Revenge Film Black 47 Sets Huge Box Office
 

New Irish Famine Revenge Film Black 47 Trailer Lands Ahead of UK Release
on 28 September 2018

Already a critically-acclaimed movie, a new trailer for the Great Hunger action thriller movie “Black 47” has been released, by Warner Bros, ahead of the drama’s official Irish and United Kingdom theater release dates.


IrishCentral Staff @IrishCentral, 30 July, 2018




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Feeney, the Ranger, played by James Frecheville, in "Black 47".



Already a critically-acclaimed movie, a new trailer for the Great Hunger action thriller movie “Black 47” has been released, by Warner Bros, ahead of the drama’s official Irish and United Kingdom theater release dates.

The movie, “Black 47”, follows the story of an Irish Ranger, during the worst of the Irish Famine in 1847. The Irish young soldier had been fighting for the British Army abroad but abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite been hardened by his time on the battlefield he is shocked by the horror he discovers in his ravaged homeland.

Feeney, the Ranger, played by James Frecheville, finds his mother starved to death and his brother hanged by the brutal hand of the English. With little else to live for he sets a destructive path to avenge his family.

“Black 47” was written by Lance Daly and P.J. Dillon and also directed by Daly. Starring Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent, Barry Keoghan, Moe Dunford, and Freddie Fox, to name but a few, “Black 47” was released at the Berlin Festival in February 2018 to rave reviews. It was then aired in Ireland at the Dublin International Film Festival. It will now be released in Irish theaters on September 7 and in the United Kingdom on 28 September.

What will be interesting is seeing how the movie depicting the desperation and destruction of the Irish Famine is received by the public. Despite critical-acclaim and the fact that the movie is set for general release it currently only has a rating of 50% on RottenTomatoes and 6.4 on IMDB.


In October 2017 the British public were “horrified” by a “ITV drama's brutal Irish Famine episode”. The TV drama “Victoria”, starring Jenna Coleman, which had Sunday night viewer figures of 4.8 million, aired a realistic presentation of Great Hunger.


The show trended on Twitter for a day with the public left reeling by the realities of the Irish Famine.

Come 28 September we may very well see the same reactions as the action revenge thriller “Black 47” hits the big screens in the United Kingdom.


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Black 47 - Movie Trailer (2018) - Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Barry Keoghan





Here are some highlights from the Berlin Film Festival press conference for "Black 47":




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Black 47 Sets Huge Box Office Record in Ireland

New Film Black 47 now The Top-Grossing Film of 2018 in Ireland

Irish Central, 19 Sep 2018.



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On Wednesday, 19September, the new Irish Famine drama Black 47 crossed the €1 million mark at Irish box offices, making it the highest grossing Irish film for 2018.


Black 47 is now the first Irish film to gross €1 million in Irish box offices since 2016’s Irish comedy The Young Offenders.

Having crossed the €1 million threshold, Black 47 now joins the ranks of other hugely popular Irish films The Wind that Shakes the Barley, The Guard, and Michael Collins.

Black 47 has also enjoyed the highest grossing opening weekend for an Irish film since 2015’s Brooklyn, which stars Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.

Macdara Kelleher, producer for Black 47, said "We are delighted that Irish audiences have responded to the film and are supporting it in such overwhelming numbers.”

“It's a great achievement for any film to cross the €1 million mark and take its place alongside films like Michael Collins and Brooklyn."

Black 47 is now heading into its third week in Irish theaters. Later this month, it will be released in both the UK and the US.

The film is set in 1847 Ireland during the height of the Great Famine. It stars Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, and Stephen Rea alongside James Frecheville, Freddie Fox and Barry Keoghan.


Watch the trailer for Black 47 here, & REMEMBER > the Irish were enslaved by the English years before Black slave were ever heard of...