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  FENIANS - LoveToKnow Article on FENIANS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On the 11th of September 1867, Colonel Thomas J. Kelly, deputy central organizer of the Irish Republic, one of the most dangerous of the Fenian conspirators, was arrested in Manchester, whither he had gone from Dublin to attend a council of the English centres, together with a companion, Captain Deasy.
Condon, Allen, Larkin, Maguire and OBrien, who had taken a prominent part in the rescue, were arrested.
All five were sentenced to death; but Condon, who was an American citizen, was respited at the request of the United States government, his sentence being commuted to penal servitude for life, and Maguire was granted a pardon.
24.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FE/FENIANS.htm   (2603 words)

  
 The Lisa Richards Agency
Kerry will appear as the female lead (Victoria) in ‘Unleashed’, with Morgan Freeman and Jet Li, directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson in February 2005.
In theatre Kerry was offered the role of Ophelia in "Hamlet" for the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Steven Pimlott, when she was just 19 years old, making her the youngest actress ever to play that role for the RSC.
Kerry is currently filming the role of Octavia in HBO's new TV series 'Rome', co-starring Ciaran Hinds, Lindsay Duncan and James Purefoy and Ken Cranham.
www.lisarichards.ie /actor_742.html   (281 words)

  
 Dirt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Boulder Greens owner Kerry Condon holds a Greek salad at the restaurant on the Hill.
Condon also serves soup, usually homemade classics he whips up himself.
All in all, it isn't high art but it's a good thing that Condon is doing, bringing fresh vegetables to the Hill and keeping the kids healthy so they can tear it up in school.
boulderdirt.com /foodanddrinks/article.cfm/4831   (632 words)

  
 Ned Kelly The Movie
Kerry Condon plays Kate Kelly, the younger sister of Ned and Dan, who attracts the affections of loutish policeman Alex Fitzpatrick.
Through Condon's research she discovered that "The Kelly family originally came from near where I am from, so I liked the idea of going to Australia to work on a film that cuts across both Irish and Australian history".
Kerry Condon was born in Ireland in Tipperary, and grew up in the small town of Thurles.
www.uip.co.uk /nedkelly/cast.htm   (2202 words)

  
 Ned Kelly The Movie
Kerry Condon's unofficial audition for a role in Ned Kelly came when she was performing in a play with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Although she knew little of the Ned Kelly legend before beginning work on the film, Condon was surprised to discover that the bushranger's father had grown up near her own home in Ireland.
Despite the story being focused on the four men of the Kelly Gang, and Ned in particular, Condon's character is highly important to the storyline.
www.uip.co.uk /nedkelly/interview_kerry.htm   (360 words)

  
 Reeling: the Movie Review Show's review of Unleashed
Freeman, Hoskins and Kerry Condon are given two-dimensional characters but the actors give that extra something to flesh them out considerably.
Condon is near simple-minded as Victoria but I mean that in a good way as she uses her music to sooth the savage Danny.
The off note comes from Condon, a supposed eighteen year old with a mouthful of braces and overprotective stepdad.
www.reelingreviews.com /unleashed.htm   (1167 words)

  
 Movie-Vault.com: Print Review
Down-to-earth Julia is attracted to Ned as a kindred spirit as well as for his adept horse-handling skills, which are in stark contrast to the casual callousness of her husband.
Later, Ned is illicitly with her when his sister Kate (Kerry Condon) repudiates the persistent advances of a certain Constable Fitzpatrick (Kiri Paramore).
Strong performances by Kris McQuade as the tough matriarch Ellen Kelly, and Kerry Condon and Emily Browning as Ned’s sisters Kate and Grace show a spirited, unified family responding to hardship and oppression with warmth and determined realism.
www.movie-vault.com /archive/printreview.pl?action=moviereview&movieid=stKuCrBkjXyigzgJ   (1256 words)

