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Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

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Movie Info


Genre

Drama, Crime

Release Date

August 21, 2009 (Limited)

Duration

90 min.

Studio

IFC Films

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Cast and Crew


Director

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Producer

Eoin O'Callaghan, Stephen Wright

Screenwriter

Guy Hibbert

Starring

  • Liam Neeson as Alistair Little
  • James Nesbitt
  • Anamaria Marinca
  • Juliet Crawford

Movie Story


Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 16 is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. He and his gang are given the go ahead to kill a young Catholic man, James Griffin, as a reprisal and a warning to others. When the hit is carried out, Joe Griffin - the 11-year old little brother of the target - watches in horror his brother is shot in the head. Thirty years later Joe Griffin and Alistair are to meet, on camera, with a view to reconciliation. Alistair has served his sentence, and Peace may been agreed in N. Ireland, but unbeknownst to the production team, Joe Griffin, is not coming on the program for a handshake but to stick a knife in his brother's killer - live on air.

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James Nesbitt stars as Joe Griffen and Liam Neeson stars as Alistair Little in IFC Films' Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
Liam Neeson stars as Alistair Little in IFC Films' Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

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MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..intimate, essentially two-man chamber drama..”
by Dennis Harvey [Variety]
“..refreshingly humane and hopeful..”
by Scott Weinberg [Cinematical]
“..highly emotional, very talky..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter]