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- BFI identifier444988
- Date1996 (Copyright)
1997-05-02 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, France
- Production company
- SynopsisEight-year-old James Cronin sees Flash Gordon serials at the cinema every Saturday and convinces himself that he is from Mercury, not Earth. When he tells his friend Sean his secret, it leads to trouble with the school bully, so James feigns illness and stays at home. Finally, with the help of his elder brother Paul, James comes to accept his place on Earth. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: Martin Duffy
Production Company: Mercurian Productions
Production Company: Blue Dahlia Productions
view all - CastRita Tushingham (May Cronin, 'mother')
Tom Courtenay (Uncle Tony)
Hugh O'Conor (Paul Cronin)
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Title
The Boy from Mercury (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5BF0-1A26-25F0-F0E1-DDBC-XCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00m-pnw
Photograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-pnv
Photograph: transparency - SPD-205528
Photograph: transparency - SPD-205529
Photograph: transparency - SPD-205530
view all - ArticlesFilm Ireland n56 Dec.96/Jan.97 - ArticleScreen International n1083 08 Nov 1996 - Credits, ReviewScreen International n1025 15 Sep 1995 - CreditsMoving Pictures International n12 October 1995 - Prod. Reportview all
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- The Boy from Mercury
Work - 444988 - 1996 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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