Bloody Sunday (2002)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writer:

Paul Greengrass (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.

Plot Keywords:

Realism | Irish Catholic | Political Activism | Political Protest | Civil Disobedience

Awards:

19 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

James Nesbitt	...	Ivan Cooper
Allan Gildea	...	Kevin McCorry
Gerard Crossan	...	Eamonn McCann
Mary Moulds	...	Bernadette Devlin
Carmel McCallion	...	Bridget Bond (as Carmel Mccallion)
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Major General Ford
Nicholas Farrell	...	Brigadier Maclellan
Christopher Villiers	...	Major Steele (as Chris Villiers)
James Hewitt	...	Colonel Tugwell
Declan Duddy	...	Gerry Donaghy
Edel Frazer	...	Gerry's girl
Joanne Lindsay	...	Mary Donaghy
Mike Edwards	...	Soldier 027
Gerry Hammond	...	Para F
Jason Stammers	...	Para G
Ken Williams	...	Para H
Bryan Watts	...	Para E
Simon Mann	...	Colonel Wilford
Rhidian Bridge	...	Major Loden
Jonathan O'Donnell	...	Jim
David Clayton Rogers	...	Dennis (as David Rogers)
Sean O'Kane	...	Hugh
Thomas McEleney	...	Tommy (as Thomas Mceleney)
Deirdre Irvine	...	Bogside woman
Gerry Newton	...	Mr. O'Keefe
Ross MacDonald	...	Lieutenant 119 (as Ross Macdonald)
Jim Alexander	...	Csm
James Scott	...	Officer At Barrier 12
Grainne Costello	...	Mrs. Hegarty
Don Mullan	...	Bogside priest
David Pearse	...	O / C Provos
Charles Oakden	...	Briefer
Kathy Kiera Clarke	...	Frances (as Kathy Keira Clarke)
Gerard McSorley	...	Chief Supt. Lagan (as Gerard Mcsorley)
Bruce Alexander	...	Brigade Net
Jason Muir	...	Brigade Net
Tim Clark	...	Brigade Net
Matt Ashenden	...	Brigade Net
Daryl Auckland	...	Brigade Net
Rita Hamill	...	Peggy Deery
Robert O'Conner	...	Willie Mckinney (as Robert O'Connor)
Kevin McCallion	...	Barney Mcguigan (as Kevin Mccallion)
James McLaughlin	...	Jim Wray (as James Mclaughlin)
Graham Harrison	...	Officer At Barrier 14
Oliver Maguire	...	Ruc Man
Darren Healy	...	303 Man
Simon Emberley	...	Lieutenant N
Raymond Cullen	...	Father Daly
Tony Bates	...	Doctor Swords
Kevin Meehan	...	Hospital Administrator
Mark Redhead	...	Journalist
Ian Dray	...	Sib officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eva Birthistle	...	Maura Duffy (uncredited)
Bruce Lawrence	...	Brigade Net (uncredited)
Gillian Rea	...	March Organiser (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Greengrass

Writing credits
Paul Greengrass		(written by)

Produced by
Pippa Cross	....	executive producer
Keith Evans	....	executive producer
Arthur Lappin	....	executive producer
Don Mullan	....	co-producer
Paul Myler	....	co-producer
Mark Redhead	....	producer
Jim Sheridan	....	executive producer
Rod Stoneman	....	executive producer
Paul Trijbits	....	executive producer
Tristan Whalley	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dominic Muldowney

Cinematography by
Ivan Strasburg

Film Editing by
Clare Douglas

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Production Design by
John Paul Kelly

Art Direction by
Padraig O'Neill

Costume Design by
Dinah Collin

Makeup Department
Morna Ferguson	....	key makeup artist
Lorraine Glynn	....	key hair stylist
John Kelehan	....	hair stylist
John Kelehan	....	makeup artist
Conor McAllister	....	assistant hair stylist (as Connor Mcallister)
Niamh O'Loan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jo Homewood	....	production manager
Adrian McCarthy	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Keith Barry	....	trainee assistant director
Therese Friel	....	second assistant director
Elizabeth Gill	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Liz Gill)
Luke Johnston	....	first assistant director
Alex Jones	....	trainee assistant director
Ray Kenny	....	trainee assistant director
Marcus Lynch	....	third assistant director
Clodagh Tierney	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Jillian Wilson	....	trainee assistant director
Sean Griffin	....	trainee assistant director: dailies (uncredited)

Art Department
Maximilian Aita	....	prop dresser (as Max Aita)
Anthony Arkins	....	stagehand
George Arkins	....	stagehand
Thomas Barry-Cunningham	....	carpenter
Graeme Bird	....	propmaker
Johnny Byrne	....	props buyer
Gay Byrn	....	props runaround
Alan Cheevers	....	master plasterer
Austin Connolly	....	carpenter
Colman Corish	....	assistant art director
Joel Daminiani	....	trainee props
Alan Dunne	....	stand-by props
Pascal Farrell	....	supervising carpenter (as Paschal Farrell)
Emma Fitzsimons	....	art director trainee
Michael Flood	....	property master
Brian Geoghegan	....	carpenter
Sarah Kingston	....	trainee prop buyer
Matthew Kirwan	....	carpenter
Gerard Lanigan	....	stand-by props
Kevin Mulligan	....	plasterer
Michael Murphy	....	carpenter
Ed Norton	....	construction manager
Gearóid O'Riain	....	stagehand (as Gearid O'Riain)
Liam O'Riain	....	chargehand
Philip O'Shaughnessy	....	painter
Thomas O'Shaughnessy	....	painter
John Porter	....	chargehand dressing props
Bobby Richardson	....	painter
Jim Whiskers	....	stand-by props truck

