Michael Collins

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Overview : Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Budget : 25000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 132 min
Release Date : 1996-10-25
Imdb ID : tt0117039
Status : Released

Cast

Liam Neeson
Michael Collins

Aidan Quinn
Harry Roland

Stephen Rea
Ned Broy

Alan Rickman
Eamon de Valera

Julia Roberts
Kitty Kiernan

Ian Hart
Joe O'Reilly

Brendan Gleeson
Liam Tobin

Stuart Graham
Tom Cullen

Sean McGinley
Smith

Gerard McSorley
Cathal Brugha

Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Collin's Assassin

Charles Dance
Soames

Richard Ingram
British Officer

John Kenny
Patrick Pearse

Ronan McCairbre
Thomas MacDonagh

Jer O'Leary
Thomas Clarke

Mike Dwyer
James Connolly

Martin Murphy
Captain Lee-Wilson

Gary Whelan
Hoey

Frank O'Sullivan
Kavanagh

Frank Laverty
Sean McKeoin

Owen O'Neill
Rory O'Connor

Liam De Staic
Austin Stack

Owen Roe
Arthur Griffith

Paul Bennett
Cosgrave

Claude Clancy
Vaughan's Hotel Clerk

Paul Hickey
Dublin Castle Soldier

Tom Murphy
Vinny Byrne

David Gorry
Charlie Dalton

Gary Lydon
Squad Youth #1

David Wilmot
Squad Youth #2

Joe Hanley
Squad Man #1

Colm Coogan
Squad Man #2

Aiden Grennell
Chaplain at Lincoln Jail

Dave Seymour
Lincoln Taxi Driver

Ian McElhinney
Belfast Detective

Tony Clarkin
Soldier on Station

Luke Hayden
McCrae

Gary Powell
Black and Tan on Lorry

Max Hafler
Black and Tan on Lorry

Laura Brennan
Rosie

Aidan Kelly
Gresham Hotel Bellboy

Jim Isherwood
Man Following Broy

Michael James Ford
Black and Tan

Mal Whyte
Officer in Bath

Martin Phillips
Officer in Bed

Aisling O'Sullivan
Girl in Bed

Malcolm Douglas
Officer in Park

Brian 'Joker' Mulvey
Croke Park Hurler

Frank Patterson
Tenor in Restaurant

Peter O'Brien
Pianist in Restaurant

Michael McCabe
Journalist

Vinnie McCabe
Speaker in the Dail

Alan Stanford
Vice-Consul McCready

Gary Mullan
Young Gunman

Barry Barnes
Free State Soldier

Denis Conway
Republican #1

Don Wycherley
Republican #2

Paraic Breathnach
Santry the Blacksmith

Terry Woods
Drinker in Pub

Conor Breen
Drunk (uncredited)

Lesley Conroy
Party Guest (uncredited)

Karl Dawson
Tenament Boy (uncredited)

Alan Joyce
Tenement Tenant (uncredited)

Gareth Molan
Tenement Boy (uncredited)

Deirdre Mulrooney
Woman (uncredited)

Joe Redmond
Kid with Gun (uncredited)

Jean Kennedy Smith
Woman That Gives Directions to Collins (uncredited)

Ian Dillon
Bloody Sunday Spectator (uncredited)

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Reviews

SPDonlan
Like many such epics, _Michael Collins_ is melodramatic and partial, about a past all too present. But much of the critical hostility it received/s is for offending popular pieties, imperial or republican, no less prejudiced. Jordan wrestled with historiography and moral complexity in writing his screenplay. He understood that any historical account involves selection and even distortion, not least to persuade producers and sell tickets. Ultimately, however, the period and place are too complex for Jordan to explain or Collins to contain: its violence is too roughly contextualized, its framing too hagiographical, and its characterization of De Valera too broad.