The Winslow Boy (1999 film)

The Winslow Boy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Mamet
Screenplay byDavid Mamet
Based onThe Winslow Boy
by Terence Rattigan
Produced bySarah Green
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
Edited byBarbara Tulliver
Music byAlaric Jans
Production
company
Green/Renzi Productions[1]
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3,957,934

The Winslow Boy is a 1999 US made film period drama directed by David Mamet and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones. Set in London before World War I, it depicts a British family defending at all costs the honour of its naval cadet young son against a false charge of theft. The screenplay was adapted by Mamet based on Terence Rattigan's 1946 dramatic play The Winslow Boy.

It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ a b "The Winslow Boy (1999)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Winslow Boy". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 October 2009.