was a good discussion of top prision theme movies in jmello1's https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=84&sub=101103695 thread. Shawshank Redemption was pretty much consensus #1. In the Name of the Father seemed to be either loved or hated.
I think it's worth watching because it's based on a true story about the Guildford Four who were falsely convicted of the IRA's Guildford Pub bombing in 1974. it garnered numerous Acadamy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Pete Postlethwaite), Best Supporting Actress ( (Emma Thompson), Best Director (Jim Sheridan) and Best Screenplay.
it's on HBO East-2 (HD) Wednesday Sept 7th @ 11:00 am pacific time.
worth watching for the history AND the acting. 
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