Son of Rambow

A runaway audience smash at the Sundance Film Festival, 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. It all begins in 1980s Britain, when young Will Proudfoot, raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden, encounters something beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD. His virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind – and rapidly expanding imagination – 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, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. But 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 …

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Release Date: May 2, 2008
Genre: Art, Foreign and Comedy
Running Time: 95 min.
Distributor(s): Paramount Vantage
Tagline: Make Believe. Not War.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and reckless behavior.

Director(s):
Garth Jennings

Writer(s):
Garth Jennings - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Hengameh Panahi - Executive Producer
Bristol Baughan - Executive Producer
Ben Goldhirsh - Executive Producer
Nick Goldsmith - Producer
Garth Jennings - Producer
Christian Baute - Associate Producer
Michel Reilhac - Associate Producer
Peter Nadermann - Associate Producer
Meinolf Zurhorst - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
Zofia Brooks - Tina
Neil Dudgeon - Joshua
Tallulah Evans - Jess
Adam Godley - Brethren Leader
Jessica Hynes - Mary (as Jessica Stevenson)
Diane Leach - Janet, School Secretary
Bill Milner - Will
Will Poulter - Carter
Paul Ritter - Geography Teacher
Jules Sitruk
Sam Spivack - Policeman
Eric Sykes - Frank
Charlie Thrift - Duncan
Ed Westwick - Lawrence
Anna Wing - Grandma