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''The General'' was nominated for and won several awards, including [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]] and the [[Grand Prix (Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics)|Grand Prix]] of the [[Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4909/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The General |accessdate=2009-10-02|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> |
''The General'' was nominated for and won several awards, including [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director]] at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]] and the [[Grand Prix (Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics)|Grand Prix]] of the [[Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4909/year/1998.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The General |accessdate=2009-10-02|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> |
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The film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 48 reviews on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1087427-general/|title=The General (1998)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2016-06-19}}</ref> Taste of Cinema considered this as the second greatest performance in Gleeson's cinematic career, with ''[[Calvary (2014 film)|Calvary]]'' (2014) being first.<ref> |
The film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 48 reviews on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1087427-general/|title=The General (1998)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2016-06-19}}</ref> Taste of Cinema considered this as the second greatest performance in Gleeson's cinematic career, with ''[[Calvary (2014 film)|Calvary]]'' (2014) being first.<ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://://www.tasteofcinema.com/2016/the-10-best-brendan-gleeson-movie-performances/2// |title=The Ten Best Brendan Glesson Performances|website= Taste of Cinema||last=Lyng |first=Eoghan |date=2018 |access-date=2018-05-12 |via= }}</ref>. |
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The General | |
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Directed by | John Boorman |
Written by | John Boorman |
Produced by | John Boorman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Seamus Deasy |
Music by | Richie Buckley |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
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Language | English |
Box office | $1.2 million (US)[2] |
The General is a British-Irish crime film directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who pulled off several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, IRA, and Ulster Volunteer Force. The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998. Brendan Gleeson plays Cahill, Adrian Dunbar plays his friend Noel Curley, and Jon Voight plays Inspector Ned Kenny.
Plot
After selling stolen paintings to the UVF Cahill realizes he has made a dangerous mistake. When the PIRA hear of this, they order his assassination, which is carried out on 18 August 1994.
Cast
- Brendan Gleeson as Martin Cahill
- Adrian Dunbar as Noel Curley
- Sean McGinley as Gary
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Frances
- Angeline Ball as Tina
- Jon Voight as Inspector Ned Kenny
- Eanna MacLiam as Jimmy
- Tom Murphy as Willie Byrne
- Paul Hickey as Anthony
- Tommy O'Neill as Paddy
- John O'Toole as Shea
- Ciarán Fitzgerald as Tommy
- Ned Dennehy as Gay
- Vinny Murphy as Harry (as Vinnie Murphy)
- Roxanna Williams as Orla
Production
The film is based on the book of the same name by Irish journalist Paul Williams, who is "Special Correspondent" for the Irish Independent.
Director Boorman was himself one of Cahill's burglary victims. This event is dramatized in a scene in which Cahill breaks into a home, stealing a gold record and pilfering a watch from the wrist of a sleeping woman. The gold record, which Cahill later breaks in disgust after discovering it is not made of gold, was awarded for the score of Deliverance, Boorman's best-known film.
Filming was at various locations around Dublin, including South Lotts and Ranelagh.
Reception
The General was nominated for and won several awards, including Best Director at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and the Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics.[3]
The film holds an approval rating of 81% based on 48 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Taste of Cinema considered this as the second greatest performance in Gleeson's cinematic career, with Calvary (2014) being first.Cite error: A <ref>
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See also
References
- ^ a b "The General (1998)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "The General (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The General". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ "The General (1998)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
External links
- 1998 films
- 1990s crime drama films
- 1990s heist films
- Irish films
- Irish crime films
- Irish drama films
- British films
- British crime drama films
- British heist films
- English-language films
- Films set in Dublin (city)
- Films about The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
- Films about the Irish Republican Army
- Films based on biographies
- Films directed by John Boorman
- Sony Pictures Classics films