| Omagh | 
 enlarge | Director: Pete Travis
Actors: Gerard Mcsorley, Michele Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Stuart Graham, Peter Ballance
Studio: Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15628
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 106 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 670277
UPC: 829567027721
EAN: 0829567027721
ASIN: B000AQKV1C
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Product Description
A gripping and emotional examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh Northern Ireland.2005 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama2004 IFTA Award for Best Actor (Gerard McSorley)2004 IFTA Award for Best Irish Film2004 Best European Film Award2004 Discovery Award Winner at Toronto International Film FestivalSystem Requirements:Running Time: 106 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:DRAMA/TRUE STORY Rating:NR UPC:829567027721 Manufacturer No:SC0277D
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The August 15, 1998 terrorist bombing in the Northern Ireland town of Omagh that killed 29 and injured hundreds of others is the raison d'etre for director Pete Travis's movie of the same name. But the bulk of this moving, beautifully-made film is devoted to the aftermath of the bombing, and American viewers still reeling from the atrocities of 9/11/01 and the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina may well find those events to be not merely compelling but hauntingly familiar. There's little suspense here; indeed, we know what's going to happen from the opening credits, when we see the bomb being made and planted in a car parked on the town's busy main street. Thereafter, people like Michael Gallagher (a fine, low key performance by Gerard McSorley) and his family must first deal with the excruciating agony of losing a loved one. But when weeks pass without a single arrest having been made, Gallagher and others form a support group and ask a simple question: Why? Instead of anything resembling justice, what they encounter are a host of incompetent, slow-reacting politicians and other officials offering little more than smarmy evasions. And that's not even the worst of it; in the most harrowing echo of 9/11 and Katrina, the film suggests that the folks in charge may even have ignored explicit warnings that the bomb (which was the work of a group calling itself "the real Irish Republican Army") was coming. Dramatic and moving without being the least bit sappy or sentimental, Omagh is a riveting, relevant piece of work. --Sam Graham
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 excellent viewing November 29, 2008
This is an excellent movie and well made. Another tragic event of Ireland's sad history. Well worth watching
 Omagh November 24, 2008
A fine movie with good acting.Hopefully the last great atrocity of the modern troubles.Be careful with simplistic views of blame as to the whole of the troubles:800 yrs. of blame to go around-of course initiated by British occupation/treachery.I'll never forget the sadness,if that's the right word,I felt seeing a baby bottle behind a taped off area of devastation shortly after the bombing.
The Screen Becomes a Window August 21, 2008
I do not believe I have ever seen a movie that more truthfully and compellingly captures tragedy than Pete Travis's Omagh.
Omagh tells the story of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in the city of Omagh, Northern Ireland, and the aftermath that followed. Yet what endears me to this film is that this could have been any town, any family, any tragedy. The film is completely without frills. It is one of the few films I've seen that does not romanticize death and tragedy. It has no towering musical score telling your emotions where to go (there is no score at all, actually), no dramatic final words, no sanguine epitaphs. Instead, Travis shows us what the camera usually leaves out -- the dirty dishes after the funeral party has left your house, the ubiquitous reporters asking for pictures of the deceased, the kind but nuisance of a neighbor offering help when you just want to be left alone.
The technical aspects of the film were all very well done, as were the actors' performances. Everything about the film makes you feel as though you are looking through a window into what really happened at Omagh, rather than watching an screen adaptation of the events. Omagh is well worth a see.
The Result of British Occupation February 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was so well acted that it brought back horrible memories, to say the least, of that day. You may agree or disagree with what the Real IRA did, but that's the result of the British occupation in the north of Ireland. People on both sides suffered and we should do well to remember that. Also never forget that it was the Brits who separated the people by their religion, for their own selfish interests. Well directed and a great cast headed by McSorley.
helpful August 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm actually an immigrant to Northern Ireland. I live half an hour from Omagh and I found the film helpful in understanding a bit of the areas history. Most of the local people recount the story just like it goes down in the movie. I have friends here who lost relatives in the bombing and they testify to the intensity of the tragety which is well portrayed in the movie.
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