The Butcher Boy This little piggy laughed all the way home! Release date: 1998-02-20 Genres: Comedy, Drama Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Stuart Graham, Milo O’Shea, Gerard McSorley, John Olohan, Eamonn Owens, Peter Gowen, Tom Hickey, Gina Moxley, Ian Hart, Jer O'Leary, Tony Rohr, Stephen Rea, John Kavanagh, Fiona Shaw, Rosaleen Linehan, Birdy Sweeney, Niall Buggy, Ciarán Owens, Marie Mullen, Ronan Wilmot, Ardal O'Hanlon, Aisling O'Sullivan, Sean McGinley, Gregg Fitzgerald, Alan Boyle, Brendan Conroy, Janet Moran, Sinéad O'Connor, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Dermot Healy, Joe Pilkington, Sean Hughes, Anne O'Neill, Anita Reeves, Pat Leavy, Mikel Murfi, Gavin Kelty, Paraic Breathnach, Vinnie McCabe, John Finegan, Andrew Fullerton, Siobhan McElvaney, Áine McEneaney, Paolo Tullio, Eoin Chaney, Shane O'Connor Revenue: $5,000,000 Runtime: 1 h. 50 min. Score: 6.8/10 Votes: 119 Countries: Ireland, United States of America Companies: Geffen Pictures, Butcher Boy Film Productions Available* : Overview: Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
