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About a boy
Resource Information
The work About a boy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource About a boy
Label
About a boy
Statement of responsibility
Universal Pictures and StudioCanal present ; a Tribeca/Working Title production ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz ; directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz
Contributor
  • Hoult, Nicholas, 1989-
  • Johnston, Joanna, (Costume designer)
  • Moore, Nick, (Film editor and director)
  • Rosenthal, Jane, 1956-
  • Small, Sharon, 1967-
  • Smurfit, Victoria, 1974-
  • Weisz, Rachel, 1970-
  • Weitz, Chris, 1969-
  • Weitz, Paul, 1966-
  • Hornby, Nick
  • Working Title Films
  • Badly Drawn Boy
  • Bevan, Tim
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
  • Brook, Isabel
  • Clay, Jim, 1948-
  • Tribeca Productions
  • Collette, Toni
  • De Niro, Robert
  • Studio Canal
  • Epstein, Brad
  • Fellner, Eric
  • Grant, Hugh
  • Hedges, Peter
  • Adefarasin, Remi
Actor
  • Weisz, Rachel, 1970-
  • Smurfit, Victoria, 1974-
  • Small, Sharon, 1967-
  • Collette, Toni
  • Hoult, Nicholas, 1989-
  • Grant, Hugh
  • Brook, Isabel
Costume designer
  • Johnston, Joanna, (Costume designer)
Director of photography
  • Adefarasin, Remi
Editor of moving image work
  • Moore, Nick, (Film editor and director)
Film director
  • Weitz, Paul, 1966-
  • Weitz, Chris, 1969-
Film producer
  • Epstein, Brad
  • Bevan, Tim
  • Fellner, Eric
  • Rosenthal, Jane, 1956-
  • De Niro, Robert
Presenter
  • Studio Canal
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
Production company
  • Working Title Films
  • Tribeca Productions
Production designer
  • Clay, Jim, 1948-
Publisher
  • Universal Pictures (Firm)
Screenwriter
  • Weitz, Paul, 1966-
  • Hedges, Peter
  • Weitz, Chris, 1969-
Subject
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Bachelors -- Conduct of life -- Drama
  • Bachelors -- Drama
  • Comedy films
  • Comedy films
  • Comedy films
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama
  • Man-woman relationships -- Drama
  • Motion pictures
  • Single mothers -- Drama
  • Truthfulness and falsehood -- Drama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Comedy films
  • Drama
  • Fiction films
  • Motion pictures
  • Film adaptations
  • Feature films
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • A bachelor claims to have a son to attract single moms. He enlists a bright 12-year-old geek to be his son, and as he tries to teach him to be cool, the boy teaches him that you're never too old to grow up
  • Brief strong language and some thematic elements
Member of
  • About a boy (Motion picture)
  • About a boy (Motion picture)
Cataloging source
TEF
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Music by Badly Drawn Boy ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; editor, Nick Moore ; production designer, Jim Clay ; director of photography, Remi Adefarasin
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13
Language note
English or French dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.A156 2002
PerformerNote
Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small, Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult
Runtime
101
Technique
live action

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  • About a boy, Universal Pictures and StudioCanal present ; a Tribeca/Working Title production ; produced by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Brad Epstein ; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner ; screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz ; directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz

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