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O General

Título original: The General
  • 1998
  • R
  • 2 h 4 min
AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
7,2/10
9,6 mil
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Jon Voight and Brendan Gleeson in O General (1998)
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A história da vida real do herói popular de Dublin, o criminoso Martin Cahill, que realizou dois ousados assaltos na Irlanda com sua equipe, mas atraiu a atenção indesejada da polícia, do IR... Ler tudoA história da vida real do herói popular de Dublin, o criminoso Martin Cahill, que realizou dois ousados assaltos na Irlanda com sua equipe, mas atraiu a atenção indesejada da polícia, do IRA, do UVF e de membros de sua própria equipe.A história da vida real do herói popular de Dublin, o criminoso Martin Cahill, que realizou dois ousados assaltos na Irlanda com sua equipe, mas atraiu a atenção indesejada da polícia, do IRA, do UVF e de membros de sua própria equipe.

  • Direção
    • John Boorman
  • Roteiristas
    • John Boorman
    • Paul Williams
  • Artistas
    • Brendan Gleeson
    • Adrian Dunbar
    • Sean McGinley
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    7,2/10
    9,6 mil
    SUA AVALIAÇÃO
    • Direção
      • John Boorman
    • Roteiristas
      • John Boorman
      • Paul Williams
    • Artistas
      • Brendan Gleeson
      • Adrian Dunbar
      • Sean McGinley
    • 51Avaliações de usuários
    • 55Avaliações da crítica
    • 81Metascore
  • Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro
    • Prêmios
      • 10 vitórias e 14 indicações no total

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    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Martin Cahill
    Adrian Dunbar
    Adrian Dunbar
    • Noel Curley
    Sean McGinley
    Sean McGinley
    • Gary
    Maria Doyle Kennedy
    Maria Doyle Kennedy
    • Frances
    Angeline Ball
    Angeline Ball
    • Tina
    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • Inspector Ned Kenny
    Eanna MacLiam
    Eanna MacLiam
    • Jimmy
    Tom Murphy
    • Willie Byrne
    Paul Hickey
    Paul Hickey
    • Anthony
    Tommy O'Neill
    • Paddy
    John O'Toole
    • Shea
    Ciarán Fitzgerald
    Ciarán Fitzgerald
    • Tommy
    Ned Dennehy
    Ned Dennehy
    • Gay
    Vinny Murphy
    • Harry
    • (as Vinnie Murphy)
    Roxanna Nic Liam
    • Orla
    • (as Roxanna Williams)
    Pat Laffan
    Pat Laffan
    • Police Sgt. Patrick Higgins
    Eamonn Owens
    Eamonn Owens
    • Young Martin Cahill
    Colleen O'Neill
    • Patricia
    • Direção
      • John Boorman
    • Roteiristas
      • John Boorman
      • Paul Williams
    • Elenco e equipe completos
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    Avaliações de usuários51

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    8Dan-153

    Very funny and quite black

    This is Boorman's finest film for many years and is dominated by a memorable performance by Brendan Gleeson who has created a character who combines joviality, clownishness and warmth with moral ambiguity and a capacity for great violence. Voight supports well (although there will always be something mannered about his performances) and produces a pretty solid Irish accent. All other supporting players are excellent. Boorman directs well and delivers a very balanced portrayal of what was obviously a very complicated man capable of great charm and love as well also acts of real darkness.
    9dan-476

    Another accomplished performance by Brendan Gleeson, Ireland's Depardieu

    John Boorman's 'The General' was always going to be a controversial movie and a tough sell for its filmmakers.

    It's anti-hero, Martin Cahill was Ireland's most infamous criminal of recent times - so much so that there has been four screen depictions of him (Ken Stott in The Vicious Circle, Kevin Spacey in Ordinary Decent Criminal, Pete Postlethwaite in When The Sky Falls and Brendan Gleeson in The General).

    He was guilty of some of the country's most outrageous crimes and capable of real brutality - most notably, injuring a forensic scientist in a car bomb and literally nailing one of his gang members to the floor.

    Add into the mix the fact that the film has a largely Irish cast deploying thick Dublin accents and that Boorman chose to shoot it in black and white and you have a movie which wasn't exactly going to jump out at international and especially, US audiences demanding to be loved.

    The result is perhaps Boorman's finest work, certainly on a par with the wonderful 'Hope and Glory'.

    The film is also by a furlong the best of the four movies depicting Cahill's life.

    This is in large part due to the brilliant performance of Irish actor, Brendan Gleeson in the central role.

    The Irish Depardieu not only physically transforms himself into Cahill but captures the rebellious spirit, the intelligence and the charm.

    It would have been easy to depict Cahill as a monster.

    However, Gleeson and Boorman treat their audience with respect, building up a character with shades of darkness and light.

    On one hand, viewers are given an appreciation of how "The General" was able to command the love of two sisters, his children and the adulation of his criminal associates.

    However, Boorman's film is certainly no love letter to Cahill. We also see his sadistic side as in the bombing of the forensic scientist's car and crucifixion of one of his gang members, his lack of consideration and compassion for the 100 workers laid off at a storeroom he has robbed, his cold bargaining with the sexually abused daughter of one of his gang members.

    The supporting cast also put in fine performances too.

    Jon Voight not only masters the rural Irish brogue of the Garda (police) inspector bedevilled by Cahill but also the attitudes. It is a tough but ultimately sympathetic performance of a cop dragged unwillingly into the gutter.

