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"The Boys Are Back" (2009) overview [ "The Boys Are Back" official poster ]
With turbulent emotions swirling just below the surface, Joe Warr (Clive Owen) throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just say yes." Raising two boys - a curious six-year-old (Nicholas McAnulty) and a rebel teen (George MacKay) from a previous marriage – in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with an unabashed lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless... and on the constant verge of disaster. United by unspoken love, conflicted by fierce feelings and in search of a road forward, the three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up. Their story is not just about the transforming power of a family crisis – but the unavoidable grace of everyday life and love that gets them through. "I think it's a very beautifully written script and I think any parent will relate to the movie because that's ultimately what the film's about really. It's about children and their parents and different ways of working. It's very, at times, seriously moving... I mean, the first sort of 20 minutes of the movie, every time I read the script, I was practically in tears. It was so beautifully written and terribly sad and moving and anybody who's a member of a family - the idea of one or the other partner going and leaving the other one with children is a devastating idea. It just devastates me just the idea of that and when its very beautifully written. It's very, very special." - Clive Owen. Academy Award nominee Scott Hicks ("Shine") directs from a screenplay by Allan Cubitt based on the acclaimed 2001 memoir by Simon Carr, "The Boys Are Back In Town," an unflinchingly funny and honest recounting of his journey from grieving husband to full-contact fatherhood in the aftermath of profound loss. "He has a tremendous strength on screen. A great stillness about him that speaks of unexpressed emotions, often. He is enormously subtle in his expressiveness. And that I find fascinating, because when I'm working, although at times, many times, I have to watch the monitors because it's too tight to get it in where the camera is, I usually like to watch actors from right under the lens or next to the tens, cause I like to see their eyes, which is what you really read on the screen. And you know with Clive, so much of that performance emanates from his eyes and the thought that radiates out of them." - Scott Hicks. Shot on location in the stunning countryside of South Australia, the film is produced by Greg Brenman ("Billy Elliot") and Tim White ("Ned Kelly"). Genre: Drama Director: Scott Hicks. Writers: Simon Carr (novel), Allan Cubitt (adaptation) Producers: Greg Brenman, Timothy White. Executive producers: Clive Owen, Peter Bennett-Jones, David M. Thompson, Jane Wright. Associate producer: Jessica Beiler Original music: Hal Lindes. Cinematography: Greig Fraser. Film editing: Scott Gray. Casting: Nikki Barrett, Nina Gold. Production design: Melinda Doring. Art direction: Janie Parker. Costume design: Emily Seresin Cast Clive Owen as Joe Warr Laura Fraser Nicholas McAnulty George MacKay as Harry Emma Booth Erik Thomson as Digby Natasha Little as Flick Emma Lung as Mia Alexandra Schepisi as Mother Tommy Bastow as Harrys Friend Lynda-Maree Gerritsen as Flight Attendant Tim Glanfield as Family Man Adam Morgan as Journalist Felicity Jurd as Journalist Rebekah Rimington as Party Mum Certifications MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sexual language and thematic elements (certificate #45455). Canada: PG (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario) Runtime: 104 min. Countries: Australia, UK. Language: English. Color: Color. Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1. Sound Mix: Dolby Digital Companies Production Southern Light Films Tiger Aspect Productions Hopscotch Productions Screen Australia Australian Film Finance Corporation The South Australian Film Corporation Distribution Miramax Films / (2009) (USA, UK) (theatrical) Buena Vista International / (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical) Other ARRI Media - camera equipment provided by UK Leg Arsenal - consultant De Lane Lea - sound re-recording Dragoni Film Supplies - expendables supplier HireWorks - Avid equipment rental Kino Films - production company Mana Music - music supervision Midnight Digital - dailies © Preems.com |
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Premieres Canada - September 15, 2009 (Toronto Film Festival); September 25, 2009 United States - September 25, 2009 (limited); October 8, 2009 (Mill Valley Film Festival) Australia - November 12, 2009 UK - January 15, 2010 Germany - January 28, 2010 Netherlands - February 25, 2010 Argentina - March 4, 2010 Filming locations Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia DogRidge Vineyard, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia (Vineyard, Tom and Barbara's home) Flinders Hospital, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Hendon, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, Australia King Street, Hammersmith, London, England, UK (The Advertiser, Waymouth Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia Glenelg South, South Australia, Australia Royal Standard of England pub, Forty Green, Buckinghamshire, England, UK South Australia, Australia South Australian Film Corporation, Hendon, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (studio) Kangarilla, South Australia, Australia Additional details This is the first time that South Australian director Scott Hicks has filmed a movie in his home state of South Australia since 1996's Academy Award winning "Shine" (1996). Technical specifications Camera: Arri 235, Arricam LT, Arricam ST Laboratory: Atlab Film Laboratory Service, Sydney, Australia Film length: 110 m Cinematographic process: Panavision (anamorphic) Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1 |
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Inspired
by a true story, "The Boys Are Back" is a deeply moving,
wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both
the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking,
action-oriented sportswriter (Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe
winner Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife's tragic death (Laura
Fraser),
finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood.
