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Title The butcher boy
Published 2010

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  791.4372 Jor/Bbo  2010/05/25  AVAILABLE
Description 1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Summary With a temperamental father and a suicidal mother, a bright young Dublin boy grows increasingly demented and homicidal. Moving in and out of insane asylums, he kills off neighbors who sully the name of his family, while experiencing visions of a saintly angel
Notes Off-air recording of Extra broadcast May 25, 2010. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act
Based on the novel by Patrick McCabe
Credits Directed by Neil Jordan ; Screenplay by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe
Cast Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens
Notes Rated: MA15+
Originally released : Geffen Pictures, 1997
DVD. Region unspecified
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Dysfunctional families -- Ireland -- Drama
Mentally ill children -- Ireland -- Drama
Juvenile homicide -- Ireland -- Drama
Violence in children -- Ireland -- Drama
Feature films -- Ireland
Motion pictures -- Ireland
Comedy films
Feature films
SUBJECT Ireland -- Drama
Author Jordan, Neil, 1951-
McCabe, Pat, 1955-
Rea, Stephen
Shaw, Fiona, 1958-
Owens, Eamonn, 1983-
Movie Extra