Bloody Sunday (2002)

Director:

Paul Greengrass

Writer:

Paul Greengrass (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

March | Protest March | Irish | Massacre | Northern Ireland

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
Johnny 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 Lawrence	...	Brigade Net (as Bruce Alexander)
Jason Muir	...	Brigade Net
Tim Clark	...	Brigade Net
Matt Ashenden	...	Brigade Net
Daryl Auckland	...	Brigade Net
Rita Hamill	...	Peggy Deery
Robert O'Connor	...	Willie Mckinney
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 (as Darren Healey)
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:
Eoin Egan	...	I.R.A gunman
Laura Pyne
Colin Coull	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Carleen Melaugh	...	Marcher (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
Gay Byrn	....	props runaround
Johnny Byrne	....	props buyer
Alan Cheevers	....	master plasterer
Austin Connolly	....	carpenter
Colman Corish	....	assistant art director
Joel Daminiani	....	trainee props
Alan Dunne	....	stand-by props
Cos Egan	....	set dresser
Pascal Farrell	....	supervising carpenter (as Paschal Farrell)
Emma Fitzsimons	....	art director trainee
Mick Flood	....	property master (as Michael Flood)
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
Philip Murphy	....	props: reshoots (uncredited)

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
James Seddon	....	dolby consultant
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby

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

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

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

Camera and Electrical Department
Francis Bush	....	rigger
Angela Conway	....	daily clapper loader
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

Casting Department
Chuck Douglas	....	open casting call coordinator: UK (uncredited)

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

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
Anthony Carroll	....	driver: facilities
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
Anthony Whelan	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Granada Television
• Hell's Kitchen Films
• Irish Film Board (funding)
• 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 (Poland)
• Bórd Scannán na hÉireann
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2004) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• 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
• Frame, The  digital audio post-production
• Lightworks  edited on
• Photologic  film stock
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Soho Images  prints
• Soho Images  rushes
• VFG  camera
• Worldwide Recording Studios  re-recorded at (as Worldwide Recording Studios, London)

Also Known As:

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:

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 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15

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

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The clothing on some of the crowd at the start of the civil rights march clearly revealed clothes such as tracksuit bottoms,a rain jacket with a sports logo across the front and a sweatshirt on a young boy at the side of the road which had the letters U.S.A on that were not manufactured at that time.

Quotes:

Chief Supt. Lagan:You call that minimum force?

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Good movie. Bad documentary

As many of the previous commenters have pointed out, this is a very exciting and well acted film about a shameful day in British history. However, the documentary style film-making style means that factual omissions and implications have greater impact than in a film that doesnt purport to be 'historical fact'.

A couple of the previous comments have stated that Bloody Sunday was the start of the 'Armed Struggle'. In fact, the hardline Provisional IRA split from the Official IRA in 1970, 2 years before Bloody Sunday - this was the start of the resumption of IRA military operations. 200 soldiers, policemen and civilians were murdered in 1970-1, so the soldiers would indeed have been scared about being shot, and would also have wanted to 'strike back'. I didn't think that these motivations were portrayed in the film, and other than the historical omissions this is the only real weakness of the film which i would recommend to anyone irrespective of their own opinions on Northern Ireland.