'71

2014 1h 39m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 1,257

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A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jack O'Connell
Gary Hook
Sean Harris
Captain Sandy Browning
Paul Anderson
Sergeant Leslie Lewis
Sam Reid
Lt. Armitage
Sam Hazeldine
C.O.
Barry Keoghan
Sean Bannon
Charlie Murphy
Brigid
Richard Dormer
Eamon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yann Demange
Writers: Temple Clark, Gregory Burke
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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Earned back only 29% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yann Demange, shot by Tat Radcliffe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Holmes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Chris Wyatt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jack O'Connell and Sean Harris and Paul Anderson carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2614684 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yann Demange directs. Tat Radcliffe behind the camera. David Holmes scores. Chris Wyatt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 29% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Directed by Yann Demange, shot by Tat Radcliffe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by David Holmes. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Chris Wyatt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jack O'Connell and Sean Harris and Paul Anderson carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt2614684 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "1970s", "riot", "northern ireland", "survival".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tat Radcliffe
Original score: David Holmes
Editing: Chris Wyatt
Production design: Chris Oddy
Costume design: Jane Petrie
Makeup / hair: Peta Dunstall
VFX supervisor: Simon Hughes
Sound: Andrew Stirk
Stunt coordinator: Vincent Keane
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $11,000,000
Box office: $3,200,000
Return: 29% of budget
Original language: EN
IMDB: '71 (2014)

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CinemaSerf2024-03-17
★ 7/10
Though neither he nor Sean Harris should ever be described as particularly versatile actors, Jack O'Connell really does work well in this brutal and gritty drama. He ("Hook") is a soldier who becomes separated from his unit after a riot on the streets of Belfast sees his colleague shot in the head, and him pursued - unarmed - through an hostile urban terrain. He's been injured, is disorientated and is under no illusion that there are men chasing him from the Provisionals who want to kill him. What now ensues is a really tensely directed and sparingly written depiction of just how the "troubles" might have impacted on people of both religious persuasions at the time. Even those passionate about unionism or republicanism need not necessarily agree on the role of violence in their struggle, and as we follow "Hook" we encounter a variety of people whose sense of pity and human decency is as important as anything else. The photography also adds richness and intimacy to the scenario - largely filmed hand-held, at night by streetlight, and there is a real and increasing sense of jeopardy here. Will the boy make it or not? Politically, it goes some way to illustrating that nothing in this Province was as straightforward as it might seem - people with conflicting (and self) interests frequently throwing obstacles in his way that are as unwelcome as they ought to be unexpected. Speculative? Sure, it has to be - I doubt we will ever really know all of the truths from this conflict, but O'Connell, Sam Reid and Harris help deliver a complex and quite frightening observation of activities taking place quite recently in one of the world's oldest and most functional democracies.

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