| Mickybo and Me | |
| Director: | Terry Loane |
| Producer: | Mark Huffam Michael McGeagh |
| Starring: | John Jo McNeill Niall Wright Julie Walters Ciarán Hinds Adrian Dunbar Gina McKee |
| Music: | Stephen Warbeck |
| Editing: | Scott Thomas |
| Cinematography: | Roman Osin |
| Studio: | Studio Canal Working Title Films Irish Film Board Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission WT2 Productions Moving Picture Company |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Northern Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $5 million[1] |
| Gross: | £172,336 |
Mickybo and Me is a 2004 Northern Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty. The film was produced by Working Title Films and released by Universal Studios.
An eight and a nine-year-old boy living in Belfast during The Troubles, one Catholic, one Protestant, become friends. They are obsessed with the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and dream of robbing banks and emigrating to Australia.[2] [3]
Although the boys are from completely different backgrounds, they bond quickly. After watching the film together, they take on the characters' personas. Later, believing that they will get blamed for an old man's death, they go 'on the run,' trying to escape to Australia.
Their journey towards the ferry (which they believe will carry them to Australia) is a series of misadventures, including a 'bank robbery', riding a horse/ponies, a fire in a stable, escape from a police car. Once re-apprehended by the police, they did discover they had crossed the Irish border.
Upon their return, one of the boy's fathers is killed in a sectarian-related shooting, driving a wedge between them. In the closing scene, 30 years later, Mickeybo opens a large envelope from Jonjo, which contains the toy sheriff's star and a photo of him with his family living in Australia
Ireland: Nationwide Cinema Release April 2005
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