Hunger
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: Video interviews with McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender; short documentary on the making of Hunger, including interviews with McQueen, Fassbender, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch ; "The Provos' last card?:" a 1981 episodes of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland; trailer. A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chris Darke.
Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham.
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Library Journal ReviewCOMMUNITY REVIEWS
Powerful submitted by ferielp on August 24, 2017, 1:04pm Upsetting to see a part of history that is so little discussed. This movie felt like watching an incredible play.
SERIES
Criterion collection
504.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Year Published: 2010
Description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781604652345
1604652349
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Hastings-Smith, Laura.
Gutch, Robin.
Walsh, Enda.
McQueen, Steve, 1969-
Fassbender, Michael, 1977-
Cunningham, Liam.
Holmes, David, 1969-
Abrahams, Leo.
IFC Films.
FilmFour (Firm)
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Northern Ireland Screen (Firm)
Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.
Wales Creative IP Fund (Firm)
Blast! Films.
SUBJECTS
Sands, Bobby, -- d. 1981 -- Drama.
Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) -- Drama.
Irish Republican Army -- Drama.
Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 -- Drama.
Prisoners -- Death -- Drama.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997 -- Drama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.