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The Boy from Mercury

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Director
  
Martin Duffy

Screenplay
  
Martin Duffy

Writer
  
Martin Duffy

Language
  
English

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Country
  
Ireland

The Boy from Mercury movie poster

Release date
  
14 March 1996

Initial release
  
December 6, 1996 (Republic of Ireland)

Cast
  
(May Cronin), (Uncle Tony Cronin), (Paul),
James Hickey
(Harry Cronin),
Ian McElhinney
(Brother Dowdall)

Similar movies
  
The Tigers Tail (2006), Garage (2007), Trouble with Sex (2005), Circle of Friends (1995), Kisses (2008)

The Boy from Mercury (1996) is a nostalgic Irish Film, the first from writer and director Martin Duffy. The film concerns the science-fiction daydreams of a young boy in 1960 Dublin. Upon release, the film received international critical acclaim, and several awards, though was commercially unsuccessful. It was the first time actors Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay had appeared on screen together since Doctor Zhivago thirty years earlier. The film was also the debut of young Irish actor James Hickey.

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The book of the making of the film, The Road to Mercury, written by the director, was released in 2006 by Ogma Press.

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References

The Boy from Mercury Wikipedia
The Boy from Mercury IMDb The Boy from Mercury themoviedb.org