The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

Genres
Comedy Drama

Release Date: Feb 20, 1998

Runtime: 110 minutes

Rating: 6.8/10

Status: Released

Production Companies
  • Geffen Pictures
  • Butcher Boy Film Productions

Overview

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

"This little piggy laughed all the way home!"

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Cast

Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart ,

Peter Gowen, Sean McGinley, Aisling O'Sullivan, John Kavanagh, Andrew Fullerton, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves, Sinéad O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, Milo O’Shea, Niall Buggy, Ardal O'Hanlon, Tom Hickey, Gina Moxley, Joe Pilkington, Anne O'Neill, John Olohan, Mikel Murfi, Brendan Conroy, Jer O'Leary, Pat Leavy, Janet Moran, Paraic Breathnach, Gregg Fitzgerald, John Finegan, Gavin Kelty, Eoin Chaney, Tony Rohr, Dermot Healy, Sean Hughes, Gerard McSorley, Birdy Sweeney, Ronan Wilmot, Pat McCabe, Marie Mullen, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Stuart Graham, Vinnie McCabe, Áine McEneaney, Siobhan McElvaney, Paolo Tullio, Ciarán Owens, Shane O'Connor

Crew

Neil Jordan, Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe, Sandy Powell, Gerry Grennell ,

Charmian Hoare, Neil Jordan, Josie MacAvin, Elliot Goldenthal, Pat McCabe, Stephen Woolley, Redmond Morris, Susie Figgis, Anthony Pratt, Tony Lawson, Adrian Biddle, Anna Rackard