Some Mother's Son (1996)

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R | 1 hr 50 mins | Drama, Period | Released: 12/27/1996 |Box Office Total: $0.6M

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Could you stand by and watch your son starve himself to death for his beliefs? Or would you go against his wishes and save his life even though it meant the defeat of the cause he was willing to die for? A widowed schoolteacher and life-long pacifist, Kathleen Quigley has been careful to stay clear of the war in her native Northern Ireland, instead devoting herself to the care of her three children. She is shaken out of her comfortable existence when her son Gerard is captured along with the fugitive IRA leader Frank Higgins, after a shoot-out with the British army. Gerard's imprisonment and his subsequent participation in the IRA prisoners' protest to be treated as prisoners of war draws Kathleen into Northern Ireland's political conflict and into contact with Higgins' mother Annie, a hardworking farmer and fervent IRA supporter.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/27/1996

Director	Credit
Terry George	Director
Cast	Credit
Helen Mirren	Kathleen Quigley
Fionnula Flanagan	Annie Higgins
Aidan Gillen	Gerard Quigley
David O'Hara	Frank Higgins
John Lynch	Bobby Sands
Tim Woodward	Harrington
Tom Hollander	Farnsworth
Ciaran Hinds	Danny Boyle
Geraldine O'Rawe	Alice Quigley
Gerard McSorley	Father Daly
Dan Gordon	Inspector McPeake
Grainne Delany	Theresa Higgins
Ciaran Fitzgerald	Liam Quigley
Robert Lang	Government Minister
Stephen Hogan	Young Turk
Peter Howitt	SAS Leader
Bosco Hogan	British Captain
Jimmy Keogh	Jimmy Higgins
John Kavanagh	Cardinal
Oliver Maguire	Frank Maguire
Doreen Keogh	Mother Superior
Anna Megan	Rosie Quigley
Hugh O'Donnell	Paddy
John Higgins	John Deegan
Joan Sheehy	Woman Searcher No 1
Mal Whyte	Barrister
Alan Barry	Judge
Barry Cassin	Prosecutor
Brian Mallon	Prison Officer Jones
Sean Lawlor	Platoon Leader
Michael Sherrie	Assistant Governor
James Hickey	Young Son
Karen Carlisle	Prisoner's Girlfriend
Fiona Higgins	Prisoner's Sister
Jer O'Leary	Hunger Striker No 1
Tim McDonnell	Hunger Striker No 2
Tony Flynn	Cyclist
Liam Byrne	Prisoner Murphy
Pat Mulryan	IRA Man No 1
Valerie Roe	Girl on Farnsworth's Office
Deirdre McAliskey	Woman in Court
Michael F O'Sullivan	Prison Officer David
Jennifer Gibney	Woman Searcher No 2
Robert Taylor	Election Agent
Kate Perry	Prison Officer's Widow
Anthony Brophy	Prisoner's Leader
Mickey McEneaney	Merry Mac Member
Paddy McEneaney	Merry Mac Member
Gene Berrills	Merry Mac Member
Ronan O'Donoghue	Radio Announcer
Richard Neilson	Radio Announcer
Production Credits	Credit
Fiona Traynor	Assistant Producer
Rod Stoneman	Executive Producer
Helen Mirren	Associate Producer
Jim Sheridan	Producer
Arthur Lappin	Producer
Edward Burke	Producer
Kate O'Callaghan	Producer - 2nd unit producer (2nd Unit)
Patrick Farrelly	Producer - 2nd unit producer (2nd Unit)
Production Companies	Credit
Hell's Kitchen	Production Company
Castle Rock International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Union Generale	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Ranks	Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Dublin, Ireland
Rush, Ireland
Lusk, Ireland
Balbriggan, Ireland
Writer	Credit
Jim Sheridan	Screenplay
Terry George	Screenplay
Peter Sheridan	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Yvonne Shaw	Assistant Accountant
Sue Wall	Production Accountant
Emma Donnelly	Accountant - accounts trainee
Marilyn Goldsworthy	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Mark Lowry	Assistant Art Director
Conor Devlin	Art Director
David Wilson	Production Designer
Carolyn Scott	Set Decorator
Julia Roddy	Art Director - trainee art director
Clare Langan	Assistant Art Director
John Fenner	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Nuala Moiselle	Casting
Naomi Sheridan	Casting Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Geoffrey Simpson	Director of Photography
David Crann	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Bill Dowling	Video Playback (2nd Unit)
Pat Dowling	Camera - camera truck
Des Whelan	Camera Operator
Denis Mortell	Photography - stills photographer
Joe O'Byrne	Video - video camera (2nd Unit)
Vic Purcell	Camera Operator
Ron Osman	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Ken Byrne	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Castle Rock International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Ira Schreck	Legal Services - legal services provider
