THE BUTCHER BOY

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• Release Year: 1997
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis casts a shadow over the world. But if Earth explodes into a billion pieces, Francie won't be surprised one bit. It's just like grownups to do something like that. ; ; Funny, chilling and full of visual flair, The Butcher Boy, the tale of how Irish lad Francie copes with cruel fate and a dysfunctional homelife, 'is Neil Jordan's best movie yet!' (Entertainment Weekly). The Academy-Award winning director of The Crying Game and Interview With The Vampire casts Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw and Sinead O'Connor as adults inhabiting Francie's real or imagined worlds. And newcomer Eamonn Owens gives 'a spectacular, amazing performance that will take your breathe away' (Rex Reed).
• Cast: Eamonn Owens, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Fiona Shaw, Aisling O'Sullivan, Stephen Rea, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves, Gina Moxley, Niall Buggy, Ian Hart, Anne O'Neill, Joe Pilkington, Pat McGrath, Jer O'Leary, Pat Leavy, Janet Moran, Paraic Breathnach, John Olohan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Mikel Murfi, Brendan Conroy, Tom Hickey, Brendan Gleeson, Gregg Fitzgerald, John Finnegan, Gavin Kelty, Eoin Chaney, Milo O'Shea, Sinéad O'Connor, Ciaran Owens, Shane O'Connor, Paolo Tullio, Siobhan McElvaney, Áine McEneaney, Pat McCabe, Sean Hughes, Tony Rohr, Birdy Sweeney, Marie Mullen, Stuart Graham, Macdara Ó Fatharta, Ronan Wilmot, Vinnie McCabe, Dermot Healy, Gerard McSorley, Neil Jordan
• Director: Neil Jordan
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: Geffen Pictures, Warner Brothers
• Media Format: movie