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During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car to... Read all During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together. During the 2006 Northern Ireland peace talks, Sinn Féin leader Martin McGuinness (Colm Meaney) and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley (Timothy Spall) are forced to travel by car together.

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Harry Patterson : You feel the hand of history on your shoulder?

Tony Blair : Around my throat more like. It's like looking at the promised land with the wrong end of a telescope.

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Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney star in Nick Hamm's dramatization of events behind the Northern Ireland peace-process, premiering Out of Competition at the Lido festival.

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Like director Nick Hamm, screenwriter Colin Bateman has worked mainly in television over the past decade. One must go back to 2000’s little-seen comedy Wild About Harry for his last feature-film credit. While set in Northern Ireland, that knockabout comedy contrived to make not a single mention of the country’s decades-long civil war (known as The Troubles), nor of the peace process which was then underway and very much in the international spotlight. The Bottom Line Spall is (nearly) all.

Bateman certainly atones for such omissions here, however, taking the real-life St Andrews summit — held at the Scottish golf resort in October 2006 — as the backdrop for what the opening credits identify as an imaginary scenario involving two of the key players. For various somewhat unconvincing reasons, Paisley — heading back to Belfast for his Golden Wedding party — and his ebullient Catholic opposite number Martin McGuinness ( Colm Meaney ) must share a limo drive to Edinburgh airport. The 50-mile drive should take around an hour, but various delays and mishaps occur along the way — several of them the fault of their chatty young Scots chauffeur (Freddie Highmore ).

While much stockier and bulkier than the real Blair, Stephens nails the slippery chumminess of a leader fiercely concerned with the judgment of posterity — worries rendered decidedly ironic by the current parlous state of his reputation in many quarters. “The buck stops with me … or does it?” he dithers, before blithely assuring both parties concerned, “I’m on your side, OK?” Stephens successfully escapes from the long shadow of what remains the screen’s finest Blair, Michael Sheen in The Queen , though all other comparisons with Stephen Frears ‘ deft comedy of political manners are very much to The Journey ‘s disadvantage.

The dialogue is generally much too on-the-nose, especially when we overhear Hurt’s exposition-heavy comments to Highmore — the English actor unconvincingly essaying a part that seems ideal for Martin Compston . The contrivances which conspire to drag out a simple road-trip to what feels like marathon duration also ring tinnily false — although a final-reel pit-stop at a gas station does gift Spall a show-stopping volley of pulpit-grade biblical invective. Hamm and composer Stephen Warbeck seek to amp up the tension with thriller-type music from time to time, cutting back and forth from the “control room” in a manner that gestures limply towards the high-octane universe of Jason Bourne and company.

Production companies: Greenroom Entertainment, Tempo Productions Cast: Timothy Spall , Colm Meaney , Freddie Highmore , John Hurt, Toby Stephens Director: Nick Hamm Screenwriter: Colin Bateman Producers: Piers Tempest, Mark Huffam , Nick Hamm, Matt Jackson, Stuart Ford Cinematographer: Greg Gardiner Production designer: David Craig Costume designer: Susan Scott Editor: Chris Gill Composer: Stephen Warbeck Casting: Olivia Scott-Webb, Carla Stronge Sales: IM Global, Beverly Hills, California

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• "It’s a movie that follows every trope in the book, and does so with pleasing fireworks and finesse."  Owen Gleiberman : Variety
• "A ploddingly fanciful glimpse into the mechanisms of the Northern Ireland peace process (...) Deficiencies in script and direction render the vehicle less than road-worthy."  Neil Young : The Hollywood Reporter
• "A simplified grade-school version of political realities (...) There's a naivete at work in the concept (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"  Sheila O'Malley : rogerebert.com
• "A graceless Wikipedian plod through the Irish peace process (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"  Robbie Collin : Telegraph
• "The film looks like a borderline-acceptable TV play (...) It is tiptoeing on eggshells (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"  Peter Bradshaw : The Guardian
• "This is a small but punchy British film that looks set to embark on its own road trip."  Lee Marshall : Screendaily
• "As a drama about a seismic moment in recent British political history, it comes up short (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"  Geoffrey Macnab : The Independent
• "There is a great movie to be made about the peace process - sadly, 'The Journey' is not that film (...) Misguided folly (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"  Donald Clarke : Irish Times

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The Journey is a 2016 movie directed by Nick Hamm and written by Colin Bateman. The movie is a political thriller drama that tells the story of two political leaders from opposite sides of the political spectrum in Northern Ireland. The movie takes place in 2006 when Northern Ireland is going through a crucial time in its political history. The British government is urging political leaders in Northern Ireland to form a power-sharing government that can bring an end to the decades-long conflict between the two communities.

