| | Veronica Guerin DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Crime Movies, Biography Videos, Police, Justice, Criminals, Journalists/Journalism, Reporters, 1990s, Ireland | | Starring | Cate Blanchett, Brenda Fricker, Ciaran Hinds, Gerard McSorley | | Director | Joel Schumacher | | Additional Music/Songs | Patrick Cassidy | | Cameo | Colin Farrell | | Composer | Harry Gregson-Williams | | Director of Photography | Brendan Galvin | | Executive Producer | Chad Oman, Mike Stenson, Ned Dowd | | Producer | Jerry Bruckheimer | | Screenwriter | Carol Doyle, Mary Agnes Donoghue | | Story | Carol Doyle |
This DVD feature film is a powerful action-thriller based on the true story of a persistent journalist who took on the world's most dangerous drug lors, risking everything to expose the truth. Stars Cate Blanchett. DVD special features include deleted scene, the real-life Veronica Guerin speaks, making-of featurette, more. VERONICA GUERIN, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher, is the true story of the tenacious Irish crime reporter (Cate Blanchett) who exposed the brutal drug trade in 1990s Dublin. Veronica Guerin's intense dedication to her journalism, reckless hunger for the truth, and profound sense of social responsibility is grippingly portrayed by Blanchett in a magnetic performance.
Told in flashback, the film begins at the moment of her brutal assassination in 1996 and moves backwards, telling the story of the last two years of her life. A competitive journalist with no drug background, Veronica started her fierce campaign against Dublin's drug trade after witnessing young children playing with hypodermic needles in the city's slums. At that moment she started interviewing addicts and small-time thugs and what she discovered eventually led her into a fiercely protected inner circle of drug kingpins, controlled by the viciously powerful John Gilligan (Gerard McSorley). What began as a search for a story became Veronica's obsession. Her quest overshadowed her duties as a wife and mother and eventually threatened the lives of her husband and child. Heroic yet reckless, she persevered, and after threats and violent beatings she was assassinated by the very gangsters she threatened to expose. Theatrical Release: October 17, 2003 (LIMITED) Veronica Guerin Reviews: "A luminous performance lies at the heart of Joel Schumacher's impressive drama VERONICA GUERIN..."
-- Mark Adams, Hollywood Reporter "...Cate Blanchett gives one of her best performances as Guerin..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...A surprisingly unadorned, straightforward and effective movie....Schumacher renders the Dublin underworld with vivid detail, and he works superbly with his actors..."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life "...Her death was shocking; this well-made telling of her life is inspiring..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...This is Blanchett's show, and she powers it by giving Guerin a motor that never idles..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...Blanchett dominates the material with a headstrong, extroverted performance....Blanchett and Schumacher have found the right note for their story..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Veronica Guerin | List Price | $14.99 (You save $4.70) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2003 | | All Time Sales Rank |  22239  | | CD Universe Part number | 6657464 | | Catalog number | 03205600 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 16, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | violence, language, and some drug content | | Also Known As | Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story | | Running Time | 98 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
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From producer Jerry Bruckheimer (PEARL HARBOR) and starring Academy Award(R) nominee Cate Blanchett (1998 Best Actress, ELIZABETH; LORD OF THE RINGS) comes VERONICA GUERIN, the action-packed, critically acclaimed true story about the journalist who risked everything in search of the truth. In the mid-1990s, Dublin was nothing short of a war zone as the most powerful and dangerous drug lords battled for absolute control. But their most fearsome opponent wasn't the police. It was the courageous Veronica Guerin (Blanchett). Balancing home and family against her responsibility to her readers and country, she stopped at nothing to expose them. This suspense-filled and thrilling story will stun you with its power.
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Region 1
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Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary
Featurette:
1. Veronica Guerin at the Committee to Protect Journalists
2. "Public Mask, Private Fears" - Making-of
3. "A Conversation with Jerry Bruckheimer"
Text/Photo Galleries:
Producer's Photo Gallery
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