To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release in Irish cinemas and the Centenary of the 1916 rising, Audi Dublin International Film Festival will host a special screening of Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins.
The film will have its own 20th Anniversary Premiere on Saturday February 20th at The Savoy on O’Connell Street. Neil Jordan and Cinematographer Chris Menges will be in attendance. There will be an onstage Q&A hosted by Harry McGee. Some of the 4000 extras who took part in the film will also be at the celebration.
Speaking about her selection of the film, Festival Director Grainne Humphreys said: “
I’m thrilled to be able to programme Michael Collins in the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. Everyone remembers the excitement in Dublin when it was being filmed and so many people were part of it as extras. The resulting film was, and is, the great film of the period from Neil Jordan at the height of his filmmaking powers. I expect it will resonate with the festival audience just as beautifully as it did 20 years ago.”
Michael Collins will also be available for the first time on Blu Ray from March 4th in a 20th Anniversary Edition with the addition of a new specially recorded Intro and Commentary by director Neil Jordan.
Michael Collins will be released nationwide in cinemas in a new digital format from March 18th.
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