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Directed by | Taika Waititi |
Written by | Taika Waititi |
Produced by | Cliff Curtis Ainsley Gardiner Emanuel Michael |
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Cinematography | Adam Clark |
Edited by | Chris Plummer |
Music by | The Phoenix Foundation |
Production companies | Whenua Films Unison Films New Zealand Film Production Fund New Zealand Film Commission New Zealand On Air Te Mangai Paho |
Distributed by | Transmission Films Madman Entertainment[1] Kino Lorber[1] |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | New Zealand |
Languages | English Maori |
Box office | $8.6 million[1] |
Boy is a 2010 New Zealand comedy-drama film,[2] written and directed by Taika Waititi. The film stars James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, and Waititi. It is produced by Cliff Curtis, Ainsley Gardiner and Emanuel Michael and financed by the New Zealand Film Commission. In New Zealand, the film eclipsed previous records for a first week's box office takings for local production.[3] Boy went on to become the highest-grossing New Zealand film at the local box office.[4] The soundtrack to Boy features New Zealand artists such as The Phoenix Foundation, who previously provided music for Waititi's film Eagle vs Shark.