Moviemaniac's Movie Mansion
Index
a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m
n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z
The Butcher Boy
1998 - R - 1:51
Warner Home Video
Drama
Directed by Neil Jordan
Starring:
Stephen Rea
Fiona Shaw
Eamonn Owens
1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis casts a shadow over the world. "It'll be a bitter day for this town if the world comes to an end," a woman in Francie Brady's Irish hometown laments. But if the planet Earth explodes into a hundred-million, billion, trillion pieces, Francie won't be surprised one single bit. It's just like grownups to do something like that. Funny, chilling and full of visual flair, The Butcher Boy, the story of how Francie copes with cruel fate and a dysfunctional homelife, "is Neil Jordan's best movie yet" (Entertainment Weekly). The Academy Award-winning director of The Crying Game and Interview With The Vampire casts Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw and Sinead O'Connor as adults inhabiting Francie's real or imagined worlds. And newcomer Eamonn Owens, chosen from 2,000 hopefuls to play the charmingly lethal Francie, gives "a spectacular, amazing performance that will take your breath away" (Rex Reed).
Soundtrack Info
Moviemaniac's