Veronica Guerin
Why would anyone want to kill Veronica Guerin?
2003 | 98m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Joel Schumacher |
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| Writer: | Mary Agnes Donoghue, Carol Doyle |
| Staring: |
| In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 11, 2003 |
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| Director: | Joel Schumacher |
| Writer: | Mary Agnes Donoghue, Carol Doyle |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | journalism, dublin, ireland, police, drug scene, based on true story, murder, drug lord, 1990s |
| Production Companies | Jerry Bruckheimer Films, World 2000 Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Persevere Productions Ltd. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $9,439,660
Budget: $17,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Cate Blanchett | Veronica Guerin |
| Gerard McSorley | John Gilligan |
| Ciarán Hinds | John Traynor |
| Brenda Fricker | Bernie Guerin |
| Don Wycherley | Chris Mulligan |
| Barry Barnes | Graham Turley |
| Simon O'Driscoll | Cathal Turley |
| Emmet Bergin | Aengus Fanning |
| Charlotte Bradley | Ann Harris |
| Mark Lambert | Willy Kealy |
| Garrett Keogh | Tony Gregory |
| Maria McDermottroe | Geraldine Gilligan |
| Paudge Behan | Brian Meehan |
| Joe Hanley | Eugene 'Dutchie' Holland |
| David Murray | Charles Bowden |
| Karl Shiels | Gilligan Gang Member No. 1 |
| Barry McEvoy | Gilligan Gang Member No. 2 |
| Gina Costigan | Traynor's Girlfriend |
| Alan Devine | Gerry Hutch |
| Gerry O'Brien | Martin Cahill |
| Gabrielle Reidy | Frances Cahill |
| Paul Roe | Tommy Mullen |
| David Herlihy | Peter 'Fatso' Mitchell |
| Darragh Kelly | Terry Fagan |
| Colin Farrell | Tattooed Boy |
| Laurence Kinlan | Timmy (14 year old Junkie) |
| Danielle Fox-Clarke | Girl Junkie |
| Sarah O'Reilly-Maloney | Girl Junkie No. 2 |
| Paul Ronan | Jimmy Guerin |
| Philip O'Sullivan | Solicitor |
| Niall Tóibín | Judge Ballaugh |
| Kevin McHugh | Judge at Assault Trial |
| Joe Taylor | Priest (Bernadette's Church) |
| Vinnie McCabe | Priest at Funeral |
| Des Cave | Police Spokesman |
| Luke Hayden | Protection Garda No. 1 |
| Joe Gallagher | Protection Garda No. 2 |
| Ned Dennehy | Jamey the Tout |
| Tommy O'Neill | Cahill Thug No. 1 |
| Shane McCabe | Cahill Thug No. 2 |
| Brian McGuinness | Cahill Thug No. 3 |
| Sally Ann Doddy | Mrs. Hutch |
| Aaron Harris | Press Conference Reporter No. 1 |
| Jonathan White | Press Conference Reporter No. 2 |
| Maggie Wade | Coleen the Parole Clerk |
| Anne Cassin | Woman Newscaster |
| Elizabeth Moynihan | Woman Newscaster No. 2 |
| Jimmy Greeley | Newscaster No. 1 |
| Brian Dobson | Newscaster No. 2 |
| Kevin Reynolds | Studio Interviewer No. 1 |
| Gerry Ryan | Studio Interviewer No. 2 |
| Barbara Brennan | Jealous Journalist No. 1 |
| Gary Lilburn | Jealous Journalist No. 2 |
| Jane Brennan | Jealous Journalist No. 3 |
| Frank Smith | Jealous Journalist No. 4 |
| Malachy McKenna | Male Officer No. 1 |
| Kieran Hurley | Male Officer No. 2 |
| Terry Byrne | Man in Registry Office |
| Mick Nolan | Tax Assessor |
| Barbara Ryan | Aengus' Secretary |
| Enda Oates | Warehouse Worker No. 1 |
| Martin Dunne | Warehouse Worker No. 2 |
| Helen Norton | Witness Nurse No. 1 |
| Noelle Brown | Witness Nurse No. 2 |
| Veronica Duffy | ICU Attendant |
| Brian Munn | Elegant Equestrian |
| Cathy White | Elegant Equestrian Woman |
| Amy Shiels | Gilligan's Mistress |
| Fiona Glascott | Meehan's Girlfriend |
| Shelly Smith | Gang Girlfriend No. 1 |
| Gráinne de Buitléar | Gang Girlfriend No. 2 |
| Emily Kelly | Gang Girlfriend No. 3 |
| Vanessa Keogh | Hooker No. 1 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joel Schumacher | Director |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | Original Music Composer |
| David Gamble | Editor |
| Mary Agnes Donoghue | Screenplay |
| Carol Doyle | Story, Screenplay |
| Joan Bergin | Costume Design |
| Frank Moiselle | Casting |
| Jonathan Hession | Still Photographer |
| Nuala Moiselle | Casting |
| Richard Street | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kieran Horgan | Production Sound Mixer |
| Robin O'Donoghue | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Brendan Galvin | Director of Photography |
| John Downer | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Maggie Rodford | Music Supervisor |
| Jean Bourne | Script Supervisor |
| Paki Smith | Set Decoration |
| Nathan Crowley | Production Design |
| Deirdre Fitzgerald | Makeup Artist |
| Tina Phelan | Makeup Artist |
| Jason Swanscott | Foley Artist |
| Morag Ross | Makeup Artist |
| Sharon Doyle | Makeup Artist |
| Dee Corcoran | Hairstylist |
| Julie Ochipinti | Art Direction |
| Tommy Gormley | First Assistant Director |
| Karen Richards | Second Assistant Director |
| Seamus Mcinerney | Unit Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Ned Dowd | Executive Producer |
| Chad Oman | Executive Producer |
| Mike Stenson | Executive Producer |
| James Flynn | Associate Producer |
| Morgan O'Sullivan | Associate Producer |
| Paul Tucker | Associate Producer |
| Pat Sandston | Associate Producer |
| Eli Richbourg | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 15 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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John Chard
8.0
You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same. The assassination of Dublin crime reporter Veronica Guerin in 1996 shook Ireland to the core, her murder saw a public swell of determination to rid the country of its drug peddlers. Joel Schumacher's film is an in dep ... th interpretation of the woman, her beliefs, her family life, her complexities and her stoicism to root out the drug barons putting liquid death into the arms of the many. Thankfully avoiding Hollywood clichés, it's often gritty and well thought out, Schumacher and his writers, Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue, don't soft soap the Guerin image, her faults are laid bare alongside her searing strengths. The dangers of her work are very prominent throughout, leading to some suspenseful and fearsome scenes. Cate Blanchett as Guerin is inspired casting, an actress capable of covering all facets of the human condition, and in support Ciaran Hinds, Gerard McSorley and Brenda Fricker give powerful performances. 8/10
May 16, 2024