Liam (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Liam
writer = Jimmy McGovern
starring = Ian Hart,
Claire Hackett,
Anthony Borrows, Megan Burns
director = Stephen Frears
distributor = BBC/Lion's Gate Films
released = September 4, 2000, Venice Film Festival
budget = $3 million U.S.
runtime = 1 hour 31 min.
imdb_id = 0255321

"Liam" (2000) is a British film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern (perhaps best known as the creator of Brit TV crime drama "Cracker") adapted his own novel "The Back Crack Boys" into this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain. Frears in turn was influenced by James Joyce's accounts of his stern childhood in late 19th century Catholic Dublin.

Megan Burns won the Marcello Mastroianni award at the Venice film festival for her performance.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255321/ Liam] at the Internet Movie Database
* Salon.com Review: [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/09/26/liam/ Charles Taylor] .
* The Guardian Review: [http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Critic_Review/Guardian_Film_of_the_week/0,4267,441474,00.html Peter Bradshaw] .
* The Chicago Sun-Times Review: [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20011005/REVIEWS/110050302/1023 Roger Ebert] .