Movie Cosmos - Michael Collins

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Liam Neeson

As Michael Collins

Aidan Quinn

As Harry Roland

Stephen Rea

As Ned Broy

Alan Rickman

As Eamon de Valera

Julia Roberts

As Kitty Kiernan

Ian Hart

As Joe O'Reilly

Brendan Gleeson

As Liam Tobin

Stuart Graham

As Tom Cullen

Sean McGinley

As Smith

Gerard McSorley

As Cathal Brugha

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

As Collin's Assassin

Charles Dance

As Soames

Richard Ingram

As British Officer

John Kenny

As Patrick Pearse

Ronan McCairbre

As Thomas MacDonagh

Jer O'Leary

As Thomas Clarke

Mike Dwyer

As James Connolly

Martin Murphy

As Captain Lee-Wilson

Gary Whelan

As Hoey

Frank O'Sullivan

As Kavanagh

Frank Laverty

As Sean McKeoin

Owen O'Neill

As Rory O'Connor

Liam De Staic

As Austin Stack

Owen Roe

As Arthur Griffith

Paul Bennett

As Cosgrave

Claude Clancy

As Vaughan's Hotel Clerk

Paul Hickey

As Dublin Castle Soldier

Tom Murphy

As Vinny Byrne

David Gorry

As Charlie Dalton

Gary Lydon

As Squad Youth #1

David Wilmot

As Squad Youth #2

Joe Hanley

As Squad Man #1

Colm Coogan

As Squad Man #2

Aiden Grennell

As Chaplain at Lincoln Jail

Dave Seymour

As Lincoln Taxi Driver

Ian McElhinney

As Belfast Detective

Tony Clarkin

As Soldier on Station

Luke Hayden

As McCrae

Gary Powell

As Black and Tan on Lorry

Max Hafler

As Black and Tan on Lorry

Laura Brennan

As Rosie

Aidan Kelly

As Gresham Hotel Bellboy

Jim Isherwood

As Man Following Broy

Michael James Ford

As Black and Tan

Mal Whyte

As Officer in Bath

Martin Phillips

As Officer in Bed

Aisling O'Sullivan

As Girl in Bed

Malcolm Douglas

As Officer in Park

Brian 'Joker' Mulvey

As Croke Park Hurler

Frank Patterson

As Tenor in Restaurant

Peter O'Brien

As Pianist in Restaurant

Michael McCabe

As Journalist

Vinnie McCabe

As Speaker in the Dail

Alan Stanford

As Vice-Consul McCready

Gary Mullan

As Young Gunman

Barry Barnes

As Free State Soldier

Denis Conway

As Republican #1

Don Wycherley

As Republican #2

Paraic Breathnach

As Santry the Blacksmith

Terry Woods

As Drinker in Pub

Conor Breen

As Drunk (uncredited)

Lesley Conroy

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Karl Dawson

As Tenament Boy (uncredited)

Alan Joyce

As Tenement Tenant (uncredited)

Gareth Molan

As Tenement Boy (uncredited)

Deirdre Mulrooney

As Woman (uncredited)

Joe Redmond

As Kid with Gun (uncredited)

Jean Kennedy Smith

As Woman That Gives Directions to Collins (uncredited)

Ian Dillon

As Bloody Sunday Spectator (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Neil Jordan

Director, Writer

Redmond Morris

Co-Producer

Elliot Goldenthal

Original Music Composer

Anthony Pratt

Production Design

Tony Lawson

Editor

Stephen Woolley

Producer

J. Patrick Duffner

Editor

Sandy Powell

Costume Design

Cliff Robinson

Art Direction

Chris Menges

Director of Photography

Kieran Horgan

Production Sound Mixer

Lynn Goldman

Production Supervisor

Arden Gantly

Art Direction

Susie Figgis

Casting

Malcolm Middleton

Supervising Art Director

Josie MacAvin

Set Decoration

Jonathan McKinstry

Art Direction

Alan Siggins

Set Painter

Greg Powell

Stunt Coordinator

Stephen McLaughlin

Scoring Mixer

Matthias Gohl

Music Arranger, Music Producer

Drew Jones

Digital Effects Producer

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.

2024-07-20