About a boy [videorecording] / producer, Jane Rosenthal; producer, Robert De Niro; producer, Brad Epstein; producer, Tim Bevan; producer, Eric Fellner.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 9038399 | Universal PicturesPublication details: Universal Pictures, 2007.Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : colDDC classification:
  • 23
Cast: Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Hutchison, Ben Ridgeway, Nat Gastiain Tena, Jack Warren, Russell Barr.Summary: Hugh Grant takes the lead role as aimless, commitment-shy, thirtysomething Will in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestseller. Living on the royalties of a hit song his father wrote 40 years ago, Will drifts through life, moving from one relationship to the next with little lasting effect. But when he hits upon the new idea of dating single-mothers, he soon finds himself entangled with the suicidal Fiona (Toni Colette) and her 12-year-old-son Marcus (Nicholas Hoult). As he and Marcus gradually develop a friendship, Will begins to reassess the selfish life he has been living.
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Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:2.35 CinemaScope), Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Bonus footage, Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Badly Drawn Boy), Commentary (Directors Chris and Paul Weitz), DVD ROM features, Bonus tracks (Badly Drawn Boy music videos).

Made in 2002.

Based on the novel by Nick Hornby.

Credits: director, Chris Weitz; director, Paul Weitz; executive producer, Nick Hornsby; executive producer, Lynn Harris; writer, Chris Weitz; writer, Paul Weitz; writer, Peter Hedges; music, Badly Drawn Boy.

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Cast: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult, Nicholas Hutchison, Ben Ridgeway, Nat Gastiain Tena, Jack Warren, Russell Barr.

Hugh Grant takes the lead role as aimless, commitment-shy, thirtysomething Will in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's bestseller. Living on the royalties of a hit song his father wrote 40 years ago, Will drifts through life, moving from one relationship to the next with little lasting effect. But when he hits upon the new idea of dating single-mothers, he soon finds himself entangled with the suicidal Fiona (Toni Colette) and her 12-year-old-son Marcus (Nicholas Hoult). As he and Marcus gradually develop a friendship, Will begins to reassess the selfish life he has been living.

BBFC code: 12.

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