Hidden Agenda (1990 film)
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| Hidden Agenda | |
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| Directed by | Ken Loach |
| Produced by | Eric Fellner |
| Written by | Jim Allen |
| Starring | Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling |
| Music by | Stewart Copeland |
| Cinematography | Clive Tickner |
| Editing by | Jonathan Morris |
| Release date(s) | September 11, 1990 |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Hidden Agenda is a 1990 political thriller film directed by Ken Loach and starring Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, and Brad Dourif.
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[edit] Plot and context
Hidden Agenda depicts an investigation into the murder of an American civil rights activist in Northern Ireland by the police while driving in the company of a Provisional Irish Republican Army sympathiser. A conspiracy is gradually revealed involving a successful Central Intelligence Agency plot to influence the 1987 UK General Election and keep Margaret Thatcher in power.
Although fictional, the film was inspired by the investigation into the Royal Ulster Constabulary's alleged "shoot to kill policy". Cox's character represents John Stalker, the leader of that investigation. E4A, an undercover unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary claimed to be involved in the killings, is mentioned briefly in the film.
[edit] Production
During one scene late in the movie, a renegade SAS agent possessing an audio tape that incriminates the British government is kidnapped by an SAS squad and bundled into a van on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin, a very busy river crossing in the center of the city. Loach filmed the scene with a hidden camera and without letting passers-by know that they were witnessing a movie shoot.[citation needed]
[edit] Awards
Hidden Agenda won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best European Film at the Goya Awards.
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| Preceded by Jesus of Montreal |
Jury Prize, Cannes 1990 |
Succeeded by Europa tied with Hors la vie |
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