Some Mother's Son

Name: Some Mother's Son
Director: Terry George
Released: 1996
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch

1996 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 3,068 VOTES · DIR. Terry George

Overview

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,518 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:32 I know full well the responsibilities that await me

00:06:21 Don't use that language in here, please.

00:12:19 Get off the fucking road!

00:15:44 Come on. I'm dying to dance

00:19:10 Not too long.

00:22:47 Let me go! Let me go!

00:26:07 time's up.

00:29:58 I'll walk!

00:35:29 What are you going to do about him?

00:39:30 Quigley.

00:44:41 Come on.

00:49:35 All right.

00:53:14 I feel silly.

00:57:07 Oh!

01:00:34 The question of whether all prisoners in northern Ireland

01:04:48 their bodies begin to break down.

01:07:36 Can I see you?

01:12:42 And now, we're going to go live

01:17:37 but can you explain to my colleagues why you are here

01:21:04 Blessed art thou amongst women

01:25:44 I'm fine.

01:30:45 but we must also mourn the death

01:35:33 we are re-examining the present regime.

01:40:23 What are you doing here?

Cast & Characters

Helen Mirren Kathleen Quigley Fionnula Flanagan Annie Higgins Aidan Gillen Gerard Quigley David O'Hara Frank Higgins John Lynch Bobby Sands Tom Hollander Farnsworth Tim Woodward Harrington Ciarán Hinds Danny Boyle Geraldine O'Rawe Alice Quigley Gerard McSorley Fr. Daly

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,518

Dialogue density13.6 lines / min

First line00:00:32

Final line01:40:23

Production Record

DirectorTerry George

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes3,068