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Product Identifiers

PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786447362

ISBN-139780786447367

eBay Product ID (ePID)110958492

Product Key Features

Number of Pages273 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThe Ira on Film and Television : a History

Publication Year2012

SubjectFilm / General, Television / History & Criticism, General, World

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPerforming Arts, History

AuthorMark Connelly

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-008479

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"This interesting volume on political cinema examines depictions of the Irish Republican Army in film and television"- Reference & Research Book News ., "This interesting volume on political cinema examines depictions of the Irish Republican Army in film and television"-- Reference & Research Book News .

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal791.43/658415082

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface Introduction 1 The Troubles I: The War of Independence and the Irish Civil War 2 The Big Fellow: Michael Collins 3 The Shamrock and the Swastika 4 The Troubles II 5 The Classics: The Informer and Odd Man Out 6 American Angles 7 International Intrigue 8 The Gangster Film: Criminalizing the IRA 9 Themes and Characters 10 Post Troubles? Conclusion Chronology Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis illustrated history analyses celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s. Topics include America's role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organisation's brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States., The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in Northern Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford ( The Informer ), Carol Reed ( Odd Man Out ), David Lean ( Ryan's Daughter ), Neil Jordan ( Michael Collins ), and many others. Such international film stars as Liam Neeson, James Cagney, Richard Gere, James Mason and Anthony Hopkins have portrayed IRA members alternately as heroic patriots, psychotic terrorists and tormented rebels. This work analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s. Topics include America's role in creating both the IRA and its cinematic image, the organization's brief association with the Nazis, and critical reception of IRA films in Ireland, Britain and the United States.

LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.I684C66