Five Minutes of Heaven
2009
· Movie
· 89 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Every rating
56–76
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 76.
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Details
- Director
- Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Writer
- Guy Hibbert
- Studio
- Pathe, BBC Film, Big Fish Films, Ruby Films
- Released
- 19 January 2009
- Country
- United Kingdom, Ireland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $364.4K
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →3 major awards won · 5 wins from 12 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2010 | Single Drama/Drama Serial | Eoin O'Callaghan | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2009 | World Cinema, Directed: Dramatic | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2009 | World Cinema, Screenwriting | Guy Hibbert | Winner |
| Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2010 | Actor in a Lead Role: Television | Liam Neeson | Nominee |
| Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2010 | Director of Photography | Ruairí O'Brien | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2009 | Grand Jury Prize | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Awards 2010 | Best Single Drama | Guy Hibbert, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Eoin O'Callaghan, Stephen Wright | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2010 | Writer | Guy Hibbert | Winner |
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Sundance Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| World Cinema, Directed: Dramatic | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Winner |
| World Cinema, Screenwriting | Guy Hibbert | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Nominee |
Irish Film and Television Academy Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Single Drama/Drama Serial | Eoin O'Callaghan | Winner |
| Actor in a Lead Role: Television | Liam Neeson | Nominee |
| Director of Photography | Ruairí O'Brien | Nominee |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Single Drama | Five Minutes of Heaven | Winner |
| Best Writer (Drama) | Guy Hibbert | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Writer | Guy Hibbert | Winner |
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | James Nesbitt | Nominee |
| Best Single Drama | Five Minutes of Heaven | Nominee |
British Academy Television Awards
1 nomination
| Best Single Drama | Guy Hibbert, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Eoin O'Callaghan, Stephen Wright | Nominee |