Neil Jordan's superb adaptation of Pat McCabe's disturbing 1992 novel about a 12-year-old Irish boy's descent into madness. There's an amazing debut performance by young Eamonn Owens, with able support from Jordan regular Stephen Rea, as the boy's alcoholic father.
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- The Butcher Boy
- 15 (For language, and violence)
- Cast
- Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Niall Buggy, Brendan Gleeson, Peter Gowen, Stuart Graham, Ian Hart, Tom Hickey
- Director
- Neil Jordan
- Producer
- Neil Jordan, Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley, Susi Roper
- Writer
- Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe
- Duration
- 01:54:00
- Release
- Friday February 20 1998
- Genre
- Drama
- Distributor
- Warner Brothers
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