Son of Rambow

Son of Rambow
UK quad poster
Directed byGarth Jennings
Written byGarth Jennings
Produced byNick Goldsmith
Starring
CinematographyJess Hall
Edited byDominic Leung
Music byJoby Talbot
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 22 January 2007 (2007-01-22) (Sundance Film Festival)
  • 4 April 2008 (2008-04-04) (United Kingdom)
  • 21 June 2008 (2008-06-21) (Germany[1])
Running time
95 minutes[3]
Countries
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany[1]
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
Budget£4.5 million[4]
Box office$10.1 million

Son of Rambow is a 2007 comedy film written and directed by Garth Jennings and inspired by First Blood. The film premiered on 22 January 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival.[5] It was later shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Glasgow Film Festival.[6] The film was also shown at the 51st BFI London Film Festival. Son of Rambow was released in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2008 and opened in limited release in the United States on 2 May 2008.[7] Set over a summer during Thatcher's Britain, the film is a coming of age story about two schoolboys and their attempts to make an amateur film inspired by First Blood.

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  2. ^ Kay, Jeremy (24 January 2007). "Rambow sells for $7.5m to Paramount Vantage at busy Sundance". Screen International. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Son of Rambow (12)". British Board of Film Classification. 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ USC School of Cinematic Arts (25 April 2008). "Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith". cinema.usc.edu (Podcast). Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Son of Rambow". Sundance.org. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Son of Rambow". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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