The trailer for One Night in Millstreet, the story of Steve Collins' legendary victory over WBO Super-Middleweight Champion Chris Eubank in Co Cork in March 1995, has been released ahead of the documentary's arrival in cinemas in April.
The synopsis for the award-winning film reads: "From two-time Best Sports IFTA winners Andrew Gallimore (director/writer) and Lydia Monin (writer), One Night in Millstreet is the story of Ireland in 1995, a snapshot of a country told through a high-stakes prize fight in Millstreet, Cork between the then-unknown underdog Steve 'The Celtic Warrior' Collins and the larger-than-life champion Chris 'Simply the Best' Eubank - an against-all-odds sporting event that had an entire nation gripped and on the edge of its seat.
"The film, which won the Audience Award at the Cork International Film Festival and the Best Documentary award at the Irish Film Festival London, features interviews with the rivals themselves, Steve Collins and Chris Eubank, along with Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan, Chris Eubank's former manager Barry Hearn, writer Paul Howard, and Tony Quinn, Steve Collins' mind trainer."
Director and co-writer Gallimore said: "The intention for One Night in Millstreet was to evoke a time and place - Ireland in the mid-Nineties, when the country was undergoing enormous social and economic changes.
"For Irish audiences who lived through it, the film is sure to bring back all those feelings of excitement around the fight but also that sense of uncertainty that accompanies times of great change.
"For younger audiences, it's a glimpse into Ireland's not-so-distant past with a cast who capture that 'anything is possible' spirit of the time."
One Night in Millstreet was produced by Fastnet Films and Proposition Films with funding from Screen Ireland, Coimisiún Na Meán and RTÉ.
It will be released in cinemas on Friday 5 April.
