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Bloody Sunday (2002)

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Release Date: October 4, 2002 (LA/NY)
On DVD: April 22, 2003
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Director: Paul Greengrass
Writer: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Christopher Villiers, Mary Moulds, Simon Mann, Carmel McCallion, Joanne Lindsay, James Hewitt, Allan Gildea, Declan Duddy, Gerald Crossan, Kathy Keira Clarke, Gerald McSorley, Nicholas Farrell, Tim Pigott-Smith, James Nesbitt
Studio: Paramount Classics
Running Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and language.

The real events that took place on Sunday, January 30, 1972 in Derry, Northern Iireland are depicted, showing how British troops shot and killed 13 unarmed civilian demonstrators protesting civil rights violations committed by the government. This massacre has been blamed for inspiring thousands of Irish to join the IRA....

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Some people were outraged when they learned that Bloody Sunday, the critically-praised drama about the 1972 massacre, wasn't eligible for an Oscar nomination because it had appeared on television before it screened on theaters. Despite that setback, I had to check this movie out and see what all the talk was about. I wasn't disappointed. Full movie review »

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