War of the Buttons (Original title)La Guerre des boutons, ça recommence... (Alternative title)La Guerre des boutons (Alternative title)
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 05 August 1994 (Release)Countries: France, United KingdomDirector: John Roberts
Synopsis: Children's film set in County Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks are at war with each other and show their various victories over each other by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their foes...Synopsis: Adaptation of the novel "La guerre des boutons" by Louis Pergaud, which transposes the setting from provincial France in the 1940s to Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks, from historically opposed villages, are at war with each other. They show their respective victories by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their enemies.
Genres: Children's, Action and Adventure
Subjects: Gangs, War
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 05 August 1994 (Release)Countries: France, United KingdomDirector: John Roberts
Synopsis: Children's film set in County Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks are at war with each other and show their various victories over each other by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their foes...Synopsis: Adaptation of the novel "La guerre des boutons" by Louis Pergaud, which transposes the setting from provincial France in the 1940s to Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks, from historically opposed villages, are at war with each other. They show their respective victories by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their enemies.
Genres: Children's, Action and Adventure
Subjects: Gangs, War
Credits
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©/In association with: Productions de la Guéville, ©: Enigma Films Ltd., Production Company: an Enigma production, In association with: Hugo Films, Presents: Warner Bros., Presented in association with: Fujisankei Communications Group, Executive Producer: Xavier Gélin, Executive Producer: Stéphane Marsil, Producer: David Puttnam, Line Producer: David Nichols, Associate Producer: Steve Norris, Screenplay: Colin Welland, Author of the Original Work: Louis Pergaud, Director of Photography: Bruno de Keyser, Special Effects: Peter Hutchinson, Editor: David Freeman, Production Designer: Jim Clay, Set Dresser: Judy Farr, Costumes: Louise Frogley, Music: Rachel Portman, [Trainee Sound Assistant]: Daniel Crowley, Animal Trainer: Daragh Byrne
Cast
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Gregg Fitzgerald (Fergus), Eveanna Ryan (Marie), John Coffey (Geronimo), Liam Cunningham (The Master), Colm Meaney (Geronimo's Dad), Paul Batt (Gorilla), Thomas Kavanagh (Riley), John Murphy (Jonjo), Darragh Naughton (Boffin), Anthony Cunningham (Little Con)