In the Name of the Father (1993)
Directed by Jim Sheridan
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
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The role of the Fisher patriarch is played by Pete Postle thwaite (nominated for his turn as father to Daniel Day-Lewis’ prisoner in “In the Name of the Father”).
He was Oscar nominated for supporting actor in political picture "In the Name of the Father," playing one of four men wrongly accused of planting an IRA bomb.
He was Oscar nominated for supporting actor in political picture "In the Name of the Father," playing one of four men wrongly accused of planting an IRA bomb.