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Suicide | Dark Comedy
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European Cinematographer | 1998 | Adrian
1998 | Eamonn
Best Actor | 1998 | Eamonn
Top Ten Films | 1998
Best Music | 1998 | Elliot
Outstanding New Talent | 1999 | Eamonn
Best Director | 1998 | Neil
Top Ten Films of the Year | 1999
Best Youth Performance | 1999 | Eamonn
Best Sound Editing Music Foreign Domestic | 1999 | Michael
European Film | 1998 | Stephen
Best Original Score | 1999 | Elliot
Most Promising Actor | 1999 | Eamonn
Best Director | 1999 | Neil
Best Picture | 1999
Best Breakthrough Performance Male | 1999 | Eamonn
Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor | 1999 | Eamonn
Best Picture | 1998
Best Supporting Actor | 1998 | Stephen
Best Film | 1998 | Neil
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film | 1998 | Eamonn
Box Office Collection 1,995,911 USD
Stephen Rea is credited as only playing Pa in the film, but he also plays the adult Francie, who narrates his story in voice-overs throughout the film, uncredited.
Eamonn O'Shea reportedly went into his audition and asked if the actor who had gone before him was better, and if he was, there was no point in reading his prepared monologue.
The title role was originally given to child actor Byron Hayes. Production was halted so that Neil Jordan could make 'Michael Collins' instead. By the time production picked up again, Byron Hayes was too old for the role.
Film debut of Eamonn Owens.
Author of the source novel Pat McCabe made a few attempts at writing a screen adaption of his book which strayed rather further from his book than the film does. Neil Jordan, co-writer of the screenplay and director, brought it back closer to the original novel.
"[the Blessed Virgin Mary is exasperated by the Butcher Boy's slowness to act] Our Lady: For fuck's sake, Francie!..."
"Narrator: [voice over] And that was the end of the goldfish, because from now on I was gonna be good. And if anyone was looking for Francie the Bad Bastard, they wouldn't find him.because he was busy gettig the Francie-Not-a-Bad-Bastard-Anymore diploma."
