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Neil Jordan: The Man Who Made Michael Collins

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
November/December 1996

November 3, 1996 by Leave a Comment

For years we have been waiting. Director John Ford, way back when, was interested. In the early '80s Robert Redford talked about doing it. At different times Kevin Costner and Tom Cruise were said to be scouting locations in Ireland. Even Mickey Rourke was talked about. Well, at last, almost 75 years after his death, we have our movie Michael Collins made by an Irish director … [Read more...] about Neil Jordan: The Man Who Made Michael Collins

Interview with the Vampire Maker

By Colin Lacey

January/February 1995

January 8, 1995 by Leave a Comment

With his 1992 Oscar-winning film, The Crying Game, Irish director-screenwriter Neil Jordan staked a claim as a major force in the international film industry. In 1994, Jordan's spectacular film version of Anne Rice's cult novel, Interview with the Vampire, consolidated that claim. Starring box-office heavyweights Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Christian Slater the movie is … [Read more...] about Interview with the Vampire Maker

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