Michael Collins

Release Date: 1997-10-14, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 1997-09-23, Rating R (Restricted),

The star of Schindler's List and Rob Roy plays the title role and popular Julia Roberts is his lady love in this star packed, true life tale of war furiously waged and peace desperately sought, the saga of fiery Irish patriot Michael Collins.

Release Date: 1997-04-08, Rating R (Restricted),

Release Date: 1997-04-08, Rating R (Restricted),

Michael Collins, the man and the movie, stands tall. The man is a hero whose fighting tactics became a model for other 20th century struggles, a statesman who negotiated Ireland s break with England, a political martyr slain for the great cause he lived and breathed. The movie is an epic triumph as brave and heartfelt as Braveheart (Jack Mathews, Newsday. I will never make a more important film, Academy Award-winner Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) says. Only time will tell if he makes a more exciting one. Michael Collins roils with the passions of war furiously waged and peace desperately sought. The cast, including Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman and Julia Roberts and the behind-the-scenes production team make Michael Collions a man and a movie you won t soon forget.

DVDs. Michael Collins

Starting with Ireland's bloody Easter Rebellion of 1916 and ending with his untimely death this brilliantly photographed epic from director Neil Jordan tells the charged story of Michael "Mickey" Collins. An IRA founder whose innovative guerrilla tactics succeeded in bringing freedom from British rule Collins remains a controversial but much respected political figure who is skillfully embodied in the film by Liam Neeson. Aidan Quinn plays his longtime friend Harry and Julia Roberts sporting a nice brogue and lovely period costumes is Katie the woman they both love. Jordan staged most of the battles riots ceremonies and speeches at their actual locations in Ireland with a cast of thousands and a great eye for period detail. The result is a film that is both historically evocative and stunningly beautiful thanks to the breathtaking cinematography of Chris Menges. The film is also surprisingly nonjudgmental in its depiction of Collins's appalling but inarguably successful methods of "bloody mayhem." Stephen Rea

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