The butcher boy
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The work The butcher boy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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The butcher boy
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The work The butcher boy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- The butcher boy
- Statement of responsibility
- Butcher Boy Film ; Geffen Pictures ; Warner Bros. Pictures ; produced by Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley ; screenplay by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe ; directed by Neil Jordan
- Contributor
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- Butcher Boy Film
- Geffen Pictures
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Boyle, Alan
- Fullerton, Andrew
- Gowen, Peter
- Jordan, Neil, 1950-
- Kavanagh, John
- Linehan, Rosaleen
- McCabe, Pat, 1955-
- McGinley, Sean
- Morris, Redmond
- O'Sullivan, Aisling
- Owens, Eamonn
- Rea, Stephen
- Reeves, Anita
- Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
- Woolley, Stephen
- Subject
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- Asylums -- Drama
- Children of alcoholics -- Drama
- Children of suicide victims -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Feature films
- Murder -- Drama
- Murder in motion pictures
- Paranoia -- Drama
- Paranoia in motion pictures
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Videodiscs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Adrian Biddle ; editor, Tony Lawson ; music, Elliot Goldenthal ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Anthony Pratt
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: R
- Language note
- Closed-captioned
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.S87
- LC item number
- B883447 2007
- PerformerNote
- Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Fiona Shaw, Aisling O'Sullivan, Stephen Rea, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves
- Runtime
- 110
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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