'Boy A' Poster Premiere!
Filed under: Drama, Fandom, The Weinstein Co., Movie Marketing, Cinematical Indie, Posters
Cinematical has received this brand new poster for Boy A (click image to enlarge), a film I was lucky enough to catch at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Featuring terrific performances from Andrew Garfield (especially) and Peter Mullan, Boy A tells the story of Jack; a wounded soul who, at 24, is released from prison after serving time for a horrible crime he committed with a friend at the age of 10. Mullan plays the kid's councilor Terry; in charge of basically setting him up in a new town, with a new name and new goals to protect Jack from those who want him either dead or back in jail. Jack slowly begins to build a new life for himself; he excels at his job, makes some good friends and falls in love -- however, hidden deep inside him is a secret he can't afford to let out. Can he continue on as is, or will the truth eventually find its own brutal way of catching up to him?
Boy A is one heckuva powerful flick (shot and edited beautifully) that creeps up on you as the drama slowly unfolds. I have no problem giving this one a strong recommendation; it hits theaters in limited release on July 23.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-22-2008 @ 7:28AM
Synonymous said...
I assume this is based on the James Bulger case.
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5-25-2008 @ 4:43AM
Gary said...
Not based on the case but certainly inspired by it I would have thought.
It was made by Channel 4 films, a UK TV channel who produce some wonderful small budget movies. I know that in the US a "made for TV movie" has a different meaning but in the UK some brilliant pieces of drama are made for TV audiences, so I would urge anybody who may be put of by this tag to dispel any reservations and see this movie if getting the opportunity.
It really is a fantastic piece of work. Gritty in the way that only British drama can be it just sucks you in and the way the story is slowly introduced you really are rooting for the central character before you fully understand his dark past.
Well worth watching.