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Garth Jennings (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY) directs this whimsical comedy set in 1980s England. After watching FIRST BLOOD, two boys decide to create a new action-filled film: SON OF RAMBOW.

Product Identifiers

ProducerNick Goldsmith

EAN5055201803337

eBay Product ID (ePID)62878338

Product Key Features

ActorWill Poulter, Neil Dudgeon, Charlie Thrift, Jules Sitruck, Bill Milner, Jessica Stevenson

Film/TV TitleSon of Rambow

DirectorGarth Jennings

LanguageEnglish

Run Time91 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2008

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerJoby Talbot

Additional InformationWriter-director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, who as Hammer & Tongs have made music videos for such groups as Fatboy Slim, Supergrass, Blur, and REM, follow up their 2005 film, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, with the charming indie SON OF RAMBOW, a love letter to the movies.<BR><BR><BR>SON OF RAMBOW stars Bill Milner as Will Proudfoot, a shy, reserved young boy who is different from the other kids because his family is part of the Brethren, a religion that shuns the outside world, not allowing him to have friends at school or to watch television. While in the hallway in school one day because he can't watch an educational film in class, Will gets into a fight with Lee Carter (Will Poulter), a tough kid who gets into trouble all the time. Lee forces Will to help him make a homemade version of the Sylvester Stallone film FIRST BLOOD, but after watching the original, Will is captivated by the movie and writes his own sequel, casting himself as the son of Rambo (he misspells the name of the character). Will and Lee use their imagination and lots of grit to get the project off the ground, bonding as only blood brothers can. But soon the entire school wants to participate in the movie, including ultra-cool French exchange student Didier Revol (Jules Sitruk), jeopardizing the integrity of the production as well as Will and Lee's growing friendship. <BR>Milner and Poulter, both making their feature-film debuts, are engaging as the lead characters. Jennings sets SON OF RAMBOW in the 1980s, before cell phones, digital cameras, and YouTube changed the way people communicate. Amid a soundtrack that includes music from such seminal period bands as the Cure and Depeche Mode, the two young boys learn about family and friendship, jealousy and ego as their carefully controlled worlds threaten to implode.

ReviewsVariety - Bright and witty physical and optical visual touches spill off the screen, though the use of effects is scaled to the tale

ScreenwriterGarth Jennings

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleSon Of Rambow

Director of PhotographyJess Hall

Consumer AdviceContains dangerous behaviour, smoking and moderate language