overturned. Seven friends and relatives of Conlon's (the Maguire Seven),including his father,also served many years on false charges of having made the bombs.
Though Sheridan never set out to make a documentary,he has been attacked for needlessly twisting the facts of the case.The film,for instance,shows the Maguire Seven on trial with the Guildford Four,though the cases were tried separately.In some of its most affecting scenes,it shows Conlon,played by Daniel Day-Lewis,sharing a jail cell with his father,though the two were often not even in the same prison.A grand and heroic part is carved for actress Emma Thompson,playing Conlon's lawyer,Gareth Peirce,but in reality Peirce was a minor figure and another lawyer, Alastair Logan,deserves most of the credit for freeing the Four.An important scene in which Peirce steals a crucial piece of evidence from a police file was fabricated for the film;it was a police investigation that uncovered the buried evidence of Conlon's innocence.
Sheridan insists that he was seeking an "emotional honesty" and that the real subject of his film was a son's changing relationship with his father.But if that was his intended subject,say some close to the case,the director should have used someone else's story."The truth is that Gerry Conlon had very little time for his father,"says Sean Smyth,an uncle."It's a good film,well acted and everything,"admits Conlon's aunt,Anne Maguire."But I think if they'd put more of the true facts in,it would have been a much more powerful film."
3.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that .
A.films made in Hollywood are often the reflection of real life
B.Oliver Stone,a well-known director,deserved high praise for his work in JFK
C.the film In the Name of the Father is based on the case of Guildford Four
D.Unlike Americans,British people think highly of the film In the Name of the Father
4.According to the context,the underlined word "fabricated " (Para 3,) means " "
A.remarked B.invented C.convinced D.inspired
5.Which of the following statements is the truth about the case Guildford Four?
A.It was the police that finally proved Colon's innocence.
B.In all,seven people,including Conlon's father,were put into prison.
C.Colon and his father were tried together at the court.
D.Emma Thompson ,Colon's lawyer,played a key role in freeing him.