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December Boys is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Rod Hardy released in USA on 10 october 2007 with Daniel Radcliffe
December Boys (2007)
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Add to a movie listDecember Boys is an Australian 2007 drama film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg and adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. It was released on 14 September 2007 in the UK and US and 20 September 2007 in Australia. December Boys is Daniel Radcliffe's first non-Harry Potter film role since 2001's The Tailor of Panama.
^ "Production notes" (pdf). December Boys. warnerbros.com. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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This film is a coming of age picture for the four main characters, and how their lives change over one Christmas holiday. The film is set in late 1960s Australia. Four orphan boys from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the outback of Australia – Maps, Misty, Spark and Spit – were all born in the month of December, and for their birthday, they are sent on a holiday to the beach to stay with Mr. and Mrs. McAnsh. While there, they meet Fearless, a man who claims to be the risk motorbike rider in the nearby carnival, and his wife, Teresa. Misty, Spark and Spit instantly become closer to Teresa, but Maps, eldest of the four, is still reluctant to talk to her. He instead finds more fun in spending time with an older teenage girl named Lucy, who had come to the beach to stay with her uncle. He often goes up to a place with strange rocks, and meets her there.Actors
Daniel Radcliffe
(Maps)
Lee Cormie
(Misty)
Jack Thompson
(Bandy)
Christian Byers
(Sparks)
Victoria Hill
(Teresa)
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