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Title: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: MacGuffin on August 19, 2009, 04:57:34 PM
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Trailer here. (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810046555/video/15127339)

Release Date: August 21st, 2009 (limited)

Starring: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Richard Dormer, Andrea Irvine 

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall)

Premise: The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on September 04, 2009, 11:22:44 PM
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.

My theater was supposed to get this today and for some reason, we don't have it.

Does anyone know anything about a pushing back of the release date or anything?
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: pete on July 03, 2010, 07:44:01 PM
great fucking movie.
great performances.
great cinematography.
I hadn't seen suspense and fear carried through an actor's shaking hands in a long long time.  this movie has more suspense than any suspense film.  it's great great stuff.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: cronopio 2 on July 03, 2010, 08:28:18 PM
from the director of The Invasion.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: Stefen on July 03, 2010, 08:29:52 PM
The Experiment was awesome.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: Gold Trumpet on July 03, 2010, 08:37:43 PM
More importantly, from the director of Downfall. I consider his version of The Invasion to be as if Kurosawa actually made Tora! Tora! Tora! like he was supposed to but went back to making his films, so it doesn't count. This is a huge talent and considering I am trying to find this movie like crazy now, Pete has sold me.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: cronopio 2 on July 03, 2010, 09:10:43 PM
i know...i didn't even see The Experiment, but it seemed as such a misstep that i thought it'd be funny to comment on it. then again, what do i know.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: cronopio 2 on July 22, 2010, 07:33:03 PM
i meant Invasion in my last post. what an idiot.

i saw five minutes of heaven, or rather a lot of minutes of dragging pixels in liam neesson's face  (i'll be more careful with how i see mkv files from now on) but  i want to comment and say it's a fucking good movie.
i liked that it expanded on the ending of downfall, with the idea that being young does not justify the perpetration of violence. this made the film feel very personal and thoughtful about both character's conflicts. in fact, everything that's not about alastair and joe seems irrelevant, which to me is a good sign of a writer knowing his drama.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: Pubrick on July 22, 2010, 09:18:47 PM
Quote from: cronopio 2 on July 03, 2010, 08:28:18 PM
from the director of Invasion.

so this was taken over by The Wachowski Siblings too?

i heard only mediocre reviews for this so i guess i will have to rent it now.
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: Pozer on August 04, 2010, 09:15:03 PM
nyce performances / pretty pictures / okayish storyline / stupid stupid ending
Title: Re: Five Minutes of Heaven
Post by: Alexandro on November 21, 2010, 02:01:26 PM
The first sequence is really great. Once the dramatic center of the film is revealed it started feeling like theatre, specially Nesbitt's performance. The tension kinda comes and goes but overall is pretty enjoyable because of the acting and the cinematography.