Some Mother's Son

1996

R

1h 52m

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Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Directors

Writers

Jim Sheridan(writer by)
Terry George(writer by)
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Helen Mirren
Kathleen Quigley
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Fionnula Flanagan
Annie Higgins
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Aidan Gillen
Gerard Quigley
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David O'Hara
Frank Higgins
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John Lynch
Bobby Sands
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Tom Hollander
Farnsworth
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Tim Woodward
Harrington
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Ciarán Hinds
Danny Boyle
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Geraldine O'Rawe
Alice Quigley
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Gerard McSorley
Father Daly
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Dan Gordon
Inspector McPeake
Grainne Delany
Theresa Higgins
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Ciarán Fitzgerald
Liam Quigley
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Robert Lang
Government Minister
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Stephen Hogan
Young Turk
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Peter Howitt
SAS Leader
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Bosco Hogan
British Captain
Jimmy Keogh
Jimmy Higgins

Directors

Writers

Jim Sheridan(writer by)
Terry George(writer by)

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Release date

September 13, 1996 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Languages

English
Irish

Production companies

Hell's Kitchen
Castle Rock Entertainment

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