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The Boy from Mercury

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Calorie Rating: 122
Released: 1996-12-06
Running Time: 87 Minutes


Set in 1960s Dublin, a fatherless eight-year-old boy who feels alienated by his family, escapes his reality by deciding he's been sent from Mercury to study life on Earth. His fantasies mirror the life of his hero, Flash Gordon, from the serial he watches each week at the local cinema. His escapades result in dilemmas that drive his mother to such distraction that she turns to the boy's strange uncle for help.

Director / Directors

Brendan Geraghty
Assistant Director
Maria O'Connor
Assistant Director

Karen Richards
Assistant Director
Sean Griffin
Assistant Director


Cast

Rita Tushingham
Character: May Cronin
Tom Courtenay
Character: Uncle Tony Cronin
Hugh O'Conor
Character: Paul

James Hickey
Character: Harry Cronin
Ian McElhinney
Character: Brother Dowdall
Kevin James
Character: James "Mucker" Maguire

Gerard Cannon
Character: Classroom Schoolboy
Johnny Ward
Character: Classroom Schoolboy
Joanne Gerrard
Character: Sarah

Sean Flanagan
Character: Sean McCarthy
Liam Heffernan
Character: Usher
Rachel Martin
Character: Ice Cream Girl

Buster Crabbe
Character: Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
Charles Middleton
Character: Ming the Merciless (Archive Footage)
Van Johnson
Character: Game Show Contestant (Archive Footage)


Production and Crew

Seamus Deasy
Director of Photography

Tom Conroy
Production Design
Stephen McKeon
Original Music Composer

Lorna Marie Mugan
Costume Design
Claire Duignan
Executive Producer

Noëlette Buckley
Line Producer
Jo Manuel
Executive Producer

Rod Stoneman
Executive Producer
Seamus Deasy
Cinematography

Tom Conroy
Production Designer
Bridget Timmons
Art Direction
Philip Henderson
Set Decoration

Lorna Ó Ríordáin
Costume Design
Pamela Smyth
Hairstylist
Joe Whelan
Hairstylist

Jo Homewood
Production Manager
Philippe Faujas
Sound Recordist
Pauline Griffiths
Foley Artist

Matt Grimes
Sound Editor
Conor O'Toole
Boom Operator
Lauren Potter
Foley Artist

Colin Ritchie
Dialogue Editor
Darryl Byrne
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Noel Donnellon
Camera Operator

Denis Mortell
Still Photographer
Francis Taaffe
Camera Operator

Jo Kissack Folsom
Costume Design
Kevin Townend
Music Coordinator
Carol Moorhead
Production Coordinator

Susie Cullen
Assistant Art Director
Lesley Oakley
Assistant Art Director
Helen Kane
Costume Design

Catherine Fay
Wardrobe Assistant
Caitriona Ní Threasaigh
Wardrobe Assistant
Susan Scott
Wardrobe Assistant

Brid Broadberry
Hairstylist
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Editor

Gordon Greenaway
Assistant Sound Editor
Dominic Lester
Sound Mixer
Peter Steinbach
Sound Effects