Joseph Dapello	Legal Services - legal services provider
James Hickey	Legal Services - legal services provider
Music	Credit
Arlene Fishbach	Music Supervisor
Thomas Drescher	Music Editor
Patsy Cline	Song Performer
Bill Whelan	Music - music composer and conductor
Willie Nelson	Song
The Wooldrige Bros	Music Performer
Scott Wooldrige	Composer - music composer
Brian Wooldrige	Composer - music composer
RIAS Chamber Chorus	Music Performer
Bill Whelan	Music - music orchestrator
Rick Rhodes	Song - song and song performer
Danny Pelfrey	Song - song and song performer
Ce'sar Franck	Composer - music composer
Sinfonietta	Music Performer
Andrew Boland	Music - music recorder and mixer
New Bach Collegium of Leipzig	Music Performer
Peadar Kearney	Composer - music composer
Darcy Proper	Music - assistant music editor
George Friedrich Handel	Composer - music composer
Betty Peterson	Composer - song composer
Borney Bargantine	Composer - song composer
Nat D Ayer	Composer - music composer
A Seymour Brown	Composer - music composer
Johann Sebastian Bach	Composer - music composer
Physical Effects	Credit
Gary Powell	Stunts
Graeme Crowther	Stunt Coordinator
Alan Walsh	Stunts
Dominic Hewitt	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Hugh O'Donnell	Location Assistant
Niamh Nolan	Production Coordinator
Michael Murray	Assistant Director
Catherine Morris	Script Supervisor
Marjorie Connelly	Post-Production Coordinator
Gemma Fallon	Unit Production Manager
Angus More Gordon	Location Manager
Angus More Gordon	Production Manager
David Kennaway	Unit Location Manager
Liz Kenny	Assistant Location Manager
Reggie Blain	Unit Manager
Vivien Jordan	Production Coordinator
Kevin Westley	Assistant Director
Pat Rambaut	Script Supervisor
Judy Lunny	Script Supervisor - trainee script supervisor
Mary Gough	Assistant Director
Ben Gibney	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Louise Gaffney	Script Supervisor - trainee script supervisor
Catherine Dunne	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Angela Noakes	Script Supervisor
Susanna Lenton	Script Supervisor
Hannah Quinn	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Gerry Lundberg	Unit Publicist
Pamela Yates	Publicity - originating producer
Sound	Credit
Phil Stockton	Sound Editor
Keith Batten	Boom Operator
Terrance Laudermilch	Sound Re-recordist - Re-recordist
Lewis Goldstein	Sound Effects Editor
Steven Farrell	Sound - sound trainee
Tom Fleischman	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Bruce Pross	Foley - foley supervisor
Steven Visscher	Foley Editor
Brian Simmons	Sound Mixer
Julie Lindner	Assistant Sound Editor
Marissa Littlefield	ADR Editor
Shem Lwanga	Sound Editing - sound editing intern
John Pitt	Sound Mixer
Kam Chan	Foley Editor
Ron Bochar	Sound Effects Editor
Ben Cheah	Assistant Sound Editor
Stuart Stanley	Foley Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Steve Cutmore	Visual Effects - digital artist
Yves De Bono	Special Effects Supervisor
Mark Griffin	Special Effects - special effects technician
Joan Winters	Graphics - newspaper graphics
Trevor Williams	Special Effects - special effects technician
Martin Body	Visual Effects - digital artist
Andrew Wilson	Special Effects - special effects technician
Simon Baker	Special Effects - special effects technician
Martin Niell	Special Effects - special effects technician
Terry Schubert	Special Effects - special effects technician
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Stephen Rose	Hairdresser - hair designer
Ger Scully	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Maire O'Sullivan	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up
Tara McHugh	Makeup - trainee makeup
Lorraine Glynn	Hair - trainee hair
Michele Burke	Makeup Supervisor
Orla Carroll	Hair Assistant - assistant hairdresser
Joan Bergin	Costume Designer
Carole Dunne	Hair Assistant - assistant hairdresser
Helen Johnson	Makeup Assistant - make-up assistant
Susan McKenna	Hair - trainee hair
Gabriel O'Brien	Wardrobe - assistant wardrobe
Nicola Scott	Makeup - trainee makeup
Susan Scott	Costume Designer - trainee costume designer
James Mooney	Hair - trainee hair
Clodagh Deegan	Wardrobe - trainee wardrobe
Margot Wilson	Makeup - trainee makeup
David Modol	Makeup - makeup/hair bus
Karen Pelrine	Hair - trainee hair
Judith Williams	Wardrobe - trainee wardrobe
Val Sherlock	Hair - trainee hair
Pat Hays	Makeup - makeup designer
Victor Blain	Wardrobe - wardrobe truck

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