The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films presents Bloody Sunday.
With breathtaking verisimilitude and startling immediacy, Bloody Sunday re-creates Northern Ireland’s most controversial contemporary tragedy. Director Paul Greengrass presents the events of January 30, 1972, in convincing verité fashion, based on Don Mullan’s influential account Eyewitness Bloody Sunday. Civil rights leader and Member of Parliament Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) leads a tense march through Derry’s Catholic “bogside” community protesting the British practice of internment without trial. He watches in horror when his peaceful march splinters and unarmed protesters are gunned down by British paramilitary soldiers. Told from the perspectives of both the civil rights movement and the military authorities, Bloody Sunday commemorates the 30th anniversary of the massacre at Derry and offers a cathartic statement on its long contested history.
Disc Features:
- New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director Paul Greengrass, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary featuring writer/director Paul Greengrass and actor James Nesbitt
- Audio commentary featuring co-producer Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Bloody Sunday
- History Retold, interviews with cast and crew
- Ivan Cooper Remembers, interview with Ivan Cooper and James Nesbitt on location in Derry, Northern Ireland
- Q&A session at London’s Curzon Cinema, with Paul Greengrass and James Nesbitt
- New interviews with Irish rock band U2 and producer Steve Lillywhite on Bloody Sunday, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the song “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
- Inside Story Special: Remember Bloody Sunday, a 1992 BBC 50-minute documentary special on Bloody Sunday
- Blood Sunday – A Derry Diary, Margo Harkin’s 85-minute documentary following the course of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry from the perspective of the victims’ families
- Theatrical trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by actor James Nesbitt and film scholar Duncan Greenlaw
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