In this context, two political opponents, Ian Paisley (played by Timothy Spall) and Martin McGuinness (played by Colm Meaney), find themselves forced to travel together by car to attend a meeting in Scotland. Paisley is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and McGuinness is the leader of Sinn Féin.

The journey, which takes place over one day, is full of tension and conflict as the two leaders belonging to opposing sides of the political spectrum are forced to spend time together. Throughout the journey, they have heated debates and arguments about their differences on the key issues of the conflict.

The movie is not a biopic, but it draws heavily from the real-life events that surrounded the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, which was a turning point in the political history of Northern Ireland.

One of the most remarkable things about The Journey is the outstanding performances of the two leading actors. Timothy Spall delivers a remarkable performance as Ian Paisley, fully capturing the personality and voice of the former DUP leader. Meanwhile, Colm Meaney shines as Martin McGuinness, bringing a sense of gravitas to the role.

John Hurt also delivers an excellent performance as Harry Patterson, the British Prime Minister's chief-of-staff, who plays a key role in orchestrating the meeting between Paisley and McGuinness.

The Journey is not just a political movie, but it is a movie about the human aspect of politics. It shows how people who have opposing views can put aside their differences and work together for the greater good. It is a movie about peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation.

The movie's cinematography is also worth mentioning. The majority of the movie takes place on the road, and the shots of the beautiful Irish and Scottish landscapes are breathtaking. The movie's soundtrack is excellent, with a mix of traditional Irish music and modern piano pieces.

The Journey is not without its flaws. Some aspects of the plot seem contrived, and the movie could have explored some themes in greater depth. However, these minor issues do not detract from the overall positive feelings that the movie evokes. It is an inspiring story that will leave you feeling hopeful about the human potential for change and reconciliation.

In conclusion, The Journey is a well-crafted movie that tells an important story about two political leaders who put aside their differences for the greater good. The movie's outstanding performances, beautiful cinematography, and inspiring message make it a must-see for fans of political thrillers and human dramas.

The Journey is a 2017 drama with a runtime of 1 hour and 34 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.7 and a MetaScore of 53.

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• MPAA Rating PG-13
• Runtime 1 hr 34 min
• Language English
• IMDB Rating 6.7   (2,041)
• Metascore 53

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New york’s highest appeals court has overturned the movie producer’s 2020 conviction for sex crimes, which was a landmark in the #metoo movement..

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From The New York Times, I’m Katrin Bennhold. This is “The Daily.”

When Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted for sex crimes four years ago, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement. Yesterday, New York’s highest appeals court overturned that conviction. My colleague Jodi Kantor on what this ruling means for Weinstein and for the #MeToo movement. It’s Friday, April 26.

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# Jodi, you and your reporting partner, Megan Twohey, were the ones who broke the Harvey Weinstein scandal, which really defined the #MeToo movement and was at the center of this court case. Explain what just happened.

So on Thursday morning, New York’s highest court threw out Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for sex crimes and ordered a new trial. In 2020, he had been convicted of sexually abusing two women. He was sentenced to 23 years in jail. The prosecution really pushed the boundaries, and the conviction was always a little shaky, a little controversial. But it was a landmark sentence, in part because Harvey Weinstein is a foundational figure in the #MeToo movement. And now that all goes back to zero.

He’s not a free man. He was also convicted in Los Angeles. But the New York conviction has been wiped away. And prosecutors have the really difficult decision of whether to leave things be or start again from scratch.

And I know we’ve spent a lot of time covering this case on this show, with you, in fact. But just remind us why the prosecution’s case was seen to be fragile even then.

The controversy of this case was always about which women would be allowed to take the witness stand. So think of it this way. If you took all of the women who have horrifying stories about Harvey Weinstein, they could fill a whole courtroom of their own. Nearly 100 women have come forward with stories about his predation.

