BOBBY. BOBBY. BOBBY.
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Description: The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle.
Cast:
Kathleen Quigley: Helen Mirren
Annie Higgins: Fionnula Flanagan
Gerard Quigley: Aidan Gillen
Frank Higgins: David O'Hara
Bobby Sands: John Lynch
Farnsworth: Tom Hollander
Harrington: Tim Woodward
Danny Boyle: Ciarán Hinds
Alice Quigley: Geraldine O'Rawe
Fr. Daly: Gerard McSorley
Inspector McPeake: Dan Gordon
Theresa Higgins: Grainne Delany
Liam Quigley: Ciarán Fitzgerald
Government Minister: Robert Lang
Young Turk: Stephen Hogan
SAS Leader: Peter Howitt
British Captain: Bosco Hogan
Jimmy Higgins: Jimmy Keogh
Cardinal: John Kavanagh
Frank Maguire: Oliver Maguire
Mother Superior: Doreen Keogh
Rosie Quigley: Anna Megan
Paddy: Hugh O'Donnell
John Deegan: John Higgins
Woman Searcher No. 1: Joan Sheehy
Barrister: Mal Whyte
Judge: Alan Barry
Prosecutor: Barry Cassin
Prison Officer Jones: Brian Mallon
Platoon Leader: Sean Lawlor
Assistant Governor: Michael Sherrie
Young Son: James Hickey
Prisoner's Girlfriend: Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Sister: Fiona Higgins
Hunger Striker No. 1: Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker No. 2: Tim McDonnell
Cyclist: Tony Flynn
Prisoner Murphy: Liam Byrne
IRA Man No. 1: Pat Mulryan
Girl in Farnsworth's Office: Valerie Roe
Woman in Court: Deirdre McAliskey
Prison Officer Davis: Michael O'Sullivan
Woman Searcher No. 2: Jennifer Gibney
Election Agent: Robert Taylor
Prison Officer's Widow: Kate Perry
Prisoner's Leader: Anthony Brophy
Merry Mac: Gene Berrills
Radio Announcer: Richard Neilson
Self: Margaret Thatcher
Prison Officer: Annie Warburton
Written by: Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Director: Terry George
Production: Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 25 Dec 1996
Box Office: $671,437
Cast:
Kathleen Quigley: Helen Mirren
Annie Higgins: Fionnula Flanagan
Gerard Quigley: Aidan Gillen
Frank Higgins: David O'Hara
Bobby Sands: John Lynch
Farnsworth: Tom Hollander
Harrington: Tim Woodward
Danny Boyle: Ciarán Hinds
Alice Quigley: Geraldine O'Rawe
Fr. Daly: Gerard McSorley
Inspector McPeake: Dan Gordon
Theresa Higgins: Grainne Delany
Liam Quigley: Ciarán Fitzgerald
Government Minister: Robert Lang
Young Turk: Stephen Hogan
SAS Leader: Peter Howitt
British Captain: Bosco Hogan
Jimmy Higgins: Jimmy Keogh
Cardinal: John Kavanagh
Frank Maguire: Oliver Maguire
Mother Superior: Doreen Keogh
Rosie Quigley: Anna Megan
Paddy: Hugh O'Donnell
John Deegan: John Higgins
Woman Searcher No. 1: Joan Sheehy
Barrister: Mal Whyte
Judge: Alan Barry
Prosecutor: Barry Cassin
Prison Officer Jones: Brian Mallon
Platoon Leader: Sean Lawlor
Assistant Governor: Michael Sherrie
Young Son: James Hickey
Prisoner's Girlfriend: Karen Carlisle
Prisoner's Sister: Fiona Higgins
Hunger Striker No. 1: Jer O'Leary
Hunger Striker No. 2: Tim McDonnell
Cyclist: Tony Flynn
Prisoner Murphy: Liam Byrne
IRA Man No. 1: Pat Mulryan
Girl in Farnsworth's Office: Valerie Roe
Woman in Court: Deirdre McAliskey
Prison Officer Davis: Michael O'Sullivan
Woman Searcher No. 2: Jennifer Gibney
Election Agent: Robert Taylor
Prison Officer's Widow: Kate Perry
Prisoner's Leader: Anthony Brophy
Merry Mac: Gene Berrills
Radio Announcer: Richard Neilson
Self: Margaret Thatcher
Prison Officer: Annie Warburton
Written by: Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Director: Terry George
Production: Hell's Kitchen, Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 25 Dec 1996
Box Office: $671,437