Ian McElhinney Movies

  • 1990
    Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

    Who Bombed Birmingham?

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    Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted...

    Who Bombed Birmingham?
  • 1996
    The Boy from Mercury

    The Boy from Mercury

    The Boy from Mercury

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    Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury...

    The Boy from Mercury
  • 1994
    A Breed of Heroes

    A Breed of Heroes

    A Breed of Heroes

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    In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in...

    A Breed of Heroes
  • 1987
    Naming the Names

    Naming the Names

    Naming the Names

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    Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...

    Naming the Names
  • 1986
    Shergar

    Shergar

    Shergar

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    Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise...

    Shergar
  • 2017
    To Be Frank Carson

    To Be Frank Carson

    To Be Frank Carson

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    Frank Carson was one of Britain and Ireland's most loved comedians. Dan Gordon explores the story of the Belfast funny man as he prepares to stage a...

    To Be Frank Carson
  • 1970
    Mutant: Year Zero

    Mutant: Year Zero

    Mutant: Year Zero

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    Based on the popular video game of the same name; set in a post-apocalyptic world, an unlikely team of animal-mutants, led by a witty duck and a...

    Mutant: Year Zero
  • 1984
    A Woman Calling

    A Woman Calling

    A Woman Calling

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    Professor Broderick, a famous professor of Psychology, returns to his house by Belfast Lough to discover a woman waiting for him.

    A Woman Calling
  • 1987
    The Rockingham Shoot

    The Rockingham Shoot

    The Rockingham Shoot

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    Rigid nationalist Reilly’s frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.

    The Rockingham Shoot
  • 1995
    Life After Life

    Life After Life

    Life After Life

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    Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon...

    Life After Life
  • 1986
    The End of the World Man

    The End of the World Man

    The End of the World Man

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    When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the...

    The End of the World Man
  • 2010
    Three Wise Women

    Three Wise Women

    Three Wise Women

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    After a young girl witnesses her father having an affair, she declares she will never love anybody ever again. As a result, her guardian angel is...

    Three Wise Women
  • 1990
    Fools of Fortune

    Fools of Fortune

    Fools of Fortune

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    A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

    Fools of Fortune
  • 2012
    Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk

    Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk

    Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk

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    Three former bomb disposal officers who served at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict, return for the first time in 30 years to revisit the...

    Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk
  • 2013
    Wodehouse In Exile

    Wodehouse In Exile

    Wodehouse In Exile

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    An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how...

    Wodehouse In Exile
  • 1984
    Anne Devlin

    Anne Devlin

    Anne Devlin

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    The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.

    Anne Devlin
  • 2010
    Make it New John

    Make it New John

    Make it New John

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    Make it new John tells the story of the DeLorean car, its creator John DeLorean and the workers of the Belfast-based car plant who built it. The film...

    Make it New John
  • 1990
    The Grasscutter

    The Grasscutter

    The Grasscutter

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    An Ulster Volunteer Force vigilante, turned police informer, is sent by the British government to New Zealand to start a new life, leaving behind...

    The Grasscutter
  • 2001
    Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

    Mapmaker

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    Hired to draw a map of tourist sites in a small Northern Ireland town, cartographer Richie Markey (Brian F. O'Byrne) uncovers a dark secret and...

    Mapmaker
  • 1990
    The Lilac Bus

    The Lilac Bus

    The Lilac Bus

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    The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.

    The Lilac Bus