The Boys
Director: Rowan Woods
Writers: Stephen Sewell (screenplay), Gordon Graham (original play)
Cast: David Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran, John Polson,
Jeanette Cronin, Anthony Hayes
Producers: Robert Connolly,
John Maynard
Executive Producers:
Douglas Cummins, Marion Pilowsky
Country: Australia
Distribution / International Sales:
Film Four
Year: 1998
Brett Sprague finds much has changed when he returns home from a year in jail. His brother Glenn has moved in with his girlfriend Jackie, younger brother Stevie now lives in the family home with his pregnant girlfriend, and his mother has begun an affair with a Maori drifter. Dissatisfied with the changes that have taken place, Brett sets out to restore the status quo.
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Official Selection:
Berlin International Film Festival 1998
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Winner:
Best Director,
Best Adapted Screenplay
AFI Awards 1998