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In the Name of the Father

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In the Name of the Father	comment	Based on a True Story, this 1993 drama is directed by Jim Sheridan and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite and Emma Thompson.It chronicles the ordeal of the Guildford Four, a group of three young Irishmen and their Englishwoman friend along with one of the Irish defendants' relatives who were Wrongly Accused of bombing two soldiers' pubs in Guildford, England in 1974.Wrongly convicted of murder, petty criminal Gerry Conlon and his father Giuseppe, whom he disrespects, must survive in prison together and fight to show they're innocent with the whole British legal system against them.
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In the Name of the Father / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
In the Name of the Father / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Inspector Robert Dixon cannot deal with the truth when the real bomber confesses to him. Dixon continues to maintain the Guildford Four were the culprits in order to save his own reputation.
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In the Name of the Father / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
In the Name of the Father / int_1d2400e9	comment	Deptford Jim also applies. He has a go at Gerry and Paul, blaming them for the bombings. Jim later willingly talks to the police, implicating Paul Hill and the Conlons out of spite (possibly more than that; see Green-Eyed Monster above), thus putting the disastrous events of the film into motion (in reality the source who caused their arrest is unknown).
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In the Name of the Father / int_216dab44	type	Framing the Guilty Party
In the Name of the Father / int_216dab44	comment	Framing the Guilty Party: What the police apparently believed they were doing to the Guildford Four, feeling sure they were all guilty but without enough evidence to convict. It seems they felt good about it.
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In the Name of the Father / int_38bb862f	type	Don't You Dare Pity Me!
In the Name of the Father / int_38bb862f	comment	Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Giuseppe rebuffs Joe's condolences over him and Gerry doing time for his crimes. It's not so much because he hates pity necessarily, but that it comes from an IRA member who's murdered numerous people. He says to save his pity for the people he's killed.
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In the Name of the Father / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
In the Name of the Father / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: The shot lingers on Inspector Dixon's swearing to tell the truth in both of his court appearances, while we know he's doing no such thing, and perjures himself at great length.
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In the Name of the Father / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
In the Name of the Father / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Gerry Conlon. He may be a thief, but he deeply loves his family. Plus, Gerry helped to save a prison guard's life during a brutal attack by fellow inmates.
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In the Name of the Father / int_537dd8fe	type	Affably Evil
In the Name of the Father / int_537dd8fe	comment	Affably Evil: Benbay the prisoner. While he wears a high security prison outfit, meaning that he was convicted of a serious crime like murder or rape, he's quite nice to Gerry while the rest of the prison despise the Irish prisoners. Benbay is also friendly to the tougher criminals like Ronnie Smalls and Joe McAndrew.
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In the Name of the Father / int_5466745d	type	Clear Their Name
In the Name of the Father / int_5466745d	comment	Clear Their Name: The main thrust of the film's plot is to exonerate the Four and Gerry's family.
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In the Name of the Father / int_56515a39	type	Artistic License â€“ History
In the Name of the Father / int_56515a39	comment	Artistic License – History: In reality, Gerry Conlon and his father Giuseppe were in separate prisons. Gerry never saw his father again. The Maguire Seven were convicted in a separate trial from the Guildford Four. The real bombers were also never incarcerated with any of the Four, although they did confess at their own trial, exonerating them. Just as in the film, this was dismissed by the British authorities until evidence the police had lied about their confessions was revealed. There was also no alibi witness. Rather, the police falsified their interrogation notes to cover up the coercion they used to obtain the confessions. This was discovered by another police detective, not the Four's lawyer, when he was looking over the case file. However, the Griess test really did result in many false positives (such as the chemicals in playing cards being wrongly identified as nitroglycerin by a technician, for instance).
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In the Name of the Father / int_5d3e7c6	type	Kangaroo Court
In the Name of the Father / int_5d3e7c6	comment	Kangaroo Court: The judge in the Guildford Four's trial was openly biased against them, and the jury probably was too what with the climate at the time. At the sentencing the judge lamented the fact that Gerry Conlon hadn't also been charged with treason, which still carried the death sentence, and thus he couldn't be hanged. Of course, the police had framed them to begin with by forced confessions.
