Project Detail

The Boys Are Back

Synopsis

It's never too late to grow up, especially with a little help from your kids. Meet Joe and Artie, two rogues living in a boy's paradise on a sunny street in Queensland, Australia. Only thing is, Joe is a widowed father and Artie is his six year-old son. When Joe lost his wife Katy, his world fell apart. A popular sports writer, always carefree, his days are now spent trying to bond with his feisty son. Joe's recipe for success as a father is to throw out all the rules - late nights, messy bedrooms and junk food are the order of the day.

When Harry, Joe's teenage son from his first marriage, visits on holiday from England, it’s clear that Joe’s game is up. With all the love in the world, Joe can’t control his two sons. After Joe leaves the boys home alone to go on assignment, all hell breaks loose. Faced with losing both Artie and Harry, is Joe man enough to save his family?

Details

Year: 2010
Type of film: Features
Director: Scott Hicks
Producer: Tim White, Greg Brenman
Screenwriter: Alan Cubitt
Principal cast: Clive Owen, George Mackay, Nicholas McAnulty

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tiger Aspect Productions

5 Soho Square
London W1D 3QA
UK

T +44 (0) 20 7434 6700

Sales Company

HanWay Films

24 Hanway St.
London W1T 1UH
UK

T +44 (0)207 290 0750

info@hanwayfilms.com

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www.hanwayfilms.com

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When sports writer Joe Warr is suddenly widowed, he is determined to create a happy atmosphere at home for his six-year-old son Artie. But despite his best efforts, he can’t fill the emotional vacuum left by the loss of the boy's mother. Then Joe’s 14-year-old son Harry, from a previous marriage, descends. Having never visited his father before, Harry soon finds himself testing the limits of Joe's patience.<br /> <br /> Events spiral out of control when Joe has to leave the boys for a few days on business. The older beach kids move in with a riotous party at his home, and by the time Joe hears his elder son's desperate phone messages it's too late: the police have intervened, Artie has been rescued by his grandmother, and Harry has gone back home. Separated once again, Harry refuses to speak to his father. But Joe cannot accept their bond has been broken. To see his sons together again, he knows he must take dramatic action.

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