Veronica Guerin (film)

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Veronica Guerin is a 2003 biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donoghue. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, and Brenda Fricker. Its plot focuses on Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, whose investigation into the drug trade in Dublin led to her murder in 1996, at the age of 37. The film is the second to be inspired by Guerin's life, following When the Sky Falls (2000). Veronica Guerin was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution in Ireland on 8 July, in the United Kingdom on 1 August and in the United States on 8 October, grossing $9.4 million at the box office against a budget of $17 million. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film earned eight nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, while Blanchett was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

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