and film festivals:
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2005: Won: BAFTA TV Award: Best Single Drama (Ed Guiney, Paul Greengrass, Pete Travis, Guy Hibbert); Nominated: Best Visual Effects (Kevin Byrne)
- Directors Guild of Great Britain 2005: Nominated: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movie/Mini Series (Pete Travis)
- IFTA Awards 2004: Won: Best Actor (Gerard McSorley), Best Irish Film; Nominated: Audience Award: Best Irish Film; Best Actress (Michele Forbes), Best Cinematography (Donal Gilligan), Best Film Director (Pete Travis), Best Script (Guy Hibbert, Paul Greengrass)
- San Sebastián International Film Festival 2004: Won: Best Screenplay: (Paul Greengrass, Guy Hibbert),CICAE Award: Best European Film (Paul Greengrass); Nominated: Golden Seashell (Pete Travis)
- Toronto International Film Festival 2004: Won: Discovery Award (Pete Travis)
- See also Bloody Sunday
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Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
MA 15+ (Terrorist themes and violence)
Surveillance time
106 minutes (1:46 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 1 December 2005
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