  
 The New York Times > New York Region > The Words of a Father, Wise and Flawed
Ed Condon was a success, but alcohol got in the way, and he drifted.
Ed Condon was married in 1960, and there were four children in five years.
But if Condon felt he was not a father in the "familial and cultural sense," as he once wrote to his first wife, Mary, he managed to have engaging "what-to-do-with-your-life" dinners with his children on many Thursday nights.
www.nytimes.com /2004/06/20/nyregion/20father.html?ei=5007&en=959cc81260374f4c&ex=1403064000&adxnnl=6&partner=USERLAND&adxnnlx=1101833059-sSAOUjXXRi9/CCwcC9jNCw   (970 words)

  
 The west end Spar that is all set to be a movie star - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
It is a violent thriller in which Jet Li is kept as a human pitbull by gangster Bob Hoskins.
Morgan Freeman is a blind piano tuner who, along with his niece, Kerry Condon, shows Li a different, less violent way of life.
Pollock House is a grand home in which Freeman tunes pianos, while Peckham's, in Glassford Street, is the backdrop for a tender moment in which Condon introduces Li to the delights of ice cream.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /lo/features/7019536.html   (976 words)

  
 Kerry Condon @ Filmbug
Kerry Condon will soon be seen starring as Octavia of the Julii in the epic HBO/BBC miniseries Rome, the first three episodes of which were directed by Michael Apted.
Condon's subsequent feature films included Steve Barron's Rat; Goran Paskaljevic's How Harry Became a Tree; John Crowley's Intermission; and Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly (a Focus Features release domestically).
Condon's other stage work includes Wilson Milam's staging of The Lieutenant of Innishmore (also for the Royal Shakespeare Company); and Paddy Kineen's staging of The Lonesome West (for Liverpool's Everyman Theatre).
www.filmbug.com /db/344063   (206 words)

  
 Movie Details for Unleashed (2005). Starring: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Scott Adkins. Plus ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Jet Li stars as Danny, an uneducated man who is often ill-treated by his boss Bart (Bob Hoskins), even made to wear a collar like an animal.
When an angry previous target attempts an assassination on Bart’s Jaguar by ramming them with a truck, Danny returns to the warehouse bleeding and is taken in by Sam.
Kerry Condon turns in an outstanding performance as Sam’s daughter Victoria, an encouraging young girl with a love for piano.
moviejungle.com /search/details_red_in.asp?Movie_ID=919   (851 words)

  
 Rapid Teen Models: Sexy News, Humor And Great Softcore 18+ Porn
For instance, Kerry Condon is cast as a school girl just ten days shy of her 18th birthday.
Kerry Condon is set to appear on HBO’s new drama, Rome.
To fill in the wait, here’s some Kerry Condon screen caps I found from the movie Unleashed, and a saucy video clip as well.
www.rapidteens.com /index.php/2005/05/18/kerry-condon-pics-video   (403 words)

  
 Unleashed Movie Review at Hollywood Video
The stars are Chinese (Jet Li), British (Bob Hoskins), American (Morgan Freeman), and Irish (Kerry Condon); and the writer (Luc Besson) and director (Louis Leterrier) are French.
Li is 42 years old; Condon, at most, is in her early 20s, playing barely legal 18.
Fate separates dog and master, setting up the drama's extended middle section, in which blind piano tuner Sam (Freeman) and his teenage stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon) take in Danny.
www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=140428   (1897 words)

  
 Flipside Movie Emporium: Unleashed Movie Review
Shot and left for dead by rivals, he's unable to prevent Danny from taking refuge with a kind-hearted piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his musician stepdaughter (Kerry Condon).
Their angelic goodness is intended to contrast with Hoskins' evil, but it becomes so maudlin and overplayed that it sets the teeth on edge.
Freeman and Condon, both fine actors, do what they can, but as their Pollyanna characters slowly bring Danny out of his shell, the sharp tone set by the film's early scenes is drained away.
www.flipsidemovies.com /unleashed.html   (673 words)

