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"The General"
1998
Directed by John Boorman

Winner of the Best Director Award from Cannes International Film Festival (1998), John Boorman's The General provides an intimate portrait of one of Ireland's most notorious thiefs, Martin Cahill.  Starring Brendan Gleeson, who won the Award for Best Actor from both the London Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics.  "Two thumbs up!  Entertaining and poignant."...Siskel and Ebert.  Also known as I Once Had a Life.