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Mathew McElhinney

Actor

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Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists and the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 16 is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. He and his gang are given the go ahead to kill a young Catholic man, James Griffin, as a reprisal and a warning to others. When the hit is carried out, Joe Griffin - the 11-year old little brother of the target - watches in horror his brother is shot in the head. Thirty years later Joe Griffin and Alistair are to meet, on camera, with a view to reconciliation. Alistair has served his sentence, and Peace may been agreed in N. Ireland, but unbeknownst to the production team, Joe Griffin, is not coming on the program for a handshake but to stick a knife in his brother's killer - live on air.

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Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

Mathew McElhinney is known for Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), War and Destiny (2007) and Shooting for Socrates (2014).

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Known for

Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt in Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

Five Minutes of Heaven

6.5

Stuart - 1975

2009

Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, and Mischa Barton in War and Destiny (2007)

War and Destiny

6.5

Young Cathal

2007

Shooting for Socrates (2014)

Shooting for Socrates

5.8

Jimmy Nichol

2014

To Be Frank Carson (2017)

To Be Frank Carson

8.5

Self

2017

Credits

Actor

Shooting for Socrates
5.8
- Jimmy Nichol
- 2014
Five Minutes of Heaven
6.5
- Stuart - 1975
- 2009
War and Destiny
6.5
- Young Cathal
- 2007

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Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

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