Son of Rambow (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Garth Jennings

Guionista:

Garth Jennings (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 abril 2008 (UK)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Familia

Frase comercial:

Make Believe. Not War.

Plot:

During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | School | Video Camera | French | Copy

Premios:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Fantastic Movie About the Wonders of Childhood

Reparto

Neil Dudgeon	...	Joshua
Bill Milner	...	Will Proudfoot
Jessica Hynes	...	Mary Proudfoot (as Jessica Stevenson)
Anna Wing	...	Grandma
Will Poulter	...	Lee Carter
Tallulah Evans	...	Jess Proudfoot
Emilie Chesnais	...	French Teacher (as Emile Chesnais)
Paul Ritter	...	Geography Teacher
Finola McMahon	...	Gail Graham
Rachel Mureatroyd	...	Marie Plante
Taylor Richardson	...	David Smart
Peter Robinson	...	Lucas Dupont
Charlie Thrift	...	Duncan Miller
Jules Sitruk	...	Didier Revol
Sam Kubrick-Finney	...	Danny

También conocida como:

Der Sohn von Rambow (Alemania)
Le fils de Rambow (France)
El hijo de Rambow (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence and reckless behavior.

Duración:

96 min

País:

France | UK | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Canada:PG | Ireland:12A | Australia:PG | UK:12A | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43681) | Sweden:7 | Netherlands:6 | New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ashlyns School, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Compañía:

Hammer & Tongs

Trivialidades:

Director Garth Jennings's wife plays the nurse stitching Will Proudfoot's arm in the hospital scene.

Errores:

Anacronismos: During a party at the school, they are playing Siouxsie And The Banshees' "Peek-A-Boo", which wasn't released until 1988. The film time line is 1983, five years earlier.

Citas:

Will: Good morning, Lee Carter. I'm here to help you!
Lee Carter: Jesus Christ!

Conexiones de Película:

References Yentl (1983)

Banda de Sonido:

Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries

A Fantastic Movie About the Wonders of Childhood

I recently took this movie in at the 2007 Sundance film festival and am quite glad that I made the effort to sneak this little gem in. The movie was made by the very talented Garth Jennings of the famed music video production team Hammer and Tongs known for their visionary music videos and previously Hitcherhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Set in an average English town in 1982 the movie revolves around the interesting life of a 12-13 year old boy named Will whose family is part of a strict religious group that prohibits him from having any friends outside the group and strictly forbids him from watchings any TV or Movies. Without these usual sources of childhood entertainment Will finds other ways to pass the time, namely in drawing out his flourishing imagination that he scribbles and doodles all over the pages of his bible. One day Will unexpectedly crosses paths with the school terror Carter who also happens to be an amateur bootlegger at the local movie theater. Will, whose never seen a movie before is caught off guard when at Carters home he sees Rambo playing on the TV, the visuals of the movie explode in Will's imaginative mind and from there on out Will is forever changed. An unlikely friendship begins between Will and Carter as they begin production on Carter's home movie masterpiece, Son of Rambow. The two children begin coming closer before their friendship is tested by a new-wave French exchange student Didier Revolve. As the friendship between Will and Carter begins getting twisted so does his relationship with his family, as the church group starts taking notice of Wills more worldly interests. In the end Will must stay true to himself and the film must go on.

The performances by all the children were exceptional, especially Carter who is the movie's sparkplug and provides comic relief frequently. As well as Didier the french exchange student who is a text book example of how absurd the whole new wave trends of the day were, his appearances are all wildly amusing. The movie also has a fair amount of quirky animations and dream sequences that offer visual pleasures for the eyes and bring childhood doodles to life. The movie is just a brilliant little idea and it plays out so very well in all the settings and the characters are extremely likable in all manners, the movie should play great for almost all ages