35 years ago today, the wrestling world lost Pat O’Connor at the age of 65.

#ProWrestling #PatOConnor #NWA #WrestlingHistory #OnThisDay

Based on their 1983 novel of the same name and screenwritten by #BernardMacLaverty, is the 1984 #PatOConnor directed drama #Cal which starred #JohnLynch and #HelenMirren - first of the two I watched at #HOMEmcr this evening.

John Lynch and Helen Mirren star as doomed lovers in Pat O'Connor's 1984 movie Cal which has returned to UK and Irish cinema screens after 41 years.

Helen Mirren nails the Northern Irish accent as the widow of a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer gunned down by the IRA in Pat O'Connor's Cal.

John Lynch as Cal and Donal McCann's Seamie deal with the consequences of religious bigotry in the 1984 Northern Irish Troubles movie Cal.

John Lynch's Cal struggles to shake off the shackles of his involvement in the IRA in the 1984 Troubles drama Cal, now back in UK and Irish cinemas after 41 years thanks to Film Hub NI.

BROKEN LAND: Thanks to #FilmHubNI, the #Troubles #movie #Cal by #Irish #director #PatOConnor starring #HelenMirren & #JohnLynch is back on #cinema screens after 41 years. But how does it hold up 31 years on from the ceasefires in #NorthernIreland?.. pomonarewind.blogspot.com/2025/06/brok... #film