Five Minutes of Heaven
Five Minutes of Heaven is a 2009 Irish film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert. The film was premiered on 19 January 2009 at the 25th Sundance Film Festival where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award for Hirschbiegel, and the World Cinema Screenwriting Award for Hibbert. As a television film it was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 April 2009, and also had an international feature film release.
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| Directed by | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Written by | Guy Hibbert |
| Produced by | Eoin O'Callaghan Stephen Wright |
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| Cinematography | Ruairi O'Brien |
| Edited by | Hans Funck |
| Music by | David Holmes |
Production companies | Big Fish Films Element Pictures Ruby Films |
| Distributed by | BBC Television (United Kingdom) IFC Films (United States) Pathé (worldwide) |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Languages | English Irish |
| Box office | $87,906 |
The first part reconstructs the historical 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 Griffin's brother Joe 33 years later.
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