The Butcher Boy
“This little piggy laughed all the way home!”
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.
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Cast
48 people
Eamonn Owens
Francie Brady
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Dorothy Mills
Alan Boyle
Joe Purcell
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Fiona Shaw
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Stephen Rea
Da Brady
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Ian Hart
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Peter Gowen
Leddy
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Sean McGinley
Sergeant
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Braveheart
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Aisling O'Sullivan
Ma Brady
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Six Shooter
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John Kavanagh
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Andrew Fullerton
Phillip Nugent
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Rosaleen Linehan
Mrs. Canning
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Anita Reeves
Mrs. Coyle
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Neil Jordan Director · Pat McCabe Screenplay Elliot Goldenthal Composer
Worldwide gross $5M · United States release April 3, 1998 · Produced in Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,000,000
Production
Geffen Pictures
Production
Butcher Boy Film Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Ireland · United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Irish
Release dates
Ireland · July 13, 1997
Premiere · Galway Film Festival
United States · April 3, 1998
Limited theatrical
United States · October 27, 1998
Physical · VHS
United States
November 3, 1998 · Physical · LaserDisc
February 13, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
December 14, 1998 · Physical
Ireland
February 20, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 19, 1999 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 20, 1998 · Theatrical
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