Son of Rambow
Cast: Neil Dudgeon, Bill Milner, Jessica Hynes, Anna Wing, Will Poulter, Tallulah Evans, Emilie Chesnais, Paul Ritter, Finola McMahon, Rachel Mureatroyd, Taylor Richardson, Peter Robinson, Charlie Thrift, Jules Sitruk, Sam Kubrick-Finney, James Clarke, Zofia Brooks, Denise Orita, Eric Sykes, Ed Westwick, Lee LongDirector: Garth Jennings
Writer: Garth Jennings
Producer: Nick Goldsmith
Associate Producer: Christian Baute
Executive Producers: Bristol Baughan, Benjamin Goldhirsh, Hengameh Panahi
Art Direction: Robyn Paiba
Casting: Susie Figgis
Costume Design: Harriet Cawley
D.O.P.: Jess Hall
Editor: Dominic Leung
Music: Joby Talbot
Production Design: Joel Collins
"Son of Rambow" is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden.
When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of "Rambo: First Blood" his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, all the while hiding out from The Brethren.
When school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.
Filmed in a creatively mad-cap, homemade style with a mostly amateur cast and a wry, comic-tinged nostalgia, creative visionaries Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, a.k.a. Hammer & Tongs ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), manage to capture both the agony and the giddy ecstasy of a camcorder childhood with humor, poignancy and a rousing dose of cinematic panache.
When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of "Rambo: First Blood" his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, all the while hiding out from The Brethren.
When school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.
Filmed in a creatively mad-cap, homemade style with a mostly amateur cast and a wry, comic-tinged nostalgia, creative visionaries Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, a.k.a. Hammer & Tongs ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"), manage to capture both the agony and the giddy ecstasy of a camcorder childhood with humor, poignancy and a rousing dose of cinematic panache.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Cinematographic Process: Panavision (anamorphic)
Filming Locations: Hertfordshire, UK; Kent, UK
Printed Film Format: 35mm
MPAA Warning: Some Violence and Reckless Behaviour
Production Budget: $11 million
Production Companies: Cinegram, Serendipity Point Films, Strada Films
Production Schedule: 31st July 2006 - 25th September 2006
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
Cinematographic Process: Panavision (anamorphic)
Filming Locations: Hertfordshire, UK; Kent, UK
Printed Film Format: 35mm
MPAA Warning: Some Violence and Reckless Behaviour
Production Budget: $11 million
Production Companies: Cinegram, Serendipity Point Films, Strada Films
Production Schedule: 31st July 2006 - 25th September 2006
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
- Although Sylvester Stallone helped endorse the film, the "w" was added due to legal reasons.
- The film includes a vintage clip of Jan Pinkava winning the BBC Screen Test competition.
- The film was inspired by Jennings' own experiences as a child in the 1980s, when video equipment first became available to the public, and the film lovingly recreates the atmosphere of an English comprehensive school of the time, using a soundtrack of familiar and less familiar pop tracks from the era to good effect.
- The film was shot primarily in the English town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: featuring Ashlyns School and The Rex, a recently refurbished Art Deco cinema.
- The minor role of Danny, an acolyte of Didier, a glamorous French exchange student, is played by Stanley Kubrick's grandson, Sam Kubrick-Finney.
- The film includes a vintage clip of Jan Pinkava winning the BBC Screen Test competition.
- The film was inspired by Jennings' own experiences as a child in the 1980s, when video equipment first became available to the public, and the film lovingly recreates the atmosphere of an English comprehensive school of the time, using a soundtrack of familiar and less familiar pop tracks from the era to good effect.
- The film was shot primarily in the English town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire: featuring Ashlyns School and The Rex, a recently refurbished Art Deco cinema.
- The minor role of Danny, an acolyte of Didier, a glamorous French exchange student, is played by Stanley Kubrick's grandson, Sam Kubrick-Finney.
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4 April 2008: UK
21 August 2008: Germany
4 September 2008: Australia
9 October 2008: Singapore
24 October 2008: Finalnd
28 January 2009: France
21 August 2008: Germany
4 September 2008: Australia
9 October 2008: Singapore
24 October 2008: Finalnd
28 January 2009: France
