In the Name of the Father Page #10

Synopsis: A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Jim Sheridan
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1993
133 min
1,897 Views


- My Lord, I demand a recess.

There will be no demands made

in my court.

Stand back.

This alibi for Gerry Conlon...

was taken by Mr Dixon...

one month after

Gerry Conlon was arrested.

This note was attached to it

when I found it in police files.

It reads, "Not to be shown

to the defence."

I have one question

to ask you, Mr Dixon:

Why was the alibi for Gerry Conlon...

who was charged with the murder

of five innocent people...

kept from the defence?

- Give us an answer!

- Answer the question!

Silence!

- It's about time!

- Order in the court!

My Lord, I would like

to approach the bench.

This is most irregular.

Yes. I am aware of that, My Lord.

Very well.

Mr Dixon, you may stand down.

This is the man

who should be under arrest!

Be silent, Mrs Peirce!

- This court is nowin recess.

- Guards, get ready.

Don't try and make me

the fall guy...

for the whole

British legal establishment.

If I accept this mercy deal...

They have a flipping cheek,

offering me mercy.

They should be begging

for mercy themselves.

- You ready, Mr Conlon?

- Aye.

I know the difference

between right and wrong.

The truth has to come out.

They may not want to hear it...

but there's people outside

who'll listen.

- Just think about it, will you?

- All right.

Aye. Give us three of them.

Silence!

In the matter ofHer Majesty...

versus Gerard Patrick Conlon...

the case is hereby dismissed.

My husband died in your prison

an innocent man!

I'm going out the front door.

I'll see you outside.

- This way.

- I'm going out the front door.

What about Giuseppe Conlon?

Your Honour,

he was an innocent man!

Mr Conlon, that's not a good idea.

Use the back,

for security reasons.

I'm a free man,

and I'm going out the front door.

In the matter of

Her Majesty versus Paul Hill...

the case is hereby dismissed.

Leave me alone!

I'm going out the front door with Gerry!

In the matter of

Her Majesty versus Patrick Armstrong...

the case is hereby dismissed.

In the matter of

Her Majesty versus Carole Richardson...

the case is hereby dismissed.

I'm an innocent man!

I spent 15 years in prison

for something I didn't do!

I watched my father die...

in a British prison

for something he didn't do!

And this government

still says he's guilty!

I want to tell them...

that until my father

is proved innocent...

until all the people involved

in this case are proved innocent...

until the guilty ones

are brought to justice...

I will fight on...

in the name of my father

and of the truth!

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Terry George

Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. The Boxer, Some Mother's Son, and In the Name of the Father) involves "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated for two Oscars: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (1993; In the Name of the Father), and Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2004; Hotel Rwanda). On 26 February 2012, he received an Oscar in the live action short film category for The Shore. more…

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