  
 Washington Blade Online
Octavia (Kerry Condon, left) and Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) seem to enter into a sexual relationship without much thought about the consequences.
In the episode that debuted Sunday, Oct. 9, Julius Caesar’s great niece Octavia (Kerry Condon) and his former lover Servilia (Lindsay Duncan) surprised viewers by starting a sexual relationship.
The women’s relationship is central to the episode that airs on Sunday, Oct. 29, and is tested when they are both faced with the fallout from their past relationships with men.
www.washblade.com /2005/10-21/arts/television/rome.cfm   (649 words)

  
 BBC - Movies - review - Unleashed
Escaping his master, Danny goes to live with Sam, and soon he's bonding with his kooky daughter (Kerry Condon).
The performances are better than we're used to from chopsocky cinema: Li, working with little dialogue, brilliantly nails Danny's combination of ferocity and vulnerability, and Condon is charmingly awkward as his muse.
But the action template, which requires scraps of escalating brutality and sadism, doesn't sit well with the film's gooey mid-section.
www.bbc.co.uk /films/2005/06/17/unleashed_2005_review.shtml   (347 words)

  
 Tail Slate - DVD Review - Unleashed: Unrated Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
There are moments where Hoskins could have easily gone a little too over-the-top, but he aptly restrains himself, creating an edgy character that is just teetering on the brink of sanity.
The smaller roles of Freeman and Condon are also excellently done.
Condon, who looks a little old to be playing an 18-year-old high school student, never-the-less does a great job.
www.tailslate.net /reviews/dvd/dreviews.asp?ID=201   (735 words)

  
 Unleashed Movie Review - MovieWeb
Specifically, Danny is employed as an attack dog; Bart has given him a metal collar, and taught him that when the collar comes off, it's time to maim at Bart's will.
After a nasty accident sets Danny off on his own, he is cared for by blind piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman) and his teenage stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon), and he begins to enter civilization.
I can't comment with much authority on how good the script for Unleashed is (except that it occasionally pushes the sentiment levels too hard, too soon), because the four primary actors give their characters such charm or, in the case of Hoskins, magnetically coarse bluster, that the story seems utterly plausible.
movieweb.com /movies/reviews/review.php?film=2700&review=4599   (881 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | "Unleashed" movie review (2005) "Danny the Dog" review, Louis Leterrier, Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
But "Unleashed" is ultimately a character-driven story, and Li rises to the occasion when a twist of fate, machine-gun fire and car-wreck carnage set him free with no skills for coping in the real world.
Scared and confused, he's taken in by a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his sweetly gawky 18-year-old stepdaughter (Kerry Condon), who are similarly out of their element as Americans living in Scotland (where, curiously, no one speaks with a Scottish accent).
Through this surrogate family, his humanity begins to emerge in a series of well-written scenes in which Li perfectly balances his character's wide-eyed innocence and newfound joy with the violent impulses that lurk uncomfortably in the dark recesses of his battered psyche.
www.splicedonline.com /05reviews/unleashed.html   (392 words)

  
 The DVD Journal | Quick Reviews: Unleashed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
And when Bart enters Danny into a series of underground fights to the death straight out of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, you think Unleashed might end up being stupid fun — along the lines of director Louis Leterrier's previous effort, The Transporter.
After Bart is ambushed by rivals, Danny hides out with a truism-spouting, piano-tuning blind man (Morgan Freeman) and his music-student stepdaughter (Kerry Condon).
And suddenly, Unleashed slows to a very long, very goopy crawl as Danny becomes a sort of lethal Rain Man — learning the joys of cooking, music, and kissing, and slowly gaining the self-awareness to realize that maybe killing people isn't such a great idea after all.
www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/u/unleashed.q.shtml   (478 words)

