Title Hunger / IFC Films, Film 4 and Channel 4 in association with Northern Ireland Screen, The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and The Wales Creative IP Fund present a Blast! Films production ; produced by Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch ; written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen ; directed by Steve McQueen.

Publication Info.	[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2009.
	2008.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	DVD HUNGER	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Audio Visual	DVD HUNGER	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Adult	DVD Foreign HUNGER	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Media Room	DVD HUNGER	Check Shelf

Edition	Special edition.
Description	1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Series	The Criterion collection ; 504
	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 504.
System Details	DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Cast	Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham, Brian Milligan.
Credits	Director of photography, Sean Bobbitt ; editor, Joe Walker ; original music, David Holmes, Leo Abrahams.
Note	Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Summary	In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
Audience	Not rated.
Note	Special features: Video interviews with McQueen and actor Michael Fassbender; short documentary on the making of Hunger, including interviews with McQueen, Fassbender, actors Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham and Brian Milligan, writer Enda Walsh, and producer Robin Gutch ; "The Provos' last card?:" a 1981 episodes of the BBC program Panorama, about the Maze prison hunger strikes and the political and civilian reactions across Northern Ireland; trailer. A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Chris Darke.
	GMD: videorecording.
Language	English dialogue.
Subject	Sands, Bobby, 1954-1981 -- Drama.
	Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 -- Drama.
	Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) -- Drama.
	Irish Republican Army -- Drama.
	Prisoners -- Death -- Drama.
	Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-2022 -- Drama.
	Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1979-1997 -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Biographical films.
	Historical films.
	Feature films.
Added Author	McQueen, Steve, 1969- Screenwriter. Director.
	Hastings-Smith, Laura. Producer.
	Gutch, Robin. Producer.
	Walsh, Enda. Screenwriter.
	Fassbender, Michael, 1977- Actor.
	Cunningham, Liam. Actor.
	Graham, Stuart, 1967- Actor.
	Milligan, Brian. Actor.
	Holmes, David, 1969- Composer.
	Abrahams, Leo. Composer.
	IFC Films.
	FilmFour (Firm)
	Channel Four (Great Britain)
	Blast! Films.
ISBN	9781604652345
	1604652349
Standard No.	715515052818
Music No.	CC1867D Criterion Collection

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