Bloody Sunday (film)

Bloody Sunday is a 2002 film that provides a dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972. Directed and written by Paul Greengrass, based on Eyewitness Bloody Sunday by Don Mullan. Ivan Cooper I just want to say this to the British Government... You know what you've just done, don't you? You've destroyed the civil rights movement, and you've given the IRA the biggest victory it will ever have. All over this city tonight, young men... boys will be joining the IRA, and you will reap a whirlwind. Chief Supt. Lagan You call that minimum force? Dialogue Reporter: Mr. Cooper, what do you say to those people that might be joining the IRA, and what message do you want to give them? Ivan Cooper: I feel very ill-equipped to do any preaching to them after today. Cast James Nesbitt - Ivan Cooper Tim Pigott-Smith - Major General Robert Ford Nicholas Farrell - Brigadier Patrick Maclellan Gerard McSorley - Chief Supt. Lagan Kathy Kiera Clarke - Frances Allan Gildea - Kevin McCorry Gerard Crossan - Eamonn McCann Simon Mann - Col Derek Wilford Mary Moulds - Bernadette Devlin Carmel McCallion - Bridget Bond David Clayton Rogers - Dennis External links 0280491 Bloody Sunday bloody_sunday Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday bloodysunday Category:2002 films Category:British films Category:Films directed by Paul Greengrass Category:Films based on true stories Category:Films based on non-fiction books Category:Drama films Category:Films set in Northern Ireland Category:Sundance Film Festival award–winning films