The informant
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The informant |
| Original title | The informant |
| Country of production | Ireland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jim McBride |
| script | Nicholas Meyer |
| production | Leon Falk |
| music | Shane MacGowan |
| camera | Affonso Beato |
| cut | Éva Gárdos |
| occupation | |
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The Informant is a Irish cinema thriller from the year 1997 . Directed by Jim McBride , the screenplay was written by Nicholas Meyer based on a book by Gerald Seymour .
action
Gingy McAnally is a fighter in the Irish Republican Army . He is arrested, spends some time in jail, and after his release he becomes active again for the IRA by attacking a judge. The British army arrests him again; Commanding Officer David Ferris saves McAnally from abuse.
The newly appointed chief of police in Belfast Rennie interrogated personally McAnally. He's putting pressure on the Irish to cooperate with the authorities. Rennie makes it clear to McAnally that he will face a long prison sentence that would destroy his marriage - if they work together, he should avoid the sentence and live with his family under a different identity.
McAnally agrees to what makes his family the target of the assault. His wife turns away from him. Ferris is attacked shortly before the trial; McAnally appears as a witness.
Reviews
Brian Webster wrote in the Apollo Movie Guide that The Informant was neither the first nor the best film to portray the "horror" of the Civil War in Northern Ireland . He was still a "pleasant surprise" because he showed the events in a credible way. Weak is the representation of the IRA as a "gang of stupid thugs" ( "gang of stupid thugs" ). Anthony Brophy has a difficult role that he mastered "relatively successfully" . Timothy Dalton, who embodies a complex character, is not entirely convincing. The film lacks the power of In the Name of the Father , but it is still worth watching.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “political thriller against a current background, which continues a richly familiar story in a solid, but not very original way” .
Awards
Jim McBride was nominated for the Golden Lion in 1997. The film was nominated in 1998 for the Banff Rockie Award and in 1999 for the Golden Reel Award (in the categories sound editing / music and sound effects ). Nicholas Meyer received the PEN Center USA West Literary Award in 1999 for the script .
backgrounds
The film was shot in Dublin . Its world premiere took place on September 5, 1997 at the Venice International Film Festival, followed by the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 1997 .
Web links
- The informant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Informant at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Film review by Brian Webster, accessed on May 7, 2008 ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Informant in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed May 7, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for The Informant, accessed May 7, 2008
- ↑ Release dates for The Informant, accessed May 7, 2008