However, the number of those women who were candidates to serve at the center of a New York criminal trial was very small. A lot of these stories are about sexual harassment, which is a civil offense, but it cannot send you to prison. It’s not a crime.

Some of these stories took place outside of New York City. Others took place a long time ago, which meant that they were outside of the statute of limitations. Or they were afraid to come forward. So at the end of the day, the case that prosecutors brought was only about two women.

Two out of 100.

Yes. And both of those women stories were pretty complicated. They had disturbing stories of being victimized by Weinstein. But what they also openly admitted is that they had had consensual sex with Weinstein as well. And the conventional prosecutorial wisdom is that it’s too messy for a jury, that they’ll see it as too gray, too blurry, and will hesitate to convict.

So prosecutors, working under enormous public pressure and attention, figured out what they thought was a way to bolster their case, which is that they brought in more witnesses. Remember that part of the power of the Harvey Weinstein story is about patterns. It’s about hearing one woman tell virtually the same story as the next woman.

It becomes this kind of echoing pattern that is so much more powerful than any one isolated story. So prosecutors tried to re-create that in the courtroom. They did that to searing effect. They brought in these additional witnesses who had really powerful stories, and that was instrumental to Weinstein being convicted.

But these were witnesses whose allegations were not actually on trial.

Exactly. Prosecutors were taking a risk by including them because there’s a bedrock principle of criminal law that when a person is on trial, the evidence should pertain directly to the charges that are being examined. Anything extraneous is not allowed. So prosecutors took this risk, and it seemed to pay off in a big way.

When Weinstein was convicted in February of 2020, it was by a whole chorus of women’s voices. # What seemed to be happening is that the legal reality had kind caught up with the logic of the #MeToo movement, in which these patterns, these groups of women, had become so important.

And then, to heighten things, the same thing basically happened in Los Angeles. Weinstein was tried in a second separate trial, and he was also convicted, also with that kind of supporting evidence, and sentenced to another 16 years in prison.

And on the same strategy based on a chorus of women who all joined forces, basically joining their allegations against him.

The rules are different in California. But, yes, it was a similar strategy. So Weinstein goes to jail. The world’s attention moves on. The story appears to end.

But in the background, Weinstein’s lawyers were building a strategy to challenge the fairness of these convictions. And they were basically saying this evidence never should have been admitted in the first place. And Megan and I could tell that Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers were getting some traction.

His first appeal failed. But by watching the proceedings, we could tell that the judges were actually taking the questions pretty seriously. And then Weinstein’s lawyers took their last shot. They made their last case at the highest level of the New York courts, and they won. And that panel of judges overturned the conviction.

And what exactly do these judges say to explain why they threw out this conviction, given that another court had upheld it?

Well, when you read the opinion that came out on Thursday morning, you can feel the judge’s disagreements kind of rising from the pages. # Picture sort of a half-moon of seven judges, four of them female, listening to the lawyer’s arguments, wrestling with whether perhaps the most important conviction of the #MeToo era was actually fair. And in their discussion, you can feel them torn between, on the one hand, the need for accountability, and then, on the other hand, the need for fairness.

So there was a sort of sense that this is an important moment and this case represents something perhaps bigger than itself.

Absolutely. There was a lot of concern, first of all, for what was going to happen to Weinstein himself, all that that symbolized, but also what sort of message they were sending going forward. So in the actual opinion, the judges divide into — let’s call them two teams. The majority are basically behaving like traditionalists.

They’re saying things like, here’s one line — “under our system of justice, the accused has a right to be held to account only for the crime charged.” They’re saying there was just too much other stuff in this trial that wasn’t directly relevant, didn’t directly serve as evidence for the two center acts that were being prosecuted.

So those majority-opinion judges simply say that this was a kind of overreach by the prosecutor, that this isn’t how the criminal justice system works.

Exactly. And then, if we called the first team of judges the traditionalists, let’s call the dissenters the realists. And they’re talking about the way sexual crimes play out in the real world and what’s necessary to effectively prosecute them. And they are incredibly critical of the majority.