    Maria Doyle Kennedy and Angeline Ball give charming performances as the sisters who were also the women in Cahill's rather unorthodox life, with Ciaran Fitzgerald also making a sympathetic son.

    Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley and Eanna MacLiam all put in spirited performances as members of Cahill's gang. McGinley, in particular, creates another memorably seedy performance as Gary.

    Special mention should also go to Pat Laffan as a brutish Garda sergeant.

    With it's cracking script, Richie Buckley's musical score and the black and white camerawork, 'The General' is easily up there with the best of modern movies made in Ireland (certainly, up there with Neil Jordan's 'The Butcher Boy' and Alan Parker's 'The Commitments').

    It is a must see - a film which demands cult status.
    9gbheron

    Gritty and Brutal Portrayal

    "The General" is the nickname of the real-life, contemporary Irish criminal, Martin Cahill. Brilliantly played by Brendan Gleeson, director John Boorman dramatizes Cahill's odd career as a very successful thief and robber. Shot in black and white the movie has a gritty realism that doesn't glamorize Cahill and his gang. But Cahill, as portrayed by Gleeson and Boorman, is a likable and quirky eccentric who does things his own way, a characteristic which causes him to fall afoul of both the police and the IRA.

    Not your typical A-List Hollywood crime melodrama, this movie is not for everyone, especially those looking for the typical Vin Diesel or Al Pacino crime flick. This is more like the Sopranos in the Irish slums. And, I recommend it highly for a Saturday night rental; just be forewarned that it is quite brutal and intense at times.
    9hammy-3

    Gangster Movie in Classic Tradtion

    If you're watching one of the Classic Warner Brothers Gangster movies on tv and someone asserts that "They don't make 'em like that anymore", here's a movie to prove them wrong. As real-life Dublin gangster Martin Cahill Irish actor Brendan Gleeson provides a criminal hero to compare with those played by Edward G. Robinson and Jimmy Cagney. Brutal and Compassionate by turns, Gleeson's Cahill eschews links to anything outside himself and his home and circle of acquaintances. Hating the state, he turns Ireland's liberal justice system upon itself; hating the media, he blocks his face from TV cameras. Ultimately, it's this status as an existential outsider that brigs about his tragic downfall, but along the way there are moments of incredible comedy as the Gardai, or Irish Police are made to look like bumbling Keysone cops. The monochrome cinematograhy gives an excellent verite effect and the supporting cast with Jon Voight and a host of Irish stalwarts, are superb.
    bob the moo

    Very funny, enjoyable tale that is equal handed if a little sentimental

    Martin Cahill is an Irish thief but is generally a well mannered man with a good sense of humour. His actions draw the attention of the police, although he always manages to stay one step ahead of them. However his life is one of crime and violence and a major art robbery brings him to be the focus of a police investigation and brings the IRA demanding a cut. When a deal is made with the UVF Cahill's position becomes increasingly untenable.

    Films about the troubles (or around the troubles) in Northern Ireland usually tend to put me off because they often wear their colours very large on their sleeves and seem more interesting in scoring political points than telling a good story. However this happily manages to avoid that and tells a Robin Hood style tale that is fairly well told.

    Cahill is a little romanticised in that he has a great sense of humour and is very likeable, but the film doesn't hold back from showing the violence of the life with Cahill having to do nasty stuff as well. For me it worked so well because of the gentle comedy that ran through the story, but it still held plenty of drama and the characters (especially Cahill) held my attention easily.

    Gleeson gives a great performance. He has got Cahill's little habits down really well – the covering of the face at every opportunity etc. Dunbar is good as are most of the support cast. Voight is an interesting bit of casting that is only used occasionally. However it is really Gleeson's show and his good humour carries the film easily.

    Overall this film is very entertaining with a dark edge to it. The story is very enjoyable itself but with the dark humour provided by Gleeson it is even better.

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      The house of writer and director Sir John Boorman was robbed by the real-life Martin Cahill. Among other things, he stole a gold record that Boorman had on the wall (an award for the "Dueling Banjos" theme from Amargo Pesadelo (1972)), which inspired Boorman to include that scene in the movie.
    • Erros de gravação
      Set in 1984, the background of the anti-drug march features a car with a license plate beginning with "96," indicating 1996.
    • Citações

      Garda: Hey Cahill! Which sister did you screw last night? Both?

      Martin Cahill: Yours.

    • Versões alternativas
      Home video version is colorized.
    • Conexões
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Star Trek: Insurrection/Jack Frost/Shakespeare in Love/Psycho/The General (1998)

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    Detalhes

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 29 de maio de 1998 (Reino Unido)
    • Países de origem
      • Reino Unido
      • Irlanda
    • Central de atendimento oficial
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Idioma
      • Inglês
    • Também conhecido como
      • The General
    • Locações de filme
      • Dublin, County Dublin, Irlanda
    • Empresas de produção
      • Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
      • J & M
      • Merlin Films
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    • Faturamento bruto nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 1.214.198
    • Fim de semana de estreia nos EUA e Canadá
      • US$ 26.771
      • 20 de dez. de 1998
    • Faturamento bruto mundial
      • US$ 1.214.198
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    • Tempo de duração
      2 horas 4 minutos
    • Cor
      • Black and White
    • Mixagem de som
      • Dolby Digital
    • Proporção
      • 2.39 : 1

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