The Boy in Blue (1986)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.3/10   

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Guionista:

Douglas Bowie (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 enero 1986 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Deporte

Plot:

Based on the life of Ned Hanlan, the late-19th century Canadian sculler and world champion. Hanlan was...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Rowing

Premios:

3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Mostly boring

Reparto

Nicolas Cage	...	Ned Hanlan
Cynthia Dale	...	Margaret
Christopher Plummer	...	Knox
David Naughton	...	Bill
Sean Sullivan	...	Walter
Melody Anderson	...	Dulcie
James B. Douglas	...	Collins
Walter Massey	...	Mayor
Austin Willis	...	Bainbridge
Philip Craig	...	Kinnear
Robert McCormick	...	Trickett
Tim Weber	...	Cooney
George E. Zeeman	...	Cop
Geordie Johnson	...	Andrew Bothwell
Brian Thorne	...	Plaisted

También conocida como:

La race des champions (Canada: French title)
El muchacho de azul (Argentina) [es]
Nacido para vencer (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

100 min

País:

Canada

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

UK:15 | USA:R | Iceland:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Burritt's Rapids, Ontario, Canada

Compañía:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Trivialidades:

The steamship that appears throughout in the film, the RMS Segwun, is the oldest operating steamship in North America. Originally known as the Nipissing, it was first commissioned in 1887. As of this writing (November 2006) The RMS Segwun is still running strong and is based year-round on Lake Muskoka in Gravenhurst Ontario, Canada.

Mostly boring

I saw this in a theatre out of pure curiosity back in 1986. The ads gave no indication what this was about--it just showed Nicolas Cage with his shirt off showing his VERY nice chest. It was a dull true story of Ned Hanlan who was a world class sculler--or something like that. It takes place in the 19th century (the ads didn't mention that either) and I usually hate period pieces--that didn't help me like the movie more. The only good thing about this was Cage--he WAS good and his body looked fantastic. But, unless you're interested in sculling, you'll probably be bored silly.

There was one unintentionally hilarious scene in which Cage tries to rip open a woman's shirt--and it wouldn't rip! He fumbles with it before he finally gets it off. The audience I saw it with was laughing hysterically.