The Boys (1998 film)

Infobox_Film
name = The Boys


caption = "The Boys" DVD cover
director = Rowan Woods
writer = Stephen Sewell (screenplay)
Based on the play by Gordon Graham
starring = David Wenham
Toni Collette
Lynette Curran
John Polson
Anthony Hayes
producer = Robert Connolly
John Maynard
music = The Necks / Alan Lamb
cinematography = Tristan Milani
editing = Nick Meyers
distributor = Roadshow Entertainment
released = May 7, 1998
runtime = 86 min.
country = Australia
language = English
amg_id = 1:160525
imdb_id = 0139898

"The Boys" is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rowan Woods. The screenplay by Stephen Sewell is based on the play by Gordon Graham, first performed by [Griffin Theatre Company directed by Alex Galeazzi. The original music score is composed by The Necks (though sound designer Alan Lamb also contributes music for the film) and was nominated for ARIA Best Soundtrack Album, AFI Best Musical Score and Australian Guild of Screen Composers Award.

Plot summary

After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store-owner, troubled Brett Spraque is released from prison and returns home to his brothers and their girlfriends, mother, step father, and girlfriend. As Brett begins to drink his way through the day, he regains his 'top-dog' position one argument at a time. This power-trip gets Brett and his brothers involved in a heinous crime.

Cast

* David Wenham - Brett Sprague
* Toni Collette - Michelle
* Lynette Curran - Sandra Sprague
* John Polson - Glenn Sprague
* Anthony Hayes - Stevie Sprague
* Jeanette Cronin - Jackie
* Anna Lise Phillips - Nola
* Pete Smith - George
* Sal Sharah - Nick
* Lawrence Woodward - Jailer
* Peter Hehir - Graham Newman
* Andrew Heys - Sparrow
* Teo Gebert - Policeman
* Anthony Keirann - Policeman
* Stephen Leeder - Commissioner
* Veronica Neave - Girl

Trivia

* This film is often assumed to be based on the real-life Anita Cobby murder in 1986, but neither it nor the stage play on which it is based have any explicit linkage with the crime.
* This was actor Peter Hehir's last film before he retired from acting.
* This film was shot on location in a rented house in Maroubra, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

ee also

* List of Australian films

External links

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* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=395857;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Boys at the National Film and Sound Archive]