Boy A, the Weinstein Company and Film4 present ; a Cuba Pictures production ; directed by John Crowley ; produced by Lynn Horsford, Nick Marston, Tally Garner ; screenplay by Mark O'Rowe
Type
Label
Boy A, the Weinstein Company and Film4 present ; a Cuba Pictures production ; directed by John Crowley ; produced by Lynn Horsford, Nick Marston, Tally Garner ; screenplay by Mark O'Rowe
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for language, sexuality, some disturbing content and drug use
Main title
Boy A
Oclc number
244251675
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced as a British motion picture / television drama in 2007
Responsibility statement
the Weinstein Company and Film4 present ; a Cuba Pictures production ; directed by John Crowley ; produced by Lynn Horsford, Nick Marston, Tally Garner ; screenplay by Mark O'Rowe
Runtime
106
Series statement
Miriam collection, 9
Summary
At the age of 10, two troubled and emotionally confused young boys drag a like-aged girl under a bridge and murder her. Brought to trial and known only as Boy A and Boy B, they are locked up by society for their heinous crimes for as long as the law allows, and the media spurns them as vicious monsters. Years later, Boy A is released from prison and looking for a new start. Now he is Jack, and in this new identity tries to integrate himself into a society he now finds unfamiliar and a bit terrifying. He's had no practice at hanging out with the boys at clubs or asking girls out on dates, and pop culture references sail over his head. But Jack is a gentlemanly sort--albeit in a forced, petrified way--and whatever bad deeds he's done in the past, he's ready to be shut of them. If only the rest of the world would let him
Table Of Contents
Escape -- Trouble at school -- Phillip -- Retribution -- Drink -- Going out -- Hunting the white whale -- Role reversal -- Newsworthy -- Making it right -- Stop the van -- Hundreds of doors -- Evening news -- Second half -- Why isn't it dead? -- No one can know -- Michelle is gone -- You're a murderer -- Don't threaten me -- Evil comes of age -- Thank you for trying -- End credits
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Lyons, Katie
- Garfield, Andrew, 1983-
- FilmFour (Firm)
- Horsford, Lynn
- Evans, Shaun, 1980-
- Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Garner, Tally
- Cuba Pictures (Firm)
- Genius Products, Inc
- Crowley, John, 1969-
- Swift, Jeremy
- O'Rowe, Mark
- Marston, Nick
- Finneran, Siobhan
- Weinstein Company
- Trigell, Jonathan, 1974-
- Mullan, Peter
- Young, James
Subject
- Trigell, Jonathan, 1974- -- Film adaptations
- Autopercepción -- Teatro
- Manchester (England) -- Drama
- Young men + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Youth -- England -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Crime -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Drama
- Criminals -- Drama
- Young men -- Drama
- Feature films
- Self-perception -- Drama
- Hombre -- Teatro
- Fiction films
- Juvenile delinquents -- England -- Drama
- Delincuentes -- Teatro
- Juvenile delinquents + Rehabilitation -- Great Britain -- Drama
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- Lyons, Katie
- Garfield, Andrew, 1983-
- FilmFour (Firm)
- Horsford, Lynn
- Evans, Shaun, 1980-
- Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Garner, Tally
- Cuba Pictures (Firm)
- Genius Products, Inc
- Crowley, John, 1969-
- Swift, Jeremy
- O'Rowe, Mark
- Marston, Nick
- Finneran, Siobhan
- Weinstein Company
- Trigell, Jonathan, 1974-
- Mullan, Peter
- Young, James
- Genre5
- Subject18
- Trigell, Jonathan, 1974- -- Film adaptations
- Autopercepción -- Teatro
- Manchester (England) -- Drama
- Young men + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Youth -- England -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Crime -- Feature
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Drama
- Criminals -- Drama
- Young men -- Drama
- Feature films
- Self-perception -- Drama
- Hombre -- Teatro
- Fiction films
- Juvenile delinquents -- England -- Drama
- Delincuentes -- Teatro
- Juvenile delinquents + Rehabilitation -- Great Britain -- Drama
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- resource.originPlace1
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