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Boy
Film (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras) – 2010
Taika Waititi's blockbuster second movie centres on an imaginative 11-year-old East Coast boy (James Rolleston) trying to make sense of his world — and the return of his just-out-of-jail dad (Waititi). Intended as a "painful comedy of growing up", Boy mixes poignancy with Waititi's trademark whimsy and visual inventiveness. The film was shot in the Bay of Plenty area where he partly grew up. A winner at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival, Boy soon became the most successful Kiwi film on its home soil (at least until the arrival of Waititi's 2016 hit Hunt for the Wilderpeople). James Rolleston writes about acting in Boy here.
Key Cast & Crew
See all 37 credits
Produced by
Whenua Films
Acknowledgements
Made in association with the NZ Film Commission, NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho
Music
Original score written by Lukasz Buda, Samuel Scott and Conrad Wedde. Performed by The Phoenix Foundation
Closing song 'Poi E' performed by Patea Maori Club
Soundtrack includes 'Mum' and 'Karu' performed by Prince Tui Teka, 'Aku Raukura' performed by Patea Maori Club, 'French Letter' and 'Dragons & Demons' performed by Herbs, 'Out on the Street' performed by Space Waltz
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Taika Waititi's short film that helped inspire Boy
Out on the Street
Boy song 'Out on the Street' is on this episode of New Faces
Frosty Man and the BMX Kid
Also stars James Rolleston
Whale Rider
Another tale of a Māori East Coast childhood
Poi E
This song features in the film
French Letter '95
Another song that features in the film
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Documentary about a Taranaki youth programme
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Another hit film from Taika Waititi
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Taika Waititi's first feature
Heartland - East Coast
More of the East Coast
Viewfinder - 12 April 1984
More breakdancing from the mid-80s
Tama Tū
Short film directed by Taika Waititi
The Dead Lands
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The Dark Horse
Also stars James Rolleston
The Mountain
Another comedy-drama featuring young Māori characters
Lost in Translation 7 - The East Coast Sheet (episode seven)
Comedian Mike King travels on the East Coast
Captain's Log - First Episode
Documentary featuring the East Coast of the North Island
Mauri
Another East Coast story from co-producer Merata Mita
What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi's bloody next movie
The Jaquie Brown Odyssey - Brownward Spiral (Episode Seven)
Also features a stoned Taika Waititi
40 Years
Phoenix Foundation clip directed by Taika Waititi
Vigil
Another film revolving around a child’s view of the world
The Power of Music (Te Kaha o Te Waiata)
Music documentary set on the East Coast
The Living Room - Series Two, Episode Ten
Taika Waititi presents this Living Room episode
Pork Pie
James Rolleston went on to star in this
Pulp Comedy - Series Seven, Episode Three (Taika Waititi)
Taika Waititi’s stand-up comedy
Whānau (2008)
Real life Māori kids in the 21st century
NZ On Screen - See Us Go
A scene from Boy features in this NZ On Screen promo
Dancing with the Stars - Paul Holmes excerpt (Series Three, Episode Four)
More Michael Jackson inspired dance
Radiradirah - First Episode
Taika Waititi worked on this in the same period
Golden Boy (Comedy Pilot Week)
James Rolleston also acts in this small-town comedy
Tom's Dairy
Another portrait of growing up in the 1980s
Status Pending
Another film where the director also acts on-screen
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Also featuring actors James Rolleston & Cohen Holloway
Marvin
Short film about an imaginary friend
Cousins
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