Movie
Mickybo and Me
Overview
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-03-25
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Moon Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Northern Ireland Screen, Universal Pictures UK, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, WT² Productions
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, Ireland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Joe McNeill as Mickybo
- Niall Wright as Jonjo
- Adrian Dunbar as Mickybo's Da
- Ciarán Hinds as Jonjo's Da
- Gina McKee as Jonjo's Ma
- Julie Walters as Mickybo's Ma
- Susan Lynch as Torch Woman
- Owen O'Neill as Adult Mickybo
- Laine Megaw as Auntie Rita
- Michael McElhatton as Mechanic
- Hannah Carnegie as Niamh
- Patricia Carson as Annie
Crew
- Terry Loane - Director
- Owen McCafferty - Writer
- Terry Loane - Writer
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