Veronica Guerin [Blu-ray]

Director: Joel Schumacher Joel Schumacher

Overview

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joel Schumacher take on the real-life story of an assassinated Irish journalist in the dramatic thriller Veronica Guerin. Cate Blanchett appears as the title character, a relentless crime reporter for The Sunday Independent during the early '90s. Guerin's violent murder in 1996 led to a revision of Ireland's laws and the creation of the Criminal Assets Bureau. The movie picks up with her pursuit of the underground drug trade in Dublin, which she suspects is led by mobster Martin "The General" Cahill (Gerry O'Brien). When Cahill's gang is attacked, she suspects mobster Gerry "The Monk" Hutch (Alan Devine) is responsible. Not deterred by threats or gunshot wounds, she uses thug John Traynor (Ciar?n Hinds) as an informer to help out her investigation of psychotic mobster John Gilligan (Gerard McSorley). Schumacher's prot?g? Colin Farell appears in a small role.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/04/2019
UPC:	0738329232306
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	32,888

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director Joel Schumacher; Audio Commentary with Writers Carol Dole and Mary Agnes Donoghue; Public Mask, Private Fears: The Making of Veronica Guerin ; A Conversation with Producer Jerry Bruckhelmer; Deleted Scene: Veronica Guerin Speaks at the Committee to Protect Journalists; The Real Veronica Guerin Speaks at the Committee to Protect Journalists; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Cate Blanchett	Veronica Guerin
Gerard McSorley	John Gilligan
Ciaran Hinds	John Traynor
Brenda Fricker	Bernie Guerin
Don Wycherley	Chris Mulligan
Barry Barnes	Graham Turley
Simon O'Driscoll	Cathal Turley
Emmet Bergin	Aengus Fanning
Charlotte Bradley	Anne Harris
Mark Lambert	Willie Kealy
Garrett Keogh	Tony Gregory,Hooker No. 1
Maria McDermottroe	Geraldine Gilligan
Paudge Behan	Brian Meehan
Joe Hanley	Eugene `Dutchie' Holland
David Murray	Charles Bowden
Karl Shiels	Gilligan Gang Member No. 1,Gilligan's Mistress
Barry McEvoy	Gilligan Gang Member No. 2
Gina Costigan	Traynor's Girlfriend
Alan Devine	Gerry Hutch
Gerry O'Brien	Martin Cahill
Gabrielle Reidy	Frances Cahill
Paul Roe	Tommy Mullen
David Herlihy	Peter `Fatso' Mitchell
Darragh Kelly	Terry Fagan,Gang Girlfriend No. 3
Colin Farrell	Tatooed Boy
Laurence Kinlan	Timmy
Danielle Fox-Clarke	Girl Junkie
Sarah O'Reilly-Maloney	Girl Junkie No. 2
Paul Ronan	Jimmy Guerin
Philip O'Sullivan	Solicitor
Niall Tobin	Judge Ballaugh
Kevin McHugh	Judge at Assault Trial
Joe Taylor	Priest at Bernadette's Church
Vincent McCabe	Priest at Funeral,Cahill Thug No. 2
Des Cave	Police Spokesman
Luke Hayden	Protection Garda No. 1
Joe Gallagher	Protection Garda No. 2
Ned Dennehy	Jamey the Tout
Tommy O'Neill	Cahill Thug No. 1
Brian McGuinness	Cahill Thug No. 3
Sally Ann Doddy	Mrs. Hutch
Aaron Harris	Press Conference Reporter No. 1
Jonathan White	Press Conference Reporter No. 2,Elegan Equestrian Woman
Maggie Wade	Coleen the Parole Clerk
Ann Cassin	Woman Newscaster
Elizabeth Moynihan	Newscaster No. 2
Jimmy Greeley	Newscaster No. 1
Brian Dobson	Newscaster No. 2
Kevin Reynolds	Studio Interviewer No. 1
Gerry Ryan	Studio Interviewer No. 2,Aengus' Secretary
Barbara Brennan	Jealous Journalist No. 1,Jealous Journalist No. 3
Gary Lilburn	Jealous Journalist No. 2
Frank Smith	Jealous Journalist No. 4,Gang Girlfriend No. 1
Malachy McKenna	Male Officer No. 1
Keiran Hurley	Male Officer No. 2
Terry Byrne	Man in Registry Office
Mick Nolan	Tax Assessor
Enda Oates	Warehouse Worker No. 1
Martin Dunne	Warehouse Worker No. 2
Helen Norton	Witness Nurse No. 1
Noelle Brown	Witness Nurse No. 2
Veronica Duffy	ICU Attendant
Brian Munn	Elegant Equestrian
Fiona Glascott	Meehan's Girlfriend
Grainne Debuitlear	Gang Girlfriend No. 2
Harry Gregson-Williams	Composer

Technical Credits

Mary Agnes Donoghue

Carol Doyle

Joel Schumacher	Director
Mary Agnes Donoghue	Screenwriter
Carol Doyle	Screenwriter
Jerry Bruckheimer	Producer
Kevin Byrne	Special Effects
Ned Dowd	Executive Producer
Frank Moiselle	Casting,Casting
Steve Murgatroyd	Special Effects
Chad Oman	Executive Producer
Mike Stenson	Executive Producer
Philippe Zone	Stunts
Kieran Horgan	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Chalk up another triumph for Cate Blanchett, who's absolutely sensational as a plucky Dublin reporter single-handedly taking on the Irish Mafia in the mid-'90s. Since this film first hit theater screens, it has been noted that the real-life Veronica Guerin wasn't nearly as charming as her cinematic counterpart, and that many historical details were embellished or fabricated outright to make more compelling entertainment. Nonetheless, in broad outline the story is true to the facts: Guerin exposed drug-peddling mobsters in Dublin and paid a terrible price for her activism. Blanchett plays the reporter as a nimble-minded, fast-talking, indefatigable newshound who seems to value a journalistic scoop far more than her long-suffering family. Dependable character actor Ciarian Hinds shines as the gangster who doubles as Guerin's informant, and Gerard McSorley contributes a truly blood-chilling turn as the explosive crime lord who vows to exact revenge on the reporter for her interference. Though seemingly out of his element in Dublin's mean streets, director Joel Schumacher skillfully replicates the seedy settings in which most the story unfolds, and he coaxes fine performances from all the supporting players. But he also gives Blanchett plenty of room, which pays off with a dynamic star turn that in coming years will surely rank among this talented performer's very best.