Main Cast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne
Release Year: 2000
Country: UK/IE/US
Run Time: 110 minutes
Plot
In this crime drama adapted from a true story, Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) is a public relations agent turned journalist who is appalled at the corruption and drug trafficking in her native Dublin; determined to do something about it and make the city a safer place in which to bring up her son, Hamilton begins a series of investigative pieces exposing the major players in the city's dope trade, as well as possible links between drug dealing and the Irish Republican Army. Hamilton's stories win wide acclaim and lead to a public outcry to see that justice is served; they also make Hamilton a number of very dangerous enemies among the underworld, as well as the more corrupt segments of the law enforcement community. When the Sky Falls is based on the true-life story of Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin; Guerin worked on the early drafts of the script before she was murdered by members of the drug cartel she helped to expose, leading the producers to change the names of the characters and alter the story's outcome. The supporting cast includes Patrick Bergin as a police investigator, Pete Postlethwaite as a criminal insider who gives information to Hamilton, and Liam Cunningham as another notorious crime boss. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Jason Barry - Dempsey; Pete Postlethwaite - Martin Shaughnessy; Desmond McAleer - Jimmy Keaveney; Ruaidhri Conroy - Jamie Thornton
Credit
Connor Devlin - Art Director, Ros Hubbard - Casting, John Hubbard - Casting, Lorna Mugan - Costume Designer, Robert Quinn - First Assistant Director, John MacKenzie - Director, Graham Walker - Editor, Peter Newman - Executive Producer, Bruce Davey - Executive Producer, Ralph Kamp - Executive Producer, Kevin Menton - Executive Producer, Rod Stoneman - Executive Producer, Mary Louise Queally - Executive Producer, Mark Geraghty - Production Designer, Seamus Deasy - Cinematographer, Michael Wearing - Producer, Nigel Warren-Green - Producer, Tom Johnson - Sound/Sound Designer, Brendan Deasy - Sound/Sound Designer, Eddie Stacey - Stunts Coordinator, Michael Sheridan - Screenwriter
When the Sky Falls is a 2000 film directed by John Mackenzie and filmed in Ireland, starring Joan Allen. The story is about Veronica Guerin, a criminal reporter for the Sunday Independent, her investigations, and murder.
