Mickybo and Me is a 2004 British comedy-drama

Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film and television programs which combines humorous and serious content.-Theatre:Traditional western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy...

 film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty

Owen McCafferty

Owen McCafferty is a playwright from Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, McCafferty held several jobs, including tiling and working in an abattoir, before becoming a full-time writer...

. The film was produced by Working Title Films

Working Title Films

Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, UK. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions, including films starring comic actor Rowan Atkinson...

 and released by Universal Studios

Universal Studios

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Plot

Mickybo and Me tells the story of two boys, one Catholic

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....

 (John Joe McNeill

John Joe McNeill

John Joe McNeill is an Irish actor.- Career :Mickybo and Me is McNeill's best known work, based on the play of the same name, the film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970...

) and one Protestant

Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...

 (Niall Wright), obsessed with the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman...

. When The Troubles

The Troubles

The Troubles was a period of ethno-political conflict in Northern Ireland which spilled over at various times into England, the Republic of Ireland, and mainland Europe. The duration of the Troubles is conventionally dated from the late 1960s and considered by many to have ended with the Belfast...

 plague Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 in 1970, the children dream of escaping to Australia

Australia

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Cast

• John Joe McNeill
  John Joe McNeill
  John Joe McNeill is an Irish actor.- Career :Mickybo and Me is McNeill's best known work, based on the play of the same name, the film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970...
  
   as Mickybo
• Niall Wright as Jonjo
• Julie Walters
  Julie Walters
  Julie Walters, CBE is an English actress and novelist. She came to international prominence in 1983 for Educating Rita, performing in the title role opposite Michael Caine. It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it won her BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress...
  
   as Mickybo's ma
• Ciarán Hinds
  Ciarán Hinds
  Ciarán Hinds is an Irish film, television and stage actor. He has built up a reputation as a versatile character actor appearing in such high profile films as Road to Perdition, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich, There Will Be Blood and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. His television roles include...
  
   as Jonjo's da
• Adrian Dunbar
  Adrian Dunbar
  Adrian Dunbar is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.-Personal life:...
  
   as Mickybo's da
• Gina McKee
  Gina McKee
  Georgina "Gina" McKee is an English actor known for her television roles in Our Friends in the North , The Lost Prince and The Forsyte Saga ; and her portrayal of Bella in the film Notting Hill ....
  
   as Jonjo's ma
• Brendan Caskey as Gank
• Charlie Clarke as Fartface

Awards

Wins

• Best Costume Design for Film, Hazel Webb-Crozier
  Hazel Webb-Crozier
  Hazel Webb-Crozier is an award winning international costume designer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.Since 1990, Hazel has been involved with costume design for the British and Irish film and television industries and in 2005 won her first IFTA for her work on Mickybo and Me, a film telling the...
  
  , Irish Film and Television Awards 2005

Nominations

• Best Film, Irish Film and Television Awards 2005
• Best Production Design for Film, Irish Film and Television Awards 2005
• Best Script for Film, Irish Film and Television Awards 2005
• Best Film, Austin Texas Film Festival 2005
• Breakthrough Talent, Terry Loane, Irish Film and Television Awards 2005