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The unlikeliest of best friends, Romeo Brass is a perpetually hungry junior tough guy. Gavin "Knocks" Woolley is an inquisitive skinny kid who limps due to his bad back. They live next door to each other -- each the other's antidote to a landscape of comic losers nad broken-down dreams. The boys meet Morell, a strange, childlike man who spins fanciful stories about run-ins with aliens, ghosts and eerie occurrences; all the while leading the banal existence of a lowlife. When Morell saves Romeo and Gavin from a brutal fight, he becomes their new hero and pal. They become co-conspirators in Morell's tenacious quest to date Romeo's alluring sister, Ladine, but gradually this eccentric and dangerous stranger drives a wedge between the two 12-year-olds which they must overcome in order to salvage the magic of their childhood friendship.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
Two English boys have their friendship jeopardized by a unique stranger. |
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| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Comedy, Drama and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 28 min. |
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| Release Date: |
October 27, 2000 NY; October 20, 2000 Limited; January 20, 2000 Sundance '00 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for pervasive language, and for some elements of violence and sexuality. |
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| Distributors: |
October Films/USA Films
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| Production Co.: |
Company Pictures, Big Arty Productions, Alliance Atlantis Pictures, BBC Films
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$20,097 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
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| Produced in: |
United Kingdom |
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