BLOODY SUNDAY
synopsis
On January 30 1972, British soldiers shot dead 13 unarmed civilians taking part in a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. The event, Bloody Sunday, was a major turning point in the history of the modern Irish troubles, catapulting a low intensity conflict into a civil war, driving many young men into the ranks of the IRA and fuelling a 25 year cycle of violence.
| international title: | Bloody Sunday |
| original title: | Bloody Sunday |
| country: | United Kingdom, Ireland |
| sales agent: | Portman Film and Television |
| year: | 2001 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Paul Greengrass |
| film run: | 100' |
| release date: | UK 25/01/2002, IT 03/05/2002, PL 21/06/2002, GR 27/09/2002, HU 17/10/2002, FR 30/10/2002, BE 29/01/2003, NL 30/01/2003, ES 21/02/2003, SI 11/09/2003, DK 31/10/2003 |
| screenplay: | Paul Greengrass |
| cast: | James Nesbitt, Kathu Kiera Clarke, Barbara Adair, John Carlin, Allan Gildea |
| cinematography by: | Ivan Strasburg |
| film editing: | Clare Douglas |
| art director: | John Paul Kelly |
| costumes designer: | Dinah Collin |
| music: | Stephen McKeon |
| producer: | Pippa Cross, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan, Mark Redhead |
| production: | January Films, Granada Films |
| distributor: | Feature Film Company, Bórd Scannán na hÉireann (IE), Mikado (IT), Rosebud (GR), Camera Films (DK) |
