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Enviado por HFaust88 em 19/07/2011
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeso nas General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War.[1] It won theGolden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Although based on historical events, the film does contain some alterations and fictionalizations such as the death of Harry Boland. Boland did not die in the manner suggested by the film. He was shot in a skirmish with Irish Free State soldiers in The Grand Hotel, Skerries, North Co. Dublin during the Battle of Dublin. The hotel has since been demolished but a plaque was put where the building used to be. His last words in the film - "Have they got Mick Collins yet?" - are however, based on a well-known tradition
Ned or Eamon Broy was captured but later released and was not killed on the eve of Bloody Sunday. This scene is based on the Capture of leading members of the Dublin Brigade; Dick McKee, Peadar Clancy and young man from Clare Conor Clune. Broy would later become Commissioner of An Garda Siochana in 1932.
Neil Jordan defended his film by saying that it could not provide an entirely accurate account of events, given that it was a two-hour film that had to be understandable to an international audience who would not know the minutiae of Irish history The documentary on the DVD release of the film also discusses its fictional aspects.
Critic Roger Ebert referred to the closing quotation from de Valera that history would vindicate Collins at his own expense, writing that "even Dev could hardly have imagined this film biography of Collins, which portrays De Valera as a weak, mannered, sniveling prima donna whose grandstanding led to decades of unnecessary bloodshed in, and over, Ireland."
The Irish Film Censor initially intended to give the film an over-15 Certificate, but later decided that it should be released with a PG certificate because of its historical importance. The censor issued a press statement defending his decision, claiming the film was a landmark in Irish cinema and that "because of the subject matter, parents should have the option of making their own decision as to whether their children should see the film or not". The video release was, however, given a 12 certificate.
The film was rated 15 in the United Kingdom by the British Board of Film Classification.
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