The butcher boy
by Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley, Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe, and Pat McCabe
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Francie lives with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother. The pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When his mother commits suicide and his friend, Joe, goes off to boarding school, Francie sinks ever deeper into paranoia thanks mainly to his nasty neighbour Mrs. Nugent. He begins to have a fantasy where he has visions of the Virgin Mary. After his father dies, Francie's becomes more despondent, culminating in the extremely bloody murder of Mrs. Nugent whom he holds responsible for all the wrongs visited upon him. After being arrested, Francie is committed to an asylum in an attempt to cure him.
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Murder, Feature films, Paranoia, Drama, Asylums, Children of suicide victims, Film adaptations, Children of alcoholicsPeople
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Based on the novel by Patrick McCabe.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features include: commentary by Neil Jordan; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Adrian Biddle ; editor, Tony Lawson ; music, Elliot Goldenthal ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Anthony Pratt.
Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Fiona Shaw, Aisling O'Sullivan, Stephen Rea, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital surround 5.1, dual-layer.
In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
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