They use words like — I’m looking at the pages now — “oblivious,” “naive,” phrases like “an unfortunate step backwards,” “endangering decades of progress,” “perpetuates outdated notions of sexual violence,” “allows predators to escape accountability.” What they’re saying is that these rules of evidence have to be somewhat flexible in the real world, because otherwise they’re not going to capture what really happened.

You can really sense the passion in this argument. You know, you really get the sense that this court is bitterly divided over this question. And what I’m hearing the dissent basically saying is that if we overturn this conviction, we’ll be pushing ourselves backwards. This is regress.

And that the evidence served a really important function in the trial, that something is lost without it.

But in the end, that point of view lost out. In this case, the traditionalist judges prevailed by a single vote.

We’ll be right back.

So, Jodi, now that this conviction has been overturned, what’s next for Harvey Weinstein?

Well, back in New York, prosecutors have a really tough question to face, which is, do they retry this case? On the one hand, the Weinstein conviction meant so much to so many people that to just drop it seems very unsatisfying.

But on the other hand, their attempt failed. Those women are going to be very difficult to get back on the stand. And are they really going to start from zero and do this all over again?

Especially given that this conviction has just been overturned?

Exactly. But meanwhile, the other thing to keep your eye on is the appeals in the California case. Weinstein’s attorney told The Times that next month, they are going to file an appeal in California that will make many of the same arguments that they did in New York.

Now, the California rules are a little clearer on what evidence is admissible. So we don’t know exactly what’s going to happen. But I should add that this attorney is the same one who succeeded in getting Bill Cosby’s conviction thrown out.

So is there a world in which all the convictions against Weinstein will be overturned?

Sure, Katrin. It’s very plausible.

Wow. Now, given that, what does this ruling mean for other legal cases, for other #MeToo cases that are currently moving through the legal system?

Well, it’s definitely a symbolic blow for the #MeToo movement and also for accountability, which is part of what powers the movement. If you think of progress like a wheel spinning forward, part of what powers the wheel is accountability, because women only want to come forward if they think something may actually happen. When they see consequences for some men, it encourages others to step forward.

But that doesn’t really feel like a symbolic blow. # That actually feels like a real setback, because if the promise of accountability was what was driving the #MeToo movement and sort of persuading all these women to come forward, then this ruling seems to be undercutting that.

Well, it’s also a sign of health in the system, because what we’re seeing in prosecutions across the country is more testing of this sort. Prosecutors are starting to bring cases that they never would have brought years before. Maybe they’re messier. Maybe the evidence isn’t perfect. Maybe they’re less traditional.

And so to prove those cases, you have to try to get new kinds of evidence in court. And some of those attempts are going to succeed, as they did in the Weinstein trial the first time around. And some of those efforts are going to fail, as we see with the overturning of the conviction. # But that kind of experimentation, potential expansion, is potentially a sign of the health of the system and the idea that the legal system may be, to some degree, catching up with #MeToo.

So you’re saying another way to look at this case is that it sort of represents a legal system trying to navigate this new reality and sort of trying to figure out in real time how to deal with these kinds of cases. It’s almost like a trial and error, “one step forward, two steps back” dynamic.

But also, I want to add that you can’t score #MeToo like a basketball game. Every time there is some big outcome in a #MeToo case — R. Kelly gets convicted, Governor Cuomo resigns, Bill Cosby gets convicted, Bill Cosby walks free — there can be this temptation to draw huge conclusions from that. It’s a victory for me, too. It’s a loss for me, too.

But these cases are not necessarily reliable indicators of what’s really happening, what’s really changing, because what we’re also seeing is real structural change on the legal level. Laws protecting women have changed in, I think, 23 states since 2017. The New York statute of limitations was extended for rape directly in response to the Weinstein allegations. It’s now much longer.

And recently, New York state opened a kind of new window for survivors to sue for long ago offenses. So even as these individual cases rise and fall one by one, the system is slowly changing.

Hmm. So on the one hand, the Harvey Weinstein case actually changed legislation and created this whole new set of laws around these kinds of cases. But on the other hand, the criminal case against him was ultimately shot down. So I guess my question is, how should we think about the Weinstein case? # And does any of this change the way we should see his case as the kind of defining case of the #MeToo movement, and Weinstein himself as the defining central character?

