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One of Ireland’s most acclaimed music video and commercial directors, Smyth’s work takes on global appeal from his direction of music videos for U2, The Verve, Bon Jovi, Melissa Etheridge and others, to commercial advertising for brands like Nike, Macy’s Pepsi and Guinness.
Sep 20, 2016 · Irish star Jamie Dornan and director Richie Smyth chat about their new movie The Siege of Jadotville, based on the book by Declan Power and set to screen in cinemas from September 19th and...
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Oct 7, 2016 · The Siege of Jadotville: Directed by Richie Smyth. With Jamie Dornan, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mark Strong, Mikael Persbrandt. Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
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Director: The Siege of Jadotville. Richie Smyth is known for The Siege of Jadotville (2016), Fighting Charity and An Ocean View.
- Director, Producer, Writer
- Richie Smyth
- The Real Siege Was An Incredible Display of Irish Resourcefulness
- You Haven’T Heard of Jadotville For A Reason
- The Film Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh in July and Received A Standing Ovation
- Belfast Boy Jamie Dornan Plays A Real Life Irish Hero
- It’S Sure to Be Yet Another Brilliant Netflix Exclusive
- The Cast comprises of A Host of Irish and British Talent
- You’Ll only Have to Wait A Month to Get to See It
The film follows the events of a 1961 siege in which some 158 inexperienced, badly-equipped and outnumbered Irish soldiers kept a vast force of Katangese mercenaries at bay. As thousands of armed adversaries fired their way towards the Irish compound, one besieged Irishman radioed his superiors with a typically Irish light-heartedness: "We will hol...
The events of the siege are criminally under-known in Ireland, and indeed in Britain, as the Irish soldiers involved were ordered to hush up about their experience in Jadotville. The veterans of Jadotville eventually became dissatisfied with the Defence Forces’ refusal to acknowledge the battle, and particularly the lack of recognition for Commanda...
The world premiere screening of The Siege of Jadotvillewas held at Ireland’s film festival, the Galway Film Fleadh, on July 9. The film was well-received by those in attendance and was even given a spontaneous standing ovation by its audience. An announcement was made at the end of the screening that Minister of State at the Department of Defence, ...
Jamie Dornan plays Commandant Pat Quinlan in the film, the beleaguered commander who somehow kept every one of his men alive. “It’s not Christian Grey in uniform,” joked the 34-year old Northern Irishman in an interview last year with MailOnline, no doubt hoping to put his experience with the universally-panned Fifty Shades of Greymovie to one side...
The Siege of Jadotville is set to join an impressive list of exclusive Netflix releases, which already includes hit TV shows and movies such as House of Cards, Making a Murderer and Beasts of No Nation. Netflix will be hoping to build on the aforementioned successes which have propelled the entertainment company into standing with the giants of fil...
Well-known and highly-rated London actor Mark Strong is rumoured to be playing the legendary Irish politician, writer, historian and academic Conor Cruise O’Brien, who was a diplomat in the Congo at the time. Elsewhere, Sandycove native Jason O’Mara of Life on Marsfame will portray Jamie Dornan’s right hand man Sgt. Jack Prendergast. Other Irish ac...
The film launches globally on Netflix on October 7 — meaning fans will only have to wait a few weeks to see Dornan and co in action. Directed by Richie Smyth from a screenplay written by Kevin Brodbin, The Siege of Jadotvillewas filmed in South Africa last year. Fans of Irish history shouldn't miss it.
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Oct 20, 2016 · Veteran music video director Richie Smyth's feature debut is the gripping Netflix war movie The Siege of Jadotville, starring Jamie Dornan.
