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Michael Collins (1996)
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Synopsis
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
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Michael Collins is 2258 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 1057 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than White God but less popular than November.
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Cast
Michael Collins is a historical biopic film that tells the story of the man of the same name who led a guerrilla war in Ireland against the United Kingdom and eventually went on to create the Irish Free State and lead the National Army during the civil war. It is set roughly between the years of 1916 and 1920.
IMDBsays that this movie was given the rating of PG in Ireland because of the historical value of the film despite the fact that it includes so much violence. They wanted the film to be available to young people who needed to know about that time frame in the country’s history. The film is more appropriately rated R elsewhere.
Here’s a look at the movie via the original trailer:
The New York Times says Collins was, “a leader who experienced a sea of change during his brief career, evolving from a pioneer of modern-day terrorism into a proponent of compromise and peace.” I believe that Liam Neeson does a solid job of portraying Michael Collins. Also in the cast are Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman and Julia Roberts.
Is this movie recommended by me? Well, yes, if you are interested in a look at this period in Ireland's history and if you can tolerate the unpleasantness. The Guardian says that Michael Collins is, “A watchable and mostly well-judged film on a worthy subject, but one that is undermined by a couple of careless liberties with the facts.” For my and possibly your purposes of understanding a bit more about the history of Ireland, this film works even though it may not be 100 percent accurate. I would hazard a guess that most historical movies have taken liberties with the facts. Learn Every St. Patrick’s Day, people worldwide celebrate the Irish by wearing shamrocks, marching in parades, even drinking green beer. It can be a ton of fun, to be sure, but the Ireland of fairly recent history was a very serious place where political battles were decided in revolution and civil war. Our Irish Movie Smackdown pays tribute to those days by putting a couple of films in the ring together that tell the story. These two classic films of Irish-rebellion — The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Michael Collins — were made a decade apart. Back in the Clinton years, Liam Neeson starred in the title role as Irish rebel turned Free Stater, Michael Collins, and a few days before St. Patrick’s Day in 2007, Cillian Murphy played a rebel on the other side of the bloody Irish Civil War in The Wind That Shakes The Barley. They each tell stories about the years when Irish eyes were definitely not smiling… Two powerful directors face off here, too: Neil Jordan for the first, and Ken Loach for the second. Both of their films attempt to make the Irish drive for freedom both understandable and dramatic for a film audience. Let’s assume — for the sake of our argument — that you’ve got the patience for one film to enlighten you about Irish political history and the time to watch it before St. Patrick’s Day. Which movie will give you the best understanding, and the best film experience? The Wind That Shakes the Barley beat out much-hyped films like Volver and Babel to win the Palme D’Or at Cannes in 2006. Paul Laverty’s script tells the story of Damien O’Donovan (Cillian Murphy) and his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney), and a tough gang of Irish Republican Army brothers, known as a Flying Column, who are the boots on the ground in a vicious guerrilla war against the Brits. When we first meet them, it’s 1920 and Damien wants no Jordan’s national creation myth was always going to be controversial, but at heart it plays out on a historic scale the personal conflict seen in Angel – once you pick up a gun, even with good reason, it’s difficult to put it down again. Liam Neeson’s intelligently calibrated performance captures the seductive charisma of Collins and his self-doubt, while Jordan’s direction brings startling ferocity to the guerrilla warfare. Yes, Julia Roberts is too strong a presence for her subsidiary romantic role, but she brought studio financing to a movie which never settles for the easy answers of many a Hollywood epic. Showing as part of our Neil Jordan Retrospective which runs throughout May. His new film, Byzantium, opens on May 31st. See our online exhibition of some of Neil Jordan’s substantial document collections held by the IFI Irish Film Archive. Director: NEIL JORDAN 132 minutes, U.K.-Ireland-U.S.A., 1996, Colour, 35mmThe Smackdown
The Wind That Shakes The Barley (2007)