  
 DVD Times - Danny the Dog (a.k.a. Unleashed)
Kerry Condon, though slightly underused puts in some charm and produces a solid enough chemistry with star, Li.
From here the film’s emotional moments are mentioned, with particular references going to Jet Li once again and how he achieved his tearful moments; with Morgan Freeman providing firm support.
Letterier then talks a little about the casting of Kerry Condon, and we get to see some behind the scenes footage of her preparing and learning to play piano.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58193   (3380 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Movie Reviews - Jami Bernard: Unleashed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
If Franz Kafka were alive and writing screenplays, "Unleashed" might have reached its potential as a nightmarish story about a man raised to be an attack dog.
When Danny has served his purpose, the collar clamps back on and it's back to the dungeon - until the day he escapes and is taken in by a blind piano tuner (Morgan Freeman) and his goofy stepdaughter (Kerry Condon).
With Jet Li in the lead, the famed Yuen Wo Ping as the fight choreographer, and Luc Besson ("La Femme Nikita") as the movie's writer and producer, "Unleashed" is being sold as a vicious, rough-and-tumble fight movie.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/movies/moviereviews/story/309056p-264367c.html   (586 words)

  
 Kerry Condon Movies @ Filmbug
Movies on DVD with or related to Kerry Condon.
With James Purefoy, Ciaran Hinds, David Bamber, Indira Varma, Rick Warden, Lee Boardman, Lindsay Duncan, Kerry Condon, Polly Walker and Ray Stevenson
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www.filmbug.com /db/344063-2   (155 words)

  
 Unleashed (2005): Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon - PopMatters Film Review
When Danny at last breaks free -- accidentally, after Bart's car is shot up by enemies and Danny believes him to be dead -- he is taken in by a blind piano tuner named Sam (Morgan Freeman).
Living in Glasgow so his strangely childish 18-year-old stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon) can attend music school, New Yorker Sam appreciates the sensitivity he senses in the reticent and musically inclined Danny.
The three form what they call a "family," mutually reinforcing true believers in what the ad copy calls the "power" of music.
popmatters.com /film/reviews/u/unleashed-2005.shtml   (1108 words)

  
 Baltimore City Paper: FILM Intermission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Colin Farrell, Kerry Condon, Cillian Murphy, David Wilmot, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Elhatton, Brian F. O'Byrne, Colm Meany, Shirley Henderson
A thuggish but cute Colin Farrell is flirting with the shopgirl (Samantha Morton look-alike Kerry Condon).
Life is full of little surprises, he tells her, and on any given morning two lonely people can find their true love in a bakery, because anything might happen.
www.citypaper.com /film/review.asp?id=3536   (819 words)

  
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 The Popkorn Junkie :: Unleashed
Once Bart removes this collar and gives the order, Danny can destroy any number of assailants at a moments notice.
However, when an accident leaves Danny to fend for himself, he finds his way into the home of a blind piano tuner named Sam (Morgan Freeman), and his stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon).
Sam and Victoria take care of Danny, nurse him back to health, and start showing him the world he has been missing for years and years.
popkornjunkie.com /reviews/unleashed.html   (1160 words)

  
 PIXELSURGEON | Reviews | Movies | Unleashed (Danny the Dog)
Stars: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown
Danny then befriends blind, piano tuner, Sam (Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, Se7en) and his 18-year-old stepdaughter, Victoria (Kerry Condon - Ned Kelly), complete with piano lessons and braces.
He quickly moves in and experiences the wonders of freedom - ice cream, kisses, music, art and pyjamas.
www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=775   (977 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
www.commeaucinema.com/ have an exclusive clip of Kerry Condon's character teach Danny how to eat an ice cream.
We here at the UK GFN are so excited about the prospects of this film, as Jet really has captured the character of Danny perfectly.
The latest issue of STUDIO (The French movie magazine) comes with a free DVD which contains a trailer from Danny The Dog.The clip is about 3 minutes long and it shows Kerry Condon teaching Jet how to eat an ice cream cone in a restaurant.
jetli.com /gfn/countries/uk/danny.php   (204 words)

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