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In the Name of the Father / int_5ff56a1f	type	Long List
In the Name of the Father / int_5ff56a1f	comment	Long List: Joe McAndrew's many convictions, listed when he meets several senior police officers, with several bombings, murders or attempted murders each. He then adds to this by confessing he'd also committed the Guildford pub bombings, which the protagonists were wrongly convicted of.
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In the Name of the Father / int_6201e8b0	type	I Have Your Wife
In the Name of the Father / int_6201e8b0	comment	I Have Your Wife: What finally breaks Gerry and makes him sign the confession is one detective claiming he'll shoot his father, acting like he's crazy enough to really do this.
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In the Name of the Father / int_69fb91e8	type	Chewing the Scenery
In the Name of the Father / int_69fb91e8	comment	Chewing the Scenery: Daniel Day-Lewis puts on a passionate performance as Gerry Conlon with many scenes where he shows extreme rage and sorrow, which is justified, well done and appropriate to show Gerry's plight as a wrongly convicted man.
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In the Name of the Father / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
In the Name of the Father / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: The British government is obviously the main antagonist, but the IRA aren't shown to be upstanding guys either — Gerry first leaves Belfast to escape their wrath for his thefts. The real bomber in particular is a bloodthirsty thug who committed many more bombings and murders before he was finally captured.
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In the Name of the Father / int_78629e9c	type	Badass Pacifist
In the Name of the Father / int_78629e9c	comment	Badass Pacifist: Giuseppe. Upon entering a Maximum security prison while getting a Death Glare from the other prisoners he boldly declares his and his son's innocence to all of them. He then tells the real bomber to save his pity for the innocent people he murdered and to stay away from them.
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In the Name of the Father / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
In the Name of the Father / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Gerry. We first see him stealing building material and his alibi is robbing a prostitute. This is also what gets him in trouble, as he's ordered by the IRA to leave town, and then has no believable alibi in London when the bombing occurs.
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In the Name of the Father / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
In the Name of the Father / int_95b7c400	comment	The detectives who brutally interrogate the Guildford Four are (aside from Dixon) unrelenting assholes (not surprising given they believe they're terrorists).
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In the Name of the Father / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
In the Name of the Father / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: At least one of the detectives feels bad about torturing Gerry Conlon when the actual suspect confesses to the Guildford pub bombings during his interrogation. Needless to say, Inspector Dixon is unmoved, but the Belfast detective clearly shows guilt.
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In the Name of the Father / int_a679184b	type	Due to the Dead
In the Name of the Father / int_a679184b	comment	Due to the Dead: After Giuseppe dies, all of the prisoners in the wing, who had come to adore him, protest by burning toilet paper, knowing that being in prison had made his health condition grow fatal. This is the only thing they can do from inside.
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In the Name of the Father / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
In the Name of the Father / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: In the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue, it's stated three of the detectives who framed the Guildford Four were tried for perverting the course of justice in 1993, but acquitted. Sadly, that's Truth in Television. The real bombers were also never charged, despite their confessions, and were released under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement after 21 years in prison for other crimes. It's unknown who had originally implicated Paul Hill (which led to his arrest and the others') but they also were never punished.
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In the Name of the Father / int_abe1e24e	type	Good Cannot Comprehend Evil
In the Name of the Father / int_abe1e24e	comment	Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Giuseppe, big time. This actually earns him respect among the other prisoners and guards as they realize that he clearly is not a violent man and would've never done what he has been convicted of.
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In the Name of the Father / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
In the Name of the Father / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: At the Commune, Gerry and Paul pretend to both be vegetarians when the other hippies discover sausages and bacon in Gerry's suitcase, claiming it's just for Gerry's aunt. In the next scene, Gerry and Paul are eating said sausages at Gerry's aunt Annie's house.
