The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury
Directed by	Martin Duffy
Written by	Martin Duffy
Produced by	Marina Hughes
Starring	Rita Tushingham Tom Courtenay Hugh O'Conor James Hickey
Cinematography	Seamus Deasy
Edited by	John Victor-Smith
Music by	Stephen McKeon
Production company	Blue Dahlia Productions
Distributed by	Clarence
Release dates	March 14, 1996 (1996-03-14) (Premiere) December 6, 1996 (1996-12-06) (Ireland)
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	Ireland France United Kingdom
Language	English

The Boy from Mercury is a 1996 Irish-French-British film, the debut of writer and director Martin Duffy. The film concerns the science-fiction daydreams of a young boy in 1960 Dublin. Upon release, the film received international critical acclaim, and several awards, though was commercially unsuccessful. It was the first time actors Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay had appeared on screen together since Doctor Zhivago thirty years earlier. The film was also the debut of the Irish actor James Hickey.

The book of the making of the film, The Road to Mercury, written by the director and released in 2006 by Ogma Press.

Cast

• Rita Tushingham
• Tom Courtenay
• Hugh O'Conor
• James Hickey

Release

The film opened on 5 screens in Ireland on 6 December 1996 and grossed IR£3,806 in its first week.[1]

References

1. "International box office". Screen International. 20 December 1996. p. 33. $6,138; $1=IR£0.62

External links

• The Boy from Mercury at IMDb