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Boy is a charming and funny film about a young Maori boy who idolizes Michael Jackson and his estranged father, who claims to be a war hero and a gangster. Set in 1984 New Zealand, this film is ...
- 3 min
- 450.2K
- SF Cinema
Set on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
It is also possible to buy "Boy" on Apple TV, Fandango At Home as download or rent it on Fandango At Home, Apple TV online. Synopsis Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
- 87 min
Director Taika Waititi started developing BOY soon after finishing his award-winning short Two Cars, One Night. It first emerged as a film called Choice and was accepted into the Sundance Writer's Lab in 2005, where Taika workshopped it with script writers Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon), Susan Shilliday (Legends of the Fall), David Benioff (Troy) and Noami Foner (Running On
It’s 1984, and Michael Jackson is king - even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy’s father, Alamein, appears out of the blue.
The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand "Thriller" is changing kids' lives. "Boy" is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale abou...
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- 800.4K
- FilmBuff Movies
Aug 27, 2021 · Boy (2010), Waititi’s sophomore feature, is a mellow love-letter to the challenges of adolescence. Nostalgic and warm, Boy is a film that centres around youthful optimism and never wavers from the belief that life can be both hard and happy. Image courtesy of New Zealand Film Commission/NZ On Air
