Borstal Boy
“As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.”
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
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Cast
38 people
Shawn Hatosy
Brendan Behan
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Charlie Milwall
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Robin Laing
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Lee Ingleby
Dale
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Second Name
Peter Sheridan Director · Nye Heron Writer Brendan Behan Author
Worldwide gross $87K · Budget $100K · United States release November 8, 2001
Box office
Budget
$100,000
Worldwide gross
$87,400
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
Dakota Films
Production
Hell's Kitchen
Production
United Kingdom · Ireland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Irish
Release dates
Italy · July 4, 2000
Premiere · Taormina Film Festival
United Kingdom · March 22, 2001
Theatrical
United States · November 8, 2001
Limited theatrical · Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival
United States · October 15, 2002
Physical · DVD
United States
June 15, 2001 · Premiere · San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
March 1, 2002 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
March 8, 2002 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
October 21, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
France
March 6, 2001 · Premiere · Travelling Dublin Film Festival
Ireland
March 22, 2001 · Digital
United Kingdom
December 24, 2001 · Physical · DVD
April 28, 2008 · Physical · DVD
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