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The Resource Hunger, IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen

Hunger, IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen

Label
Hunger
Title
Hunger
Statement of responsibility
IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; original music, David Holmes, Leo Abrahams
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.H86 2009
PerformerNote
Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1969-
  • 1955-
  • 1977-
  • 1969-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • McQueen, Steve
  • Hastings-Smith, Laura
  • Gutch, Robin
  • Walsh, Enda
  • Fassbender, Michael
  • Cunningham, Liam
  • Holmes, David
  • Abrahams, Leo
  • IFC Films
  • FilmFour (Firm)
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • Northern Ireland Screen (Firm)
  • Broadcasting Commission of Ireland
  • Wales Creative IP Fund (Firm)
  • Blast! Films
Runtime
96
Series statement
Criterion collection
Series volume
504
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Sands, Bobby
  • Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland)
  • Irish Republican Army
  • Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981
  • Prisoners
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
Target audience
  • general
  • adult
Technique
live action
Label
Hunger, IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
  • Special features: Video interviews with McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender; short documentary on the making of Hunger, including interviews with McQueen, Fassbender, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch ; "The Provos' last card?:" a 1981 episode of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland; trailer. A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chris Darke
Accompanying material
1 booklet.
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (96 min.)
Isbn
9781604652345
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515052818
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC1867D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn503473475
  • (Sirsi) o503473475
  • (OCoLC)503473475
  • 651334
  • 651334
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Hunger, IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
  • Special features: Video interviews with McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender; short documentary on the making of Hunger, including interviews with McQueen, Fassbender, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch ; "The Provos' last card?:" a 1981 episode of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland; trailer. A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chris Darke
Accompanying material
1 booklet.
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.+
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (96 min.)
Isbn
9781604652345
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515052818
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
CC1867D
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn503473475
  • (Sirsi) o503473475
  • (OCoLC)503473475
  • 651334
  • 651334
System details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD

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