The Boy from Mercury
Directed byMartin Duffy
Written byMartin Duffy
Produced byMarina Hughes
StarringRita Tushingham
Tom Courtenay
Hugh O'Conor
James Hickey
CinematographySeamus Deasy
Edited byJohn Victor-Smith
Music byStephen McKeon
Production
company
Blue Dahlia Productions
Distributed byClarence
Release dates
  • March 14, 1996 (1996-03-14) (Premiere)
  • December 6, 1996 (1996-12-06) (Ireland)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesIreland
France
UK
LanguageEnglish

The Boy from Mercury (1996) is an Irish 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

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
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