I think the question that Megan and I have had for a long time is whether any criminal conviction in any city is really the best measure of what Harvey Weinstein did or didn’t do, because at its essence, the Harvey Weinstein story is about work. What was really special about him as a producer, his particular genius, was for making careers.

He made Gwyneth Paltrow. He made Matt Damon, Quentin Tarantino, a lot of producers who are very successful now. That was kind of his superpower. But what we now know is that he also used that superpower to manipulate and hurt women. In story after story about Weinstein, the same motifs come up.

A lot of these women were really young. It was their first day, their first week, their first month on the job. They wanted opportunity. They wanted a piece of the action.

So though the annals of the Harvey Weinstein story do include these instances of very troubling, allegedly criminal behavior, like rape, the essence of the story, I think, is about what happens to women in the workplace — the opportunities they have, the way their ambitions can be used against them. And that’s not something that any criminal court can capture.

You know, when you talk to Weinstein victims, of course, you hear the famous things they’ve said about the kind of physical offenses — the bathroom stories, the hotel room stories. But you also hear them talk about their own careers.

They say things like, I lost opportunities because of this, or, I could never work in Hollywood again. And they say, my whole life is different because of that. I can never get those years back. And it’s just not something that any criminal court is quite built to capture.

So in a way, you’re saying that the story is much bigger than those criminal allegations against Weinstein. In a way, they’re the tip of the iceberg. But underneath, there is this whole culture of men abusing their power, against women in particular, in the workplace.

Exactly. And thanks in large part to the #MeToo movement, this is behavior that used to be widely tolerated, and it’s no longer socially acceptable.

And, Jodi, I wonder, have you spoken to some of the women that you spent years talking to and hearing from who came forward to share their stories about Weinstein and others? Have you spoken to them since this latest news?

Yes, and I have to tell you, the Weinstein survivors are pretty resolute. They don’t really see this as changing the story.

When we first got the news from the court, the first person I called was Ashley Judd, the first actress who came forward about Harvey Weinstein. And what she said to me was that she was disappointed, that this was upsetting, but she was also unwavering. She said to me, “We know what really happened.”

Mm-hmm. And I guess, in some ways, that’s the legacy. The truth was aired in a court of law.

We never knew what the legal system would do. We never knew whether he would be convicted or not. But the story stands. It’s the women who are the narrators of this story now, and that won’t be overturned.

Jodi, thank you very much.

Here’s what else you need to know today. On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether former president Donald Trump should have legal immunity for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election after he lost the race to Joe Biden. Trump’s lawyers have argued that his actions, because he was still president at the time, should be shielded from prosecution.

Their arguments were unanimously rejected in February by a lower court. But on Thursday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed more receptive to Trump’s claims. If the court rules in the former president’s favor, it could potentially delay any trial in the matter until after the election.

And one other thing you should know before you go today — this weekend, we’re going to start sharing with you a brand-new show from some of our colleagues. It’s hosted by David Marchese and Lulu Garcia-Navarro, and the idea of the show is simple and classic. Every week, one of them will interview someone fascinating — actors, politicians, athletes, writers. They’re calling their podcast just “The Interview.”

This weekend, their first couple episodes are perfect examples. Lulu speaks with Yair Lapid, the leader of the political opposition in Israel. David speaks with actress Anne Hathaway. We’ll be sending you those shows right here on Saturday and Sunday. I hope you’ll give them a listen.

Today’s episode was produced by Nina Feldman, Rikki Novetsky, and Carlos Prieto. It was edited by MJ Davis Lin and Liz O. Baylen, contains original music by Dan Powell and Elisheba Ittoop, and was engineered by Chris Wood. Our theme music is by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk of Wonderly.

That’s it for “The Daily.” I’m Katrin Bennhold. See you Monday.

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When the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes four years ago, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for the #MeToo movement. Yesterday, New York’s highest court of appeals overturned that conviction.

Jodi Kantor, one of the reporters who broke the story of the abuse allegations against Mr. Weinstein in 2017, explains what this ruling means for him and for #MeToo.

On today’s episode

Jodi Kantor , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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Jodi Kantor is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and co-author of “She Said,” which recounts how she and Megan Twohey broke the story of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, helping to ignite the #MeToo movement.    Instagram • More about Jodi Kantor

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