Borstal Boy (2000)
Director:
Peter Sheridan
Tagline:
« In 1942, acclaimed Irish poet Brendan Behan was sent to a reform school. What he learned was that love knows no prison. »
Actors:
Brendan Behan
Manning
Verreker
Landlady
Charlie Milwall
Holmes
Whitbread
Alex
Dale
Judge Goddard
Also known as:
Um Jovem Irlandês (Brazil - Festival Title),
Borstal Boy (Germany),
Borstal Boy (Philippines),
Парень из Борстальской тюрьмы (Russia),
Borstal Boy (Spain)
Rating:
(2'664 votes)
(2'664 votes)
Quotes:
[Repeated Line]
« Brendan Behan: As a prisoner of war, it is my duty to escape.
»
[about Love] « Brendan Behan: I had it both ways... just like Oscar Wilde. »
« Liz Joyce: You will write? » « Brendan Behan: What's the point? » « Liz Joyce: No, not to me. Write... for everyone. »
[about Love] « Brendan Behan: I had it both ways... just like Oscar Wilde. »
« Liz Joyce: You will write? » « Brendan Behan: What's the point? » « Liz Joyce: No, not to me. Write... for everyone. »
Production companies:
Keywords:
homosexual,
gay,
drag,
male male kiss,
homosexuality,
gay love,
gay kiss,
writer,
irish,
ireland,
Trivia:
uncategorized: The Broadway production of "Borstal Boy" based on a book by Brendan Behan and adapted for the stage by Frank McMahon opened at the Lyceum Theater in New York on March 31, 1970, ran for 143 performances and won the 1970 Tony Award for Best play.
uncategorized: The Broadway production of "Borstal Boy" based on a book by Brendan Behan and adapted for the stage by Frank McMahon opened at the Lyceum Theater in New York on March 31, 1970, ran for 143 performances and won the 1970 Tony Award for Best play.
Runtime:91 minutes
Goof:
anachronism: When Brendan arrives in Liverpool (which is actually London in the movie) he is passed by a London Transport Routemaster bus, a type which did not appear until 1958, though the movie is set in 1942.
anachronism: When Brendan arrives in Liverpool (which is actually London in the movie) he is passed by a London Transport Routemaster bus, a type which did not appear until 1958, though the movie is set in 1942.
Cinematographer
Ciarán Tanham
Composer:
Stephen McKeon
Plots:
Irish teenager political activist and future writer Brendan Behan is befriended in a British borstal (reformatory) by a liberal warden.
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.
Producers:
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Color:
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Related movies:
Featured in: Insight Into the Borstal Boy (takes a look behind the scenes and interviews cast members) , Beyond Clueless (Clips shown)
Featured in: Insight Into the Borstal Boy (takes a look behind the scenes and interviews cast members) , Beyond Clueless (Clips shown)
Official websites:
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