FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN: Q&A with Oliver Hirschbiegel
Inspired by a true incident that occurred in Northern Ireland in the mid-1970s, while placing the real-life participants in a fictitious set-up, Five Minutes of Heaven stars Liam Neeson as Alistair Little, the former leader of an Ulster Volunteer Force cell who, as a teenager, shot in the head a young Catholic man, James Griffin, in front of his 11-year-old brother, Joe Griffin (played by British Independent Film Award winner, and Golden Globe and BAFTA nominee James Nesbitt).
Written by Guy Hibbert (who wrote Omagh, winner of the Irish Film & Television Academy’s 2004 best film award) and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (above right, whose Downfall was nominated for a best foreign-language film Oscar), Five Minutes of Heaven explores [...]
by Andre Soares | August 28, 2009
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Tags: Alistair Little, Five Minutes of Heaven, Guy Hibbert, Interviews, James Nesbitt, Joe Griffin, Liam Neeson, Los Angeles Screenings, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Political Movies
Sundance Awards 2009
2009 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2009 Sundance Film Festival: January 15-25, 2009
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic:
Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels
Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary:
We Live in Public, directed by Ondi Timoner
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
The Maid (La Nana), directed by Sebastián Silva
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
Rough Aunties, directed by Kim Longinotto
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Natalia Almada, El General
Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre
World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary:
Havana Marking, Afghan Star
World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award:
Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi, Paper Heart
World Cinema Screenwriting Award:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven
U.S. Documentary Editing Award:
Karen Schmeer, Sergio, directed by Greg Barker
World Cinema Documentary Editing [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 24, 2009
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Tags: Cary Joji Fukunaga, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Havana Marking, Mo'Nique, Natalia Almada, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, Rough Aunties, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, The Maid, We Live in Public
DOWNFALL Is a Box-Office Hit in Germany
This past weekend, 480,000 filmgoers across Germany lined up to get tickets for the €13.5 million (US$16.5 million) German-made Der Untergang / Downfall, the highly controversial film depicting Adolf Hitler’s last 12 days in his underground bunker. The figures for Downfall, which stars Bruno Ganz (the angel who becomes human in Wings of Desire) as the Nazi leader, were deemed particularly impressive since the nearly three-hour-long production only allowed two showings per evening.
In an interview with the Bild tabloid, former German chancellor Helmut Kohl declared that Downfall "was a film that had to be made and I hope that as many people as possible will see it." The former chancellor added, "It is an important film because it [...]
by Andre Soares | September 27, 2004
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Tags: Adolf Hitler, Box Office, Bruno Ganz, Der Untergang, Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Political Movies
