Bloody Sunday (film) of the in 1972. The movie was inspired by Don Mullan's politically influential book "Eyewitness Bloody Sunday" (Wolfhound Press, 1997). The drama shows the events of the day through the eyes of Ivan Cooper, an SDLP Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland who was a central organiser of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry on 30 January 1972. The march ended when British Army paratroopers fired on the demonstrators, killing thirteen and wounding another who died four-and-a-half months later. The soundtrack contains only one piece of music, a live version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
Sunday Bloody Sunday on MTV—broke the band nationwide." The album version of "Sunday Bloody Sunday" was originally included on "War", but it can also be heard on a number of promotional releases, including the compilations "The Best of 1980-1990" and "U218 Singles". Several live versions have been released; the video available on "Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky" is from a performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in June 1983, but the version on the live album "Under a Blood Red Sky" is from a performance on August 20, 1983 during the Rockpalast Open Air music festival at the Lorelei, (West)