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Veronica Guerin
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Veronica Guerin is a 2003 biographical crime drama film directed by Joel Schumacher and written by Mary Agnes Donoghue. Produced by Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Persevere Productions Ltd., and World 2000 Entertainment, the movie features Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, and Colin Farrell in the cast. The narrative is set in Dublin, Ireland, and explores themes of police work and journalism within the drug scene.
The film originated in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with an original language of English. Harry Gregson-Williams composed the score, while Nathan Crowley served as production designer. It has a runtime of 98 minutes and was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+ via video on demand. The production had a budget of 17000000 and generated a revenue of 9439660.
Critical reception includes a review score of 53%, an average rating of 5.9/10, and a score of 55/100. Audience metrics show a TMDb vote average of 6.668 and an IMDb rating of 6.8. The film was released in 2003, with specific dates including July 11, September 11, and October 8. Its tagline asks why anyone would want to kill Veronica Guerin.
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Film · TMDB
6.7In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
Cast
- Cate Blanchett as Veronica Guerin
- Gerard McSorley as John Gilligan
- Ciarán Hinds as John Traynor
- Brenda Fricker as Bernie Guerin
- Don Wycherley as Chris Mulligan
- Barry Barnes as Graham Turley
Themes
- police
- journalism
- dublin, ireland
- based on true story
- drug scene
- murder
- drug lord
- 1990s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Republic of Ireland
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenwriter
- Mary Agnes Donoghue
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Q217037
- Production company
- Q17305144
- Narrative location
- Dublin
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 719183
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2003-09-11
- title
- Veronica Guerin
- production designer
- Nathan Crowley
- distributed by
- Disney+
- review score
- 55/100
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