Five Minutes of Heaven is a British/Irish television film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel from a script by Guy Hibbert. The first part reconstructs the 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 Jim’s brother Joe 33 years later. The film won two awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It was broadcast on BBC Two on 5 April 2009, and will have an international theatrical release.
Plot: The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen’s brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Cast
* Liam Neeson – Alistair Little
* James Nesbitt – Joe Griffen
* Anamaria Marinca – Vika
* Juliet Crawford – Cathy
* Niamh Cusack – Alistair’s Mum