Sound Department
Albert Bailey	....	production sound mixer
Pat Boxshall	....	sound editor
Brian Connolly	....	sound trainee
Jennie Evans	....	sound editor
Stephen Farrell	....	boom operator
Richard King	....	sound re-recording mixer
Danny Longhurst	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Maurice Foley	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Steen Lyders Hansen	....	Fire/Inferno artist
Giles Livesey	....	digital film colorist

Stunts
Patrick Condren	....	stunt coordinator (as Pat Condren)
Bill Little	....	stunts
Paul Valentine	....	stunts
Gerry Behan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Byrne	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Francis Bush	....	rigger
Willie Cooley	....	camera truck
Ciaran Kavanagh	....	camera operator
Ciaran Kavanagh	....	director of photography: second unit
Kevin Kileen	....	rigger (as Kevin Killeen)
Helen Madden	....	clapper loader
Brendan McNicholl	....	rigger (as Brendan Mcnicholl)
Andrew O'Reilly	....	camera trainee
Brian Sheridan	....	electrician
Bernard Walsh	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tony Burke	....	wardrobe
Sheila Fahey	....	wardrobe supervisor
John Fearon	....	wardrobe
Louise Keating	....	assistant costume designer
Una Nicholson	....	military costumer
Emer Ó'Laoghaire	....	wardrobe assistant
Edel Shortall	....	wardrobe trainee
Debbie Williington	....	wardrobe trainee

Editorial Department
Shane Chapman	....	picture editor
Steve Farman	....	negative cutter
Tom Kinnersly	....	assistant editor
Giles Livesey	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Noel Burke	....	driver: dining bus
Noel Burke	....	unit driver
Jeff Cullen	....	unit driver
Jimmy Cullen	....	unit driver
Richard Cullen	....	unit driver
Tony Cullen	....	unit driver
Karl Moore-Levy	....	action vehicle coordinator (as Karl Moore Lewy)
Patrick Parker	....	action vehicle assistant
Derek Patterson	....	genny driver

Other crew
Naoise Barry	....	assistant location manager
Rhidian Bridge	....	military advisor
Eileen Conroy	....	unit nurse
Colin Coull	....	military advisor
Eddie Cullen	....	facilities
Clare Cunningham	....	assistant accountant
Pete Daly	....	drama publicity
Rory Mac Dermott	....	production accountant (as Rory Macdermott)
Deirdre Doorley	....	production coordinator
Pierre Du Plessis	....	legal: Film Council
Lucy Dyke	....	researcher
Celine Friel	....	extras coordinator: Derry
Louise Gaffney	....	script supervisor
Mel Gallagher	....	extras payroll
Mary Gilroy	....	assistant coordinator
Ingrid Goodwin	....	extras coordinator
James Hickey	....	legal: Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Ruth Hunter	....	legal: Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Ian Johnson	....	drama publicity
Mike Large	....	factual publicist
Mal	....	military advisor
Simon Mann	....	military advisor
Paddy McCarney	....	location manager
Mary McCarthy	....	location manager
Zoe Mcintyre	....	drama publicity
John McKenna	....	chief armorer
Oonagh McMorrow	....	production coordinator
Ruth Murphy	....	production assistant
Pat Nangle	....	location assistant
Conor O'Carroll	....	location trainee (as Connor James O'Carroll)
Mark Pybus	....	legal: Granada Film
Bill Shephard	....	head of production
Marco Testarossa	....	pointer
Billie Webster	....	account assistant

Production Companies

• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Granada Television
• Hell's Kitchen Films
• Portman Entertainment Group

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (video)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Best Film Ltd. (Poland)
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Granada Film Council
• Independent Television (ITV)
• Mikado
• Paramount Classics (USA)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV) (TV1)

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  military casting
• 3Sixty Media  titles
• Digital Film Lab London  digital post-production
• Digital Film Lab London  post-production facilities
• Photologic  film stock
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Soho Images  prints
• Soho Images  rushes
• The Frame  digital audio post-production
• VFG Ireland  camera
• Worldwide Recording Studios  re-recorded at (as Worldwide Recording Studios, London)

Also Known As:

Sunday (Australia) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

UK | Ireland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | France:U | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Ballymun, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Bórd Scannán na hÉireann

Trivia:

To make this movie as authentic as possible, no lights were used in the movie and the camera work was entirely hand-held

Quotes:

Ivan Cooper: I just want to say this to the British Government... You know what you've just done, don't you? You've destroyed the civil rights movement, and you've given the IRA the biggest victory it will ever have. All over this city tonight, young men... boys will be joining the IRA, and you will reap a whirlwind.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Documentary style drama recreating the events of 30th January1972 in Derry

Although initially difficult to get into, Bloody Sunday proved worthwhile persevering, as the latter half puts the viewer in the carnage.

The acting, especially James Nesbit is excellent, the recreation of the mood is superb although it was obvious with the constant close ups that there was very little budget to recreate the scenery. The geography was never explained and therefore would leave a viewer without prior knowledge of the area disorientated.

The documentary suffered from not being able to set the scene, a lot had happened in the week prior to the Civil Rights march that put both the participants and the security forces on edge and made the advance more significant. The question of why the Paras were sent to Derry were never fully explored.

Overall it was flawless recreation of events from the point of view taken by the film makers on this particular incident. It is worth noting that this is based on the Irish Governments review of the Widgery report into Bloody Sunday. (NB the Widgery report is mostly considered by nationalists to be a white wash)