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Director
  
Music director
  
Language
  
English

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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
Australia

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Writer
  
,
Gordon Graham

Release date
  
7 May 1998 (1998-05-07)

Screenplay
  
Stephen Sewell, Gordon Graham

Cast
  
(Brett Sprague), (Michelle), (Sandra Sprague), (Glenn Sprague), (Stevie Sprague),
Jeanette Cronin
(Jackie)

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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, with Graham influenced by the 1986 murder of Anita Cobby, with the play first performed by Griffin Theatre Company under the direction of Alex Galeazzi.

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Plot

The Boys (1998 film) movie scenes

After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store-owner, Brett Sprague is released from prison and returns home to his two brothers and their girlfriends, mother, stepfather, and girlfriend. Things have changed, and 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 united in rage against their girlfriends and mother, and they are involved in a heinous crime. The aftermath of the night unfolds through the story with flashforwards.

Cast

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  • 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
  • Production

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    The Boys is Rowan Woods' directorial debut, and actor Peter Hehir's last film before he retired from acting. Woods "aimed to achieve a combination of documentary-style naturalism with the edge of a thriller." Woods also said that the first time he read the play, he felt "it was an Australian story that had to be told. (...) This is the inside story of a family in crisis, of three boys on the day before a nasty crime takes place, of which they are accused."

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    The producer of the film, Robert Connolloy, had also produced the play. He met Rowan Woods at film school, and they both suggested to John Maynard they make the movie. The script was adapted by playwright Stephen Sewell.

    Shooting was done on location in a rented house in Maroubra, one of Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. The location used to shoot the scene of the heinous crime was filmed at the Eastlakes Shopping Centre in Eastlakes, another Eastern Suburb.

    Accolades

    The original music score is composed by The Necks, with other music contributed by sound designer Alan Lamb.

    References

    The Boys (1998 film) Wikipedia
    The Boys (1998 film) IMDb The Boys (1998 film) themoviedb.org