The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy (1998)

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1998-02-20
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 115 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: Gaeilge
  • Production Company: Geffen Pictures
  • Production Country: Ireland
  • Director: Neil Jordan
star 6.8/10
From 115 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Eamonn Owens

    as Francie Brady

  • Alan Boyle

    as Joe Purcell

  • Fiona Shaw

    as Mrs. Nugent

  • Stephen Rea

    as Da Brady

  • Ian Hart

    as Uncle Arlo

  • Peter Gowen

    as Leddy

  • Sean McGinley

    as Sergeant

  • Aisling O'Sullivan

    as Ma Brady

  • John Kavanagh

    as Dr. Boyd

  • Andrew Fullerton

    as Phillip Nugent

  • Rosaleen Linehan

    as Mrs. Canning

  • Anita Reeves

    as Mrs. Coyle

  • Sinéad O'Connor

    as Our Lady/Colleen

  • Brendan Gleeson

    as Father Bubbles

  • Milo O’Shea

    as Father Sullivan

  • Niall Buggy

    as Father Dom

  • Ardal O'Hanlon

    as Mr Purcell

  • Tom Hickey

    as Gardener

  • Gina Moxley

    as Mary

  • Joe Pilkington

    as Charlie McGlone

  • Anne O'Neill

    as Mrs McGlone

  • John Olohan

    as Mr Nugent

  • Mikel Murfi

    as Buttsy

  • Brendan Conroy

    as Devlin

  • Jer O'Leary

    as Dublin Man

  • Pat Leavy

    as Dublin Cafe Woman

  • Janet Moran

    as Dublin Shopkeeper

  • Paraic Breathnach

    as Man on Tractor

  • Gregg Fitzgerald

    as Bogman #1

  • John Finegan

    as Bogman #2

  • Gavin Kelty

    as Bogman #3

  • Eoin Chaney

    as Bogman #4

  • Tony Rohr

    as Bogman in Mental Hospital

  • Dermot Healy

    as Bogman in Hospital

  • Sean Hughes

    as Psychiatrist #1

  • Gerard McSorley

    as Psychiatrist #2

  • Birdy Sweeney

    as Man in Well

  • Ronan Wilmot

    as Policeman

  • Pat McCabe

    as Jimmy the Skite

  • Marie Mullen

    as Mrs Thompson

  • Macdara Ó Fátharta

    as Alien Priest

  • Stuart Graham

    as Priest at College

  • Vinnie McCabe

    as Detective

  • Áine McEneaney

    as Girl in Shooting Gallery

  • Siobhan McElvaney

    as Girl in Shooting Gallery

  • Paolo Tullio

    as Mr Caffolla

  • Ciarán Owens

    as Boy in Fountain

  • Shane O'Connor

    as Boy in Fountain
Writing Neil Jordan Screenplay
Directing Neil Jordan Director
Writing Pat McCabe Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Sandy Powell Costume Design
Crew Charmian Hoare Dialogue Coach
Crew Gerry Grennell Dialogue Coach
Writing Pat McCabe Novel
Production Neil Jordan Executive Producer
Production Redmond Morris Producer
Art Josie MacAvin Set Decoration
Sound Elliot Goldenthal Original Music Composer
Production Susie Figgis Casting
Production Stephen Woolley Producer
Art Anna Rackard Art Direction
Camera Adrian Biddle Director of Photography
Editing Tony Lawson Editor
Art Anthony Pratt Production Design

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