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fathers an

his ailing pacifist father,
Guisseppe (Pete Postlethwaite).

With crucial evidence with-
held by police, their fates are
sealed.

The result is father and son pet
to spend some time together —
30 years be exact __ in the same
cell.

it’s only after 15 years that a
Jawyer (Emma Thompson) opens
up the case.

Technically, Sheridan (My Lett
Foot) excels, The pace never
flags, from the opening riot
backed by a blistering U2 song to
the triumphant ending.

The script has just enough
touching moments to keep the
political argy bargy in perspec-
tive as Gerry becomes a respon-
sible activist for his father’s sake.

(Nothing is mentioned about
the other innocent victirns — bul

: then again, they can make their
own movie.)

Day Lewis turns in another
fabulous performance as a
wronged man whose jail stint
turns him into a better person.
Equally exceptional is Pete
Postlethwaite as the quiet God-
"fearing Dad with an inner

strength,

Although it plays fast and
loose with the actual facts behind
the case, In the Name of the
Father does this notorious cover-
up justice.

Man Bites Dog ** (Miramax
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Tim Bell
FILM REVIEW

in the Name of the Father ***

- (Universal) Rated 14 years (at
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Station Square Cinemas)

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don’t have a Holy Ghost of a
chance.

Based on a true story, director
‘fim Sheridan exposes the wrong- ‘
ful-conviction of the Guildford
Four, an Irish family who had the
had luck to be Irish in England
after an IRA bombing...

‘Daniel Day Lewis loses his
sculptured Mohican muscles to. .
play Gerry Conlon, a rambunc--
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up. for the IRA’ when a bungle
-theft'ends up in a street riot
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