When the Sky Falls (2000)
When the truth is hidden. When the witness is silenced.
Fact-based story about Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton, who invaded the Irish underworld and attempted to expose the illegitimate activities she found. Hampered by the system, a police consort is ineffectual at aiding her despite trying to step outside of the normal bounds. Kevin McNally plays her husband, who hates her activities and the danger in which she places herself. Nonetheless, he grudgingly admires her persistence and encourages her investigation.
- Date of release
- 2000-06-26
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- John Mackenzie
Casting
- Joan Allen — Sinead Hamilton
- Patrick Bergin — Mackey
- Pete Postlethwaite — Martin Shaughnessy
- Liam Cunningham — John Cosgrave
- Kevin McNally — Tom Hamilton
- Karl Argue — Smokey
- Jimmy Smallhorne — Mickey O'Fagan
- Gerard Mannix Flynn — Dave Hackett
- Danny O'Carroll — Shaughnessy's Son
- Sue Moore — Nightclub Raver
- Frank Grimes
- Paul Bennett
Interesting facts
When the Sky Falls is a 2000 film à clef directed by John Mackenzie and starring Joan Allen. The narrative centres on a fictionalised reporter based on Veronica Guerin, who wrote about drug-related crime for the Sunday Independent, and her eventual murder.
Production
When the Sky Falls was filmed in Ireland.
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