In the Name of the Father (2:13) 1994

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!!!!!
Drum roll please. . . My favorite Irish movie, and one of my all time favorite movies, is In the Name of the Father. This movie is based on real life events and on the autobiography of Gerry Conlon. Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Gerry Conlan and the late Pete Postlewaite as his father Guiseppe.
Conlan, his father, Paul Hill, and one other are known as the "Guildford Four" are arrested and wrongly convicted for a terrorist bombing that resulted in the deaths of four military officers and a civilian. They were wrongly convicted because the authorities knew that the four were not involved, they had a confession from the real bomber. And yet, the British authorities allowed this men to stay in prison. Guiseppe did die in jail in one of the most powerful and moving scenes in any film I've seen. When news of Guiseppe's death is passed from prisoner to prisoner, the inmates take small pieces of paper, light them and then drop them out the window. The scene was shot from the outside so the viewer sees lighted pieces of paper dropping from the windows of a multi story brick building at nighttime. I've cried every time I watched that scene. Eventually, a British lawyer takes their case and learns that the authorities had the confession of the real bomber. This is a movie about injustice, politic cover up, and if you are of Irish descent, the anger that arises in you as you are watching this time is incredible. And the joy of cheering at the movie's end is also just as  incredible. This is a greatly emotional movie and a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.