The The IRA on Film and Television : A History Paperback / softback
by Mark Connelly
Paperback / softback
Description
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in North Ireland.
Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (The Informer), Carol Reed (Odd Man Out), David Lean (Ryan's Daughter), Neil Jordan (Michael Collins), and many others.
Such international film stars as Liam Neeson, James Cagney, Richard Gere and Anthony Hopkins have portrayed IRA members as heroic patriots, psychotic terrorists and tormented rebels.
This illustrated history analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s.
Topics include America's role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organization's brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:273 pages, 32 photographs, chronology, filmography
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:25/04/2012
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- ISBN:9780786447367
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:273 pages, 32 photographs, chronology, filmography
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:25/04/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9780786447367