Hunger
A determined IRA prisoner leads a deadly hunger strike to force recognition of his comrades as political detainees, battling an unyielding government and his own failing body.
“An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.”
Synopsis
The story centers on Bobby Sands, an IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles, a period in which Irish Republican prisoners sought to gain political status.
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A crew of 215+ credited
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Edited by Joe WalkerShot by Sean BobbittScored by Leo AbrahamsDesigned by Tom MccullaghSound by Richard DaveyCostumes by Anushia NieradzikStunts by Paul HerbertVFX by Bob Smoke
Box Office
2008 · Box office
Grossed $2.7M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$2.7M
Opening week (7-day): $4K
Peak 1 theaters
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Cast & Crew
215 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Fassbender
as Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham
as Raymond Lohan
Liam Cunningham
as Father Dominic Moran
Laine Megaw
as Raymond's Wife
Brian Milligan
as Davey Gillen
Liam Mcmahon
as Gerry Campbell
Karen Hassan
as Gerry's Girlfriend
Frank Mccusker
as The Governor
Lalor Roddy
as William
Helen Madden
as Mrs Sands
Des Mcaleer
as Mr Sands
Geoff Gatt
as Bearded Man
Supporting cast
12Rory Mullen
as Priest
Ben Peel
as Riot Prison Officer, Stephen Graves
Helena Bereen
as Raymond's Mother
Paddy Jenkins
as Hitman
Billy Clarke
as Chief Medical Officer
Ciaran Flynn
as Twelve Year Old Bobby
B J Hogg
as Loyalist Orderly
Larry Cowan
as Prison Guard
Tom Dart
as Guard
Denis Halligan
as Naked Prisoner
Thomas James Scott
as Riot Officer
Margaret Thatcher
as Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Directors
2Writers
3Producers
9Other crew
183Graham Wheeler
accounts assistant
Pay Hoy
accounts assistant
Antonia Bates
additional adr editor (uncredited)
Leona Mccarron
additional floor runner
Sean Roe Curran
additional floor runner
Lynda Marshall
additional script supervisor: dailies
Chu Li Shewring
additional sound effects editor (as ChuLi Shewring)
Lionel Strutt
adr coordinator (uncredited)
Tom Deane
adr mixer (uncredited)
Steve Haynes
adr recordist (uncredited)
Robert Gyle
armourer
Rebecca Luckley
art department runner
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