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Boy

"Welcome to my interesting world."

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NR 2012 · 1h 28m
Drama, Comedy
Starring James Rolleston · Taika Waititi · Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson
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About

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.

Theatrical
Mar 2, 2012
Box Office
$9.1M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 10, 2010
Director
Taika Waititi
Producers
Cliff Curtis, Emanuel Michael, Richard Fletcher
Music
Lukasz Pawel Buda
Studio
New Zealand Film Commission, Unison Films, Whenua Films
Keywords
new zealand maori farm grief coming of age goat dead mother duringcreditsstinger 1980s kids on their own father son relationship
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Cast

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J
James Rolleston
Boy
T
Taika Waititi
Alamein
D
Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson
Holden
R
Rachel House
Aunty Gracey
C
Cohen Holloway
Chuppa
P
Pana Hema-Taylor
Juju
C
Craig Hall
Mr. Langston
W
Waimihi Hotere
Teacher
S
Stu Rutherford
Jail Guard
J
Jarod Rawiri
Beat It Gang
C
Chris Graham
Beat It Gang
M
Madeleine Sami
Beat It Gang

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