Five Minutes of Heaven is a British/Irish television film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert. The first part reconstructs the killing of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little in 1975, and the second part depicts a fictional meeting between Little and Jim's brother Joe 33 years later.
The film won two awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 April 2009, and has had an in...
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Five Minutes of Heaven is a British/Irish television film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert. The first part reconstructs the killing of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little in 1975, and the second part depicts a fictional meeting between Little and Jim's brother Joe 33 years later.
The film won two awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 April 2009, and has had an international theatrical release.
The first act depicts a reconstruction of the murder of 19-year-old Jim Griffin by 17-year-old Alistair Little (Mark Davison) on 29 October 1975. Jim's 11-year-old brother Joe witnesses the killing. Little goes to prison for 12 years. The second act depicts a fictional meeting between Little (Liam Neeson) and Griffin (James Nesbitt) when the two agree to meet for a television documentary 33 years after the murder. Little is unaware that Griffin plans to avenge his brother's death by killing him. The third act...
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