FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN; DVDS.Byline: JESSICA MELLOR (15, pounds 15.99) ***** This devastating drama is based on true events that happened at the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. . In 1975, 17-year-old Alistair Little tried to prove himself to the Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (more commonly referred to as the UVF) is a Loyalist group in Northern Ireland. The current incarnation was formed in May 1966 as a paramilitary group and named after the Ulster Volunteers of 1912, although there is no direct connection between by killing his first Catholic. He executes the innocent 19-year-old Jim Griffin and the killing is witnessed by Jim's 11-year-old brother Joe. This film dramatises what might have happened if Joe and Little had met 30 years on. Starring Liam Neeson as Little and James Nesbitt as Joe, this is crisply scripted and expertly acted. CAPTION(S): UP IN FLAMES: Based on the Troubles |
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