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Five Minutes of Heaven - DVD

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    • Genre: Thriller
    • Description: From the Oscar®-nominated director of Downfall, the BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Omagh, and star Liam Neeson comes a startling new thriller inspired by true events In 1975, 17-year-old Irish-Protestant Alistair Little assassinated 19-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin in his Ulster home. The murder was witnessed by Griffin's 11-year-old brother Joe. Thirty years later, Little (Neeson) has been rehabilitated and released from prison, while Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt of Bloody Sunday and Jekyll) remains traumatized and bitter. But when a television talk show decides to bring them together for a live on-air reconciliation, two men haunted by one moment must come face-to-face with their own worlds of pain, violence and vengeance. Anamaria Marinca of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days co-stars in this must-see drama that dares to explore both sides of Northern Ireland's troubled past as it comes to terms with it's still uncertain future.
    • Title: Five Minutes of Heaven
    • Format: DVD
    • MPAA Rating: NR (Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) film-rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences.)
    • Studio: Ifc Independent Film
    • Release Date: 04/27/2010
    • Genre: Thriller
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    • Product Name: Five Minutes of Heaven - DVD
    • UPC: 030306971599

From the Oscar®-nominated director of Downfall, the BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Omagh, and star Liam Neeson comes a startling new thriller inspired by true events In 1975, 17-year-old Irish-Protestant Alistair Little assassinated 19-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin in his Ulster home. The murder was witnessed by Griffin's 11-year-old brother Joe. Thirty years later, Little (Neeson) has been rehabilitated and released from prison, while Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt of Bloody Sunday and Jekyll) remains traumatized and bitter. But when a television talk show decides to bring them together for a live on-air reconciliation, two men haunted by one moment must come face-to-face with their own worlds of pain, violence and vengeance. Anamaria Marinca of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days co-stars in this must-see drama that dares to explore both sides of Northern Ireland's troubled past as it comes to terms with it's still uncertain future.

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