Hunger

Synopsis

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.

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Cast

Michael Fassbender

Bobby Sands

Stuart Graham

Ray Lohan

Liam Cunningham

Priest

Helena Bereen

Raymond's Mother

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Laine Megaw

Raymond's Wife

Brian Milligan

Davey Gillen

Liam McMahon

Gerry Campbell

Karen Hassan

Gerry's Girlfriend

Frank McCusker

The Governor

Lalor Roddy

William

Des McAleer

Mr Sands

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Helen Madden

Mrs. Sands

Paddy Jenkins

Hitman

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Geoff Gatt

Bearded Man

Rory Mullen

Priest

Ben Peel

Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves

B.J. Hogg

Loyalist Orderly

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Billy Clarke

Chief MO

Ciaran Flynn

12 Year Old Bobby

Crew

Art

• Brendan Rankin Art Direction
• Tom McCullagh Production Design

Camera

• Sean Bobbitt Director of Photography
• Steffan Hill Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Maria Moore Makeup Artist
• Jacqueline Fowler Makeup Designer
• Judith Laverty Makeup Artist
• Anushia Nieradzik Costume Design
• Robyn Wheeler Makeup Artist
• Cheryl Hill Makeup Artist
• Alison Rainey Makeup Artist
• Sian Wilson Makeup Artist

Crew

• Mark Mottram Stunts
• James O'Donnell Stunts
• Andy Bennett Stunts
• Jamie Edgell Stunts
• Paul Herbert Stunt Coordinator

Directing

• Steve McQueen Director
• Matthew Hanson Second Assistant Director
• Mark Fenn First Assistant Director
• Adam Philpott Third Assistant Director

Editing

• Joe Walker Editor

Production

• Robin Gutch Producer
• Laura Hastings-Smith Producer

Sound

• David Holmes Original Music Composer
• Leo Abrahams Original Music Composer
• Richard Davey Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Paul Davies Sound Designer
• Ronan Hill Sound Mixer
• Mervyn Moore Sound Mixer

Writing

• Enda Walsh Writer
• Steve McQueen Writer

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