ABOUT A BOY
synopsis
Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties, who in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons he meets Marcus, a strange 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.
international title: | ABOUT A BOY |
original title: | ABOUT A BOY |
country: | United Kingdom, France |
sales agent: | United International Pictures (UK) |
year: | 2002 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | FR 12/11/2002, IT 13/09/2002, BE 21/08/2002, PT 16/08/2002, AT 15/08/2002, DK 26/07/2002, NO 05/07/2002, IS 21/06/2002, SE 07/06/2002, NL 06/06/2002, UK 26/04/2002, IE 26/04/2002 |
screenplay: | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges |
cast: | Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult |
cinematography by: | Remi Adefarasin |
film editing: | Nick Moore |
music: | Damian Gough |
producer: | Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner |
production: | Working Title Films, StudioCanal |
distributor: | Universal Pictures International United Kingdom, Uip (IT), Uip (DK), Uip (IS), Uip (NO), Uip (PT), Uip (SE), Uip (NL), Uip (AT) |