The Butcher Boy (1998)

ALL 02/20/1998 (en) Comedy, Drama 110 Min
  • Release
    02/20/1998
  • Production
    Geffen Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    68.04%
  • Original title
    The Butcher Boy
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 5,000,000.00
    -

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

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.

  1. Neil Jordan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tony Lawson

    Editor



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  1. Eamonn Owens

    Francie Brady

  2. Alan Boyle

    Joe Purcell

  3. Fiona Shaw

    Mrs. Nugent

  4. Stephen Rea

    Da Brady

  5. Ian Hart

    Uncle Arlo

  6. Peter Gowen

    Leddy

  7. Sean McGinley

    Sergeant

  8. Aisling O'Sullivan

    Ma Brady

  9. John Kavanagh

    Dr. Boyd

  10. Andrew Fullerton

    Phillip Nugent

  11. Rosaleen Linehan

    Mrs. Canning

  12. Anita Reeves

    Mrs. Coyle

  13. Sinéad O'Connor

    Our Lady/Colleen

  14. Brendan Gleeson

    Father Bubbles

  15. Milo O’Shea

    Father Sullivan

  16. Niall Buggy

    Father Dom

  17. Ardal O'Hanlon

    Mr Purcell

  18. Tom Hickey

    Gardener

  19. Gina Moxley

    Mary

  20. Joe Pilkington

    Charlie McGlone

  21. Anne O'Neill

    Mrs McGlone

  22. John Olohan

    Mr Nugent

  23. Mikel Murfi

    Buttsy

  24. Brendan Conroy

    Devlin

  25. Jer O'Leary

    Dublin Man

  26. Pat Leavy

    Dublin Cafe Woman

  27. Janet Moran

    Dublin Shopkeeper

  28. Paraic Breathnach

    Man on Tractor

  29. Gregg Fitzgerald

    Bogman #1

  30. John Finegan

    Bogman #2

  31. Gavin Kelty

    Bogman #3

  32. Eoin Chaney

    Bogman #4

  33. Tony Rohr

    Bogman in Mental Hospital

  34. Dermot Healy

    Bogman in Hospital

  35. Sean Hughes

    Psychiatrist #1

  36. Gerard McSorley

    Psychiatrist #2

  37. Birdy Sweeney

    Man in Well

  38. Ronan Wilmot

    Policeman

  39. Pat McCabe

    Jimmy the Skite

  40. Marie Mullen

    Mrs Thompson

  41. Macdara Ó Fátharta

    Alien Priest

  42. Stuart Graham

    Priest at College

  43. Vinnie McCabe

    Detective

  44. Áine McEneaney

    Girl in Shooting Gallery

  45. Siobhan McElvaney

    Girl in Shooting Gallery

  46. Paolo Tullio

    Mr Caffolla

  47. Ciarán Owens

    Boy in Fountain

  48. Shane O'Connor

    Boy in Fountain

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 48 , Crews : 17

Keyword

The Butcher Boy (1998) 110 Min

ALL 02/20/1998 (en)
Comedy, Drama
  • Release 02/20/1998
  • Production
    Geffen Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Original title The Butcher Boy
  • en
  • Revenue5,000,000.00

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

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.

  1. Neil Jordan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tony Lawson

    Editor

  4. Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley

    Producer