Movie
The Boys Are Back
Overview
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-09-25
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Australian Film Finance Corporation, BBC Film, Hopscotch Productions, Screen Australia, Southern Light Films, Tiger Aspect, South Australian Film Corporation
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clive Owen as Joe Warr
- Laura Fraser as Katy Warr
- Emma Booth as Laura
- George MacKay as Harry Warr
- Emma Lung as Mia
- Natasha Little as Flick
- Julia Blake as Barbara
- Nicholas McAnulty as Artie
- Chris Haywood as Tom
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Tim Walker
- Tommy Bastow as Harry's Friend
- Rupert Simonian as Harry's Friend
Crew
- Scott Hicks - Director
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