Borstal Boy (2001)
Borstal Boy (2001)
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Plot.
Based on Irish poet Brendan Behan's experiences in a reform school in 1942. A 16 year-old Irish republican terrorist arrives on the ferry at Liverpool and is arrested for possession of explosives. He is imprisoned in a Borstal in East Anglia, where he is forced to live with his would-be enemies, an experience that profoundly changes his life.
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Cast & Crew.
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
Jock
Ian McElhinney
Verreker
Eva Birthistle
Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
Mac
Lee Ingleby
Dale
Ronnie Drew
Customs man
Eamon Glancy
Manning
Dennis Conway
Holmes
Patricia Leventon
Landlady
Brian de Salvo
Judge Goddard
John O'Toole
Whitbread
Luke Hayden
Alex
Michael York
Joyce
Mark Lambert
Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
James
Owen Sharpe
Albert
Viko Nikci
Jerzy
Lukas Hassel
Kydd
Arthur Riordan
Liberian
Peter Sheridan
Director / Writer
Brendan Behan
Author
Nye Heron
Writer / Producer
Judy Counihan
Co-Producer
Arthur Lappin
Producer
Pat Moylan
Producer
Paul Myler
Line Producer
Jim Sheridan
Executive Producer
Stephen McKeon
Music
Ciarán Tanham
Director of Photography
Stephen O'Connell
Editor
Maureen Hughes
Casting
Crispian Sallis
Production Design
Michael Higgins
Art Direction
Marie Tierney
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 22, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Budget$100,000
Box Office$87,400
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
ira (irish republican army)
homophobia
bullying
liverpool
coming of age
cross dressing
accidental death
based on memoir or autobiography
teenage boy
reform school
norfolk
1940s
borstal
gay theme
gay teenager
Wiki.
Borstal Boy is a 2000 romantic drama film directed by Peter Sheridan, based on the 1958 autobiographical novel of the same name by Brendan Behan.
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