The Boys Are Back (2009)

The Boys Are Back (2009) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
British Independent Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( DTS 5.1 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Catalan ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Catalan ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
107 min + 2 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Scott Hicks

Written By:
Allan Cubitt
Simon Carr

Actors:
Clive Owen ..... Joe Warr
Emma Booth ..... Laura
Laura Fraser ..... Katy
George MacKay ..... Harry
Nicholas McAnulty ..... Artie
Julia Blake ..... Barbara
Chris Haywood ..... Tom
Erik Thomson ..... Digby
Natasha Little ..... Flick
Lewis Fitz-Gerald ..... Tim Walker
Nakia Pires ..... Lucy
Emma Lung ..... Mia
Steven Robertson ..... School Housemaster
Georgina Naidu ..... Paula
Daniel Carter ..... Digby & Paula's Child

Synopsis:

The Boys Are Back is a confessional tale of fatherhood. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter who, in the wake of his wife's death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. Joe Warr throws himself into the only child-rearing philosophy he thinks has a shot at bringing joy back into their lives: "just says yes." Raising two boys - a curious six year-old and a rebel teen from a previous marriage -- in a household devoid of feminine influence, and with a lack of rules, life becomes exuberant, instinctual, reckless... and on the constant verge of disaster. The three multi-generational boys of the Warr household, father and sons alike, must each find their own way, however tenuous, to grow up.

This story of fatherhood is set in South Australia. When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting. Despite this, he struggles to keep his family together, while his sons are just as confused as him.

A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.

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