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The butcher boy [videorecording] / 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.

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

MPAA rating: R.

Paranoia -- Drama.

Murder -- Drama.

Asylums -- Drama.

Feature films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Comedy films.

Murder in motion pictures.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Children of alcoholics -- Drama.

Paranoia in motion pictures.

Children of suicide victims -- Drama.

Morris, Redmond.

Woolley, Stephen.

Jordan, Neil, 1950-

Owens, Eamonn. 1983-

McGinley, Sean.

Gowen, Peter.

Boyle, Alan, 1984-

Fullerton, Andrew.

Shaw, Fiona, 1958-

O'Sullivan, Aisling.

Rea, Stephen.

Kavanagh, John, (Actor)

Linehan, Rosaleen.

Reeves, Anita.

McCabe, Pat, 1955- Butcher boy.

Butcher Boy Film.

Geffen Pictures.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Based on the novel by Patrick McCabe.

Originally released as a motion picutre 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.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital surround 5.1, dual-layer.

Closed-captioned.

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