| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes) : .flv file, sound |
| Summary |
Brendan Behan's famous memoir about his troubled youth formed the basis of this drama. Brendan is a 16-year-old boy from Ireland who loathes the British and is eager to do something about it. Brendan sails into Liverpool, but is discovered to be carrying the makings of a bomb; he's soon placed under arrest and thrown into a borstal (British reform school), where he finds himself surrounded by a collection of tough-as-nails English delinquents. Nominated for Outstanding Film at the **GLAAD Media Awards**. Nominated for Best Feature Film at the **Irish Film and Television Awards**. *"The inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth." - Kenneth Turan, **The Los Angeles Times*** |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
|
Film |
|
In Process Record |
| Performer |
Danny Dyer, Eamon Glancy, Ian McElhinney, Patricia Leventon, Shawn Hatosy |
| Event |
Originally produced by Network Ireland Television in 2000 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Coming of age.
|
|
Historical drama.
|
|
Independent films.
|
|
Queer cinema
|
|
Drama.
|
|
Motion pictures.
|
|
Romance
|
|
plays (performing arts compositions)
|
|
Coming of age.
|
|
Drama.
|
|
Historical drama.
|
|
Independent films.
|
|
Motion pictures.
|
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
|
|
Feature films.
|
| Form |
Streaming video
|
| Author |
Sheridan, Peter, film director
|
|
Dyer, Danny, actor
|
|
Glancy, Eamon, actor
|
|
McElhinney, Ian, actor
|
|
Leventon, Patricia, actor
|
|
Hatosy, Shawn, actor
|
|
Network Ireland Television (Firm)
|
|
Kanopy (Firm)
|
|
