WHEN THE SKY FALLS

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• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: In this crime drama adapted from a true story, Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) is a public relations agent turned journalist who is appalled at the corruption and drug trafficking in her native Dublin; determined to do something about it and make the city a safer place in which to bring up her son, Hamilton begins a series of investigative pieces exposing the major players in the city's dope trade, as well as possible links between drug dealing and the Irish Republican Army. Hamilton's stories win wide acclaim and lead to a public outcry to see that justice is served; they also make Hamilton a number of very dangerous enemies among the underworld, as well as the more corrupt segments of the law enforcement community. When the Sky Falls is based on the true-life story of Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin; Guerin worked on the early drafts of the script before she was murdered by members of the drug cartel she helped to expose, leading the producers to change the names of the characters and alter the story's outcome. The supporting cast includes Patrick Bergin as a police investigator, Pete Postlethwaite as a criminal insider who gives information to Hamilton, and Liam Cunningham as another notorious crime boss.
• Cast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Jason Barry, Pete Postlethwaite, Des McAleer, Owen Roe, Gavin Kelty, Vincent Walsh, Frank Grimes, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Liam Carney, Paul Bennett, Paul Hickey, Mark Dunne, Jeff O'Toole, Ian Cregg, Fearghal Geraghty, Patrick O'Kane, Antoine Byrne, Russell Smith, Sarah Pilkington, Marian Quinn, Patrick David Nolan, Paul Ronan, Danny O'Carroll, Gavin O'Connor, Phyllis Ryan, Bryan Baker, Steve Blount, Michael Devaney, Annie Ryan, Hilda Fay, Tom O'Leary, Paul Buckley, Kate Perry, Gertrude Montgomery, David McCarthy, Gail Fitzpatrick, Aoife Moriarty, Fran Brennan, Karl Argue, Eamon Glancy, Simon Delaney, Patricia Devine, Marty Sheridan, Sharon Barker, Sue Moore, Donal O'Farrell, Robbie Byrne, John Mackenzie
• Director: John Mackenzie
• Runtime: 1:50
• Media Format: movie