Blind Flight
The sole authorised feature film dramatisation of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy’s ordeal as hostages in Lebanon, based on their No 1 best-selling books An Evil Cradling and Some Other Rainbow, and starring Ian Hart and Linus Roache.
Winner: Best Actor Award - Ian Hart (TriBeCa Film Festival, NY 04). Nominee: FIPRESCI International Film Critics’ Director’s Award for Best First/Second Feature Film (London Film Festival 03). Nominee: Best New Filmmaker, Best Narrative Feature Film (TriBeCa Film Festival, New York 04); Best Actor Award - Ian Hart (British Independent Film Awards 04); Best Film Award, Best Music Award, People's Choice Award (Irish Film & Television Awards 04); Best Actor Award - Ian Hart, Best Actor Award - Linus Roache (BAFTA Scotland Awards 04).
"This is a truly inspirational, moving, intimate and compassionate reading of these true events." (****Empire, 2004)
"A triumph, anchored by brilliant central performances. An intensely physical movie, full of arresting detail and memorable moments. A major addition to the (hostage film) canon." (The Observer - Philip French’s Top Five Films: 11.04.04
"A wholly believable and deeply moving story. Those who seek it out will be rewarded with a film of great resonance. It is brilliantly unsentimental. Ian Hart and Linus Roache give memorably unadorned performances." (Hollywood Reporter: 27.04.04)
"Two of the best male performances of the last year." (Screen International BAFTA 2004 Film Awards)
“Very powerful and well directed. He managed to create a spellbinding and tense atmosphere. Fantastic actors. Timeless.” (Costa-Gavras, film director)
“Fabulous acting, tremendous direction, and everything that should have led to it being recognised as one of the great British films of the last 50 years. It is truly a masterpiece…a forgotten British treasure.” (Mark Kidel, international arts documentarist & reviewer – email to Melvyn Bragg, March 2023)
“Simply astounding. A brilliant, brilliant film.” (Ros Scanlon, cultural director Irish Cultural Centre, London, October 2023)
“Truly a fine film and one I would have been happy and proud to put my name to.” (David Aukin, ex-Channel Four Head Of Film)
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