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The trailer from the film

Four short excerpts from the film

Interview with writer/director Taika Waititi

Interview with producer Emanuel Michael

The making of this feature film

The trailer from the film

Four short excerpts from the film

Interview with writer/director Taika Waititi

Interview with producer Emanuel Michael

The making of this feature film

Boy

Film (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras) – 2010

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Taika Waititi's blockbuster second movie centres on an imaginative 11-year-old East Coast boy (James Rolleston) trying to make sense of his world — and the return of his just-out-of-jail dad (Waititi). Intended as a "painful comedy of growing up", Boy mixes poignancy with Waititi's trademark whimsy and visual inventiveness. The film was shot in the Bay of Plenty area where he partly grew up. A winner at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, Boy soon became the most successful Kiwi film on its home soil (at least until the arrival of Waititi's 2016 hit Hunt for the Wilderpeople). James Rolleston writes about acting in Boy here.

Key Cast & Crew

James Rolleston

As: Boy

Luke Buda

Composer

Taika Waititi

Writer, Director, As: Alamein

Ainsley Gardiner

Producer

Emanuel Michael

Producer

Cliff Curtis

Producer

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Produced by

Whenua Films

Source

New Zealand Film Commission

Acknowledgements

Made in association with the NZ Film Commission, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho

Music

Original score written by Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott and Conrad Wedde. Performed by The Phoenix Foundation

Closing song 'Poi E' performed by Patea Maori Club

Soundtrack includes 'Mum' and 'Karu' performed by Prince Tui Teka, 'Aku Raukura' performed by Patea Maori Club, 'French Letter' and 'Dragons & Demons' by Herbs, 'Out on the Street' by Space Waltz