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Michael Collins (1996) 7.0
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Metascore: 60/100
Reviews: 83 user | 42 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic. Director:Neil JordanWriter:Neil Jordan |
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Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, the 'Lion of Ireland', who led the IRA against British rule and founded the Irish Free State (Eire) in 1921. Written by Dawn M. Barclift
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El precio de la libertad See more »Box Office
Budget:
$28,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
ITL 1,721,921,000 (Italy) (29 November 1996)Gross:
$11,030,963 (USA) (28 February 1997)Company Credits
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Joe O'Reilly: [dictating a letter] You've got to think of him the way he was... He was what the times demanded. And life without him seems impossible. But he's dead. And life is possible. He made it possible.
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Played by Davy Spillane
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Limited
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After he had delivered a hit in the form of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles to its studio, David Geffen asked Neil Jordan what he would like to make next. Jordan unearthed a script he had written 12 years earlier - Michael Collins. See more »Goofs
One of the sailing vessels pictured in the background as Collins, Boland, and Kitty Kiernan walk along the pier in the Dun Laoghaire Harbour is a Dublin Bay Sailing Club Mermaid. This class of 3-man racing dinghy was designed in 1932, 9 years after Collins' death. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joe O'Reilly: [dictating a letter] You've got to think of him the way he was... He was what the times demanded. And life without him seems impossible. But he's dead. And life is possible. He made it possible.
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Opening scroll: At the turn of the century Britian was the foremost world power and the British Empire stretched over two-thirds of the globe. Despite the extent of its power its most troublesome colony had always been the one closest to it, Ireland For seven hundred years Britain's rule over Ireland had been resisted by attempts at rebellion and revolution, all of which ended in failure. Then, in 1916, a rebellion began, to be followed by a guerilla war which would change the nature of that rule forever. The mastermind behind that war was Michael Collins. His life and death defined the period, in its triumph, terror and tragedy. This is his story. See more »Soundtracks
"Low whistle and Uilleann pipes"Played by Davy Spillane
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This film is a brilliant account of the life of Michael Collins. It starts with the Easter Rising of 1916 and ends with his death in 1922. Between that time he managed to negotiate the first treaty of Independence for Ireland. Liam Neeson does brilliantly as "the big fella" and Aidan Quinn also is brilliant at portraying Collin's best friend Harry Boland. Apart from these other great stars in the film are Alan Rickman, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance, Ian Hart and Julia Roberts. Unfortunately some events portrayed in the film are historically incorrect and you get the feeling they were only included to add more drama to the film.
This is definetly a film worth watching and the DVD is even better, featuring a documentary on the real Michael Collins.