Michael Collins

Director: Neil Jordan Neil Jordan

Overview

This biopic dramatizes the life of controversial Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins from 1916 to 1922. Collins employed bloody guerrilla tactics in seeking to completely free the Emerald Isle from British rule, but he ultimately compromised, signing a treaty partitioning the island into an Irish south and a British north.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2015
UPC:	0888574106546
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:12:00
Sales rank:	6,216

Special Features

Closed Caption; The South Bank Show documentary with Neil Jordan interview and actual footage of Michael Collins

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Liam Neeson	Michael Collins
Aidan Quinn	Harry Boland
Stephen Rea	Ned Broy
Alan Rickman	Eamon De Valera
Julia Roberts	Kitty Kiernan
Ian Hart	Joe O'Reilly
Brendan Gleeson	Liam Tobin
Stuart Graham	Tom Cullen
Sean McGinley	Smith
Gerard McSorley	Cathal Brugha
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers	Collins' Assassin
Charles Dance	Soames
Richard Ingram	British Officer
John Kenny	Patrick Pearse
Roman McCairbe	Thomas McDonagh
Michael Dwyer	James Connolly
Martin Murphy	Captain Lee-Wilson,Vinny Byrne
Gary Whelan	Hoey
Frank O'Sullivan	Kavanagh,Girl in Bed
Frank Laverty	Sean McKeoin
Owen O'Neill	Rory O'Connor
Liam d'Staic	Austin Stack
Owen Roe	Arthur Griffith
Paul Bennett	Cosgrave
Claude Clancy	Vaughan's Hotel Clerk
Paul Hickey	Dublin Castle Soldier
David Gorry	Charlie Dalton
Gary Lydon	Squad Youth No. 1
David Wilmot	Squad Youth No. 2
Joe Hanley	Squad Man No. 1
Colm Coogan	Squad Man No. 2
Aiden Grennell	Chaplain at Lincoln Jail
Dave Seymour	Lincoln Taxi Driver
Ian McElhinney	Belfast Detective
Tony Clarkin	Soldier on Station
Luke Hayden	McCrae
Gary Powell	Black and Tan on Larry
Max Hafler	Black and Tan on Larry
Laura Brennan	Rosie
Aidan Kelly	Gresham Hotel Bellboy
Jim Isherwood	Man Following Broy
Michael James Ford	Black and Tan
Mal Whyte	Officer in Bath
Martin Phillips	Officer in Bed
Malcolm Douglas	Officer in Park
Brians 'Joker' Mulvey	Croke Park Hurler
Frank Patterson	Tenor in Restaurant
Peter O'Brien	Pianist in Restaurant
Mike McCabe	Journalist,Speaker in the Dail,Journalist
Alan Stanford	Vice-Consul McCready
Gary Paul Mullen	Young Gunman
Barry Barnes	Free State Soldier
Denis Conway	Republican No. 1
Don Wycherley	Republican No. 2
Paraic Breathnach	Santry the Blacksmith
Jer O'Leary	Thomas Clarke
Ronan McCairbre	Thomas MacDonagh
Liam De Staic	Austin Stack
Neil Jordan	Actor
Jean Smith	Actor
Elliot Goldenthal	Composer

Technical Credits

Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan	Director,Screenwriter
Yves De Bono	Special Effects
Susie Figgis	Casting
Gerry Johnston	Special Effects
Greg Powell	Stunts
Stephen Woolley	Producer
Redmond Morris	Producer
Drew Jones	Special Effects
Kim Billings	Stunts
Jonathan Bateman	Sound Effects
David Boulton	Sound Effects
Paul Delaney	Sound Effects
Kenna Doeringer	Sound Effects
Steven Farrell	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Writer-director Neil Jordan's most remarkable strength might be his ability to create a rich sense of time and place. The best of his films seamlessly combine story and atmospheric visuals, a quality evident in Michael Collins, his biopic about the legendary Irish freedom fighter. With the help of cinematographer Chris Menges and production designer Anthony Pratt, Jordan splendidly re-creates Ireland of the 1910s and 1920s, refurbishing actual locations to realistically evoke the era. Some felt that Jordan misrepresented certain events, mythologizing a man whom many consider a terrorist; it's clear, however, that his is a very subjective, personalized portrait. Liam Neeson's portrayal of the charismatic title character is as strong as his work in 1993's Schindler's List, though he would be all but forgotten in the year-end awards races. Menges would receive an Academy Award nomination for his camerawork.