'71 (2014)
- By contrast with Hollywood megafranchize movies, '71 is a low-budget national film but one that aimed at international audiences as its subject (radicalization of young men during the Troubles in Northern Ireland) was of universal interest. Plot summary here.
- Jack O'Connell had previously attracted critical acclaim for Unbroken (2014) appearing as a prisoner of war in a Japanese war camp. Directed by Angelina Jolie, this film made O'Connell known to an American audience.
- 71 won Best Director at the 2014 British Independent Film Awards, after receiving nine nominations. The National Board of Review named '71 one of the top 10 independent films of 2015.
- Budget, £8.1 million. Box office, $3.2 million.
Here is an article that I wrote some time ago that has been reproduced by Haggerston Media (without crediting me).
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