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In the Name of the Father / int_b77808f2	type	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
In the Name of the Father / int_b77808f2	comment	"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: One is given at the end of the film, relating what happened with the main characters in the story.
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In the Name of the Father / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
In the Name of the Father / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Giuseppe is for most of the film a mild-mannered man who simply listens to his son's constant swearing. But just before his death Giuseppe argues with Gerry and says: "How can I say a thing without you fucking contradicting me all the time?"
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In the Name of the Father / int_d49f90ea	type	Western Terrorists
In the Name of the Father / int_d49f90ea	comment	Western Terrorists: The Irish Republican Army's acts spark the plot of the film. As Gerry explains early on, back in 1974 the IRA were bombing targets on the British mainland. Pubs soldiers' frequented in Guildford, England, were among them. These caused outrage by the British public, and the police had tremendous pressure to find the culprits. Their overzealousness, with a new law which allowed detention of terrorist suspects without charge for seven days, results in the protagonists being coerced into falsely confessing to having done it.
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In the Name of the Father / int_d6519b1b	type	Rabid Cop
In the Name of the Father / int_d6519b1b	comment	Rabid Cop: The policemen who arrest and interrogate Gerry are absurdly, insanely cruel in their technique, including threatening to shoot Gerry and everybody he loves unless he confesses.
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In the Name of the Father / int_db015585	type	False Confession
In the Name of the Father / int_db015585	comment	False Confession: The Guildford Four are tortured and threatened until they falsely confess that they committed two bombings.
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In the Name of the Father / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
In the Name of the Father / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: After Gareth comes to see Giuseppe and help with his case, Gerry is upset by this. He tells her to not to give his father false hope. Later though, he reconciles with Giuseppe and agrees to accept Gareth's help. While he tries to record a tape about his father for Gareth though, Gerry flips out and wrecks his cell as losing Giuseppe simply overwhelms him. This is his last bout with despair though, as after this he grows dead set on exonerating them both.
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In the Name of the Father / int_ddeaea82	type	Miscarriage of Justice
In the Name of the Father / int_ddeaea82	comment	Miscarriage of Justice: The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven are convicted of the pub bombings despite having no involvement.
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In the Name of the Father / int_e154ff08	type	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
In the Name of the Father / int_e154ff08	comment	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Police tortured them into confessing, though doing so in ways that wouldn't leave any marks.
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In the Name of the Father / int_ead0869d	type	Acquitted Too Late
In the Name of the Father / int_ead0869d	comment	Acquitted Too Late: Giuseppe was exonerated, but only after he'd died as a result of his ill health, which prison exacerbated.
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In the Name of the Father / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
In the Name of the Father / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: The detectives who brutally interrogate the Guildford Four are (aside from Dixon) unrelenting assholes (not surprising given they believe they're terrorists). Deptford Jim also applies. He has a go at Gerry and Paul, blaming them for the bombings. Jim later willingly talks to the police, implicating Paul Hill and the Conlons out of spite (possibly more than that; see Green-Eyed Monster above), thus putting the disastrous events of the film into motion (in reality the source who caused their arrest is unknown).
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In the Name of the Father / int_f2c895f	type	Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters
In the Name of the Father / int_f2c895f	comment	Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Joe defends his actions to Giuseppe by saying that it was a military target he had bombed, a soldier's pub. Of course, a lot of other people went to there besides soldiers. Giuseppe doesn't accept this for a minute in any case.
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In the Name of the Father / int_fd176af9	comment	"Well Done, Dad!" Guy: Gerry knows full well that his dad Giuseppe isn't happy with his life of petty theft and doing drugs. While at first he doesn't much care and disrespects Giuseppe, after they're imprisoned together Gerry starts to feel bad over his past. He comes to see that Giuseppe isn't a weak failure like he'd thought, but far stronger than him in fact (despite being physically frail). Gerry slowly comes to gain new respect for his father, and they grow much closer than before. Sadly, after this Giuseppe dies, but it helps to give Gerry zeal for proving their innocence in time.
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