--- title: 'Boy A (2007)' type: 'film' director: 'John Crowley' released: '2007-09-08' runtime_minutes: 100 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/boy-a-2007' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078188/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Boy A (2007) 2007 · 100 min · Drama · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Boy A is a 2007 British drama film directed by John Crowley, from a screenplay by Mark O'Rowe, based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Jonathan Trigell. The film stars Andrew Garfield in his film debut as Jack Burridge, who is re-entering society under a new name in Manchester after having served 14 years in a Young Offender Institution; and Peter Mullan as Terry, Jack's caseworker. The novel is noted for similarities to the James Bulger case, whose offenders were released around the time of its publication. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Crowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-crowley) - **Screenplay:** [Jonathan Trigell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-trigell), [Mark O'Rowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-o-rowe) - **Director of Photography:** [Rob Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-hardy) - **Editor:** [Lucia Zucchetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucia-zucchetti) ## Cast - [Steven Pacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-pacey) - [Josef Altin](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-altin) - [Anthony Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-lewis) - [Victoria Brazier](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-brazier) - [Jeremy Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-swift) - [Alfie Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfie-allen) - [Katie Lyons](https://cinepixo.com/people/katie-lyons) - [Andrew Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-garfield) - [Tilly Vosburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilly-vosburgh) - [Siobhan Finneran](https://cinepixo.com/people/siobhan-finneran) - [Shaun Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaun-evans) - [Peter Mullan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mullan) - [Skye Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/skye-bennett) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.boyamovie.info/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/boy-a-2007 Film facts: Wikidata (Q895837); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.