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7.5/10   740 votes
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Director:
Pete Travis
Writers:
Paul Greengrass (writer)
Guy Hibbert (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 May 2004 (Ireland) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
13 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'Best' Drama to Screen on BBC Ni
 (From IFTN. 23 April 2009, 7:17 AM, PDT)

'Five Minutes of Heaven' Double Win at Sundance
 (From IFTN. 26 January 2009, 8:48 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Intensity maintained throughout more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for an intense scene of terrorist violence, disturbing images and brief strong language.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
Ireland | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The song "Broken Things" which was sung by Julie Miller at the end of the film, was performed at the memorial service for the Omagh bomb victims by local singer Juliet Turner. more
Quotes:
Michael Gallagher: There's Catholics in this room, and Protestants, and Mormons - Marion's here - and some of us believe in God, and now maybe some of us have no God.
Michael Gallagher: But I can tell you this, we're not going to get anywhere unless we do it together. That's the truth of the matter.
[crowd: Here, here]
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Intensity maintained throughout, 14 October 2007
9/10
Author: (normangelman@verizon.net) from Washington, D.C.

I never heard of Peter Travis prior to "Omagh" but the direction in this film deserves more than equal billing with Gerard McSorley, who stars the bereaved father who becomes chairman of the Omagh Support Group. The mounting tension at the start of the film as the bomb is positioned, the police are warned and the crowd on the High Street is herded to the spot where the explosion takes place is enough to take your breath away. It doesn't matter in the least that the accents are difficult for these American ears to understand at the film's beginning because you somehow know exactly what's happening at every moment. The frantic search for the missing son, the dawning realization that he has died, the intense grief, the formation of the Omagh Support Group with McSorley emerging as its leader, the effort to ensure that the investigation is pursued, the determination of the politicians that the incident not be allowed to derail "the peace process," the evasions and downright lies of the police, the mysterious emergence of the truth, the condemnation of police conduct by the police ombudswoman -- all are rendered with controlled intensity that never flags. One device that Travis and his cameraman use repeatedly to great effect is the extreme closeup in which a portion of the character's face is shown, framed usually at an artful angle that a skilled portrait photographer might adopt for a still picture. Those pictures capture the emotions of the characters with particular force. The tragedy of Omagh is brought alive to devastating effect. Don't let the fact that it was made for TV deter you from seeing this superb movie.

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