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Dominican Rep. Son of Rambow
- Original title
- Son of Rambow
- Year
- 2007
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Bill Milner
Will Poulter
Jules Sitruk- Charlie Thrift
Jessica Hynes
Neil Dudgeon
Asa Butterfield- Anna Wing
Tallulah Evans- Emilie Chesnais
Paul Ritter- Finola McMahon
- Denise Orita
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-France;
- Genre
- Comedy. Action. Drama | 1980s. Teen/coming-of-age. Film In Film. Family Relationships. Friendship
- Synopsis
- A nostalgic trip back to the 1980s, Son of Rambow is an inventive valentine to an era where, for the first time in history, young minds had access to technology that allowed them to create their own stories while paying homage to their larger-than-life heroes from the movies that inspired them.
Will, who isn't allowed to watch TV or go to the movies, expresses himself through his drawings and illustrations until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and crafter of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirated copy of the first Rambo film, First Blood, which blows his mind wide open. Against his family's orders, his imaginative little brain begins to flower in the world of filmmaking. Will and Lee become popular at school through their films, but when a French exchange student, Didier Revol, arrives on the scene, their unique friendship and precious film are pushed to the breaking point.
Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, aka Hammer & Tongs, the creative visionaries behind The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, utilize a vast array of visual techniques to perfectly capture the moment in time when anything was possible and dreams could be recreated with a home video camera, a few props, and a ton of imagination.- Awards
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2008: BAFTA Awards: Best Debut (Garth Jennings)2008: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): 4 Nominations including Best Director
- Critics' reviews
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"A surprisingly charming British comedy that is only tangentially associated with 'Rambo.'"
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"A likable, lightly sticky valentine to childhood, the 1980s and the dawning of movie love"
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"A crowd-pleasing combination of buoyant spirit and occasionally dark humor"
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"A sweetly raucous adventure. Widely quoted comparisons to 'Billy Elliot' and Tim Burton overstate the case for what is really a modestly eccentric entertainment."
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"Few movies have captured the intoxicating effect of pop culture on kids better than 'Son of Rambow'"
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