'SUNDAY' ACCURATELY RECALLS START OF IRELAND'S MODERN ILLS ONE STAR Edition

The most poignant symbolic touch in "Bloody Sunday" is the casting of 17-year-old Derry high-school student Declan Duddy. His real-life uncle, Jackie Duddy, was killed on the real Bloody Sunday in 1972 -- at age 17. Filmed in an intensely neo-realistic style, the story is rendered by hand-...

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Published inPittsburgh post-gazette (Pittsburgh, Pa. 1978)
Main Author BARRY PARIS, POST-GAZETTE MOVIE CRITIC
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh, Pa Pittsburgh Post - Gazette 26.10.2002
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Duddy, Declan
Greengrass, Paul
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Summary:The most poignant symbolic touch in "Bloody Sunday" is the casting of 17-year-old Derry high-school student Declan Duddy. His real-life uncle, Jackie Duddy, was killed on the real Bloody Sunday in 1972 -- at age 17. Filmed in an intensely neo-realistic style, the story is rendered by hand-held cameras following three key participants from dawn to dusk: Protestant MP Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), an idealistic march organizer opposed to the government's internment-without-trial policy; Gerry Donaghy (Declan Duddy), a 17-year-old Catholic rebel; and Brigadier Patrick MacLellan (Nicholas Farrell), the British Army commander under heavy pressure and clear instructions to "stop" the march.
ISSN:1068-624X