Veronica Guerin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a8ab8100.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="272" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> Veronica Guerin</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="780" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="768"><div> This is a movie everyone should see, but will not likely not be seen by many.   The story will have you trying to decide just how much should a person sacrifice.   No doubt many throughout history have paid much to follow their belief in something.  But here we wonder, once you have made a commitment to one cause, should you take on another that conflicts with the first.  You're wondering what am I talking about.  Well view the video and find out.   Roger Ebert puts it this way: <I>"</I><I>That she struck a great blow against the Irish drug traffic is without doubt, but perhaps she could have done so and still survived to raise her son."  </I> Cate Blanchett is excellently cast as Guerin.  The director points out that Blanchett was Plan A and there was no Plan B.   This movie didn't do great in the theatres, probably because most movie goers go for entertainment, not to come out angry.  Still I think the movie merits viewing as a reminder of the darker side of society, and that often, great sacrifices have to be made to correct things.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="768"><div> Lutz's Rating  <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Judy's Rating  <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 49 WIDTH="768"><div> Storyline From Yahoo:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >Veronica Guerin (Blanchett) was an award-winning journalist for Dublin's Sunday Independent, whose investigations into the city's drug underworld puts her in increasing danger... </FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics B-     Users B</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>