Hidden Agenda R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 15, 2015
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: KL Studios Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Brian Cox & Mai Zetterling | |
Performer: | John Benfield, Michelle Fairley, Jim Norton, Maurice Roëves & Ian McElhinney | |
Directed by | Ken Loach | |
Edited by | Jonathan Morris | |
Composition by | Stewart Copeland | |
Produced by | Eric Fellner | |
Director of Photography: | Clive Tickner | |
Executive Production by | John Daly & Derek Gibson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Made in 1990, it feels and looks like it's from 1980. Frances McDormand is an especially snoozy disappointment in a woefully miscast role.
Filmcritic.com
Rating: 3/5 --
Simplistic and unconvincing, but with some power
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 2/4 --
Well-intentioned, but rather murky.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3/4 --
Its own terms and for much of the way, this is a superior thriller.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Though it attempts to make an acceptable theatrical entertainment out of a complex political saga, Hidden Agenda lacks bigscreen impact.
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Variety
...The script percolates with startling revelations about the venality of Britain's secret service...
Film Comment
Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda must be the most buttoned-down movie about a conspiracy theory ever made.
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Washington Post
Product Description:
An implicit condemnation of the repressive tactics of the British government in Northern Ireland, HIDDEN AGENDA stars Brian Cox (THE BOXER), Brad Dourif (MISSISSIPPI BURNING), and Frances McDormand (FARGO). When an American attorney working for a humanitarian group who is investigating the torture of IRA prisoners is killed in Belfast, Inspector Kerrigan (Cox) is sent to investigate the crime. He's joined by Sullivan's fiancée, Ingrid Jessner (McDormand), a lawyer working for the International League of Civil Liberties. They learn that he had been given a tape by a former British army officer named Harris (Maurice Roeves) that contained highly incriminating material concerning the activities of the British government. With some difficulty they track down the elusive officer, leading them to the IRA. This well-made, low-key political thriller was highly controversial upon its release because it cited real names and events in presenting its case for the existence of a conspiracy at the highest levels of the British government.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 114,837
- UPC: 738329178123
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