The Butcher Boy
This little piggy laughed all the way home!
1998 | 110m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Neil Jordan |
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| Writer: | Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe |
| Staring: |
| Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 20, 1998 |
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| Director: | Neil Jordan |
| Writer: | Neil Jordan, Pat McCabe |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | suicide, angel, based on novel or book, difficult childhood, insane asylum, pig, friendship, boarding school, alcoholism, murder, dark comedy |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Geffen Pictures, Butcher Boy Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,000,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eamonn Owens | Francie Brady |
| Alan Boyle | Joe Purcell |
| Fiona Shaw | Mrs. Nugent |
| Stephen Rea | Da Brady |
| Ian Hart | Uncle Arlo |
| Peter Gowen | Leddy |
| Sean McGinley | Sergeant |
| Aisling O'Sullivan | Ma Brady |
| John Kavanagh | Dr. Boyd |
| Andrew Fullerton | Phillip Nugent |
| Rosaleen Linehan | Mrs. Canning |
| Anita Reeves | Mrs. Coyle |
| Sinéad O'Connor | Our Lady/Colleen |
| Brendan Gleeson | Father Bubbles |
| Milo O’Shea | Father Sullivan |
| Niall Buggy | Father Dom |
| Ardal O'Hanlon | Mr Purcell |
| Tom Hickey | Gardener |
| Gina Moxley | Mary |
| Joe Pilkington | Charlie McGlone |
| Anne O'Neill | Mrs McGlone |
| John Olohan | Mr Nugent |
| Mikel Murfi | Buttsy |
| Brendan Conroy | Devlin |
| Jer O'Leary | Dublin Man |
| Pat Leavy | Dublin Cafe Woman |
| Janet Moran | Dublin Shopkeeper |
| Paraic Breathnach | Man on Tractor |
| Gregg Fitzgerald | Bogman #1 |
| John Finegan | Bogman #2 |
| Gavin Kelty | Bogman #3 |
| Eoin Chaney | Bogman #4 |
| Tony Rohr | Bogman in Mental Hospital |
| Dermot Healy | Bogman in Hospital |
| Sean Hughes | Psychiatrist #1 |
| Gerard McSorley | Psychiatrist #2 |
| Birdy Sweeney | Man in Well |
| Ronan Wilmot | Policeman |
| Pat McCabe | Jimmy the Skite |
| Marie Mullen | Mrs Thompson |
| Macdara Ó Fátharta | Alien Priest |
| Stuart Graham | Priest at College |
| Vinnie McCabe | Detective |
| Áine McEneaney | Girl in Shooting Gallery |
| Siobhan McElvaney | Girl in Shooting Gallery |
| Paolo Tullio | Mr Caffolla |
| Ciarán Owens | Boy in Fountain |
| Shane O'Connor | Boy in Fountain |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Neil Jordan | Screenplay, Director |
| Pat McCabe | Screenplay, Novel |
| Sandy Powell | Costume Design |
| Adrian Biddle | Director of Photography |
| Anthony Pratt | Production Design |
| Tony Lawson | Editor |
| Anna Rackard | Art Direction |
| Josie MacAvin | Set Decoration |
| Gerry Grennell | Dialogue Coach |
| Charmian Hoare | Dialogue Coach |
| Elliot Goldenthal | Original Music Composer |
| Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Redmond Morris | Producer |
| Neil Jordan | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Woolley | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 21 | 68 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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