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- US release date: November 7, 2008 (limited release)
- UK release date: September 12, 2008
- Director: Mark Herman
- Screenplay: Mark Herman
- MPAA rating: PG-13
- Film run time: 94 minutes
- Studio: Miramax Films
- Filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary
- Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne
- Released as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in the UK
- Tag line: '"'Lines may divide us, but hope will unites us"Official Site: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of the forbidden friendship between two 8 year-old boys during World World II. One is the privileged son of a Nazi officer; the other is a Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp. Based on the best selling novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne has won two Irish Book Awards, Children's Book of the Year and People's Choice Book of the Year.Official Site: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Review Quotes
- "The setting of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is as grim as it gets, but the perspective is a magical piece of cinema."—Times OnlineTimesOnline: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas(September 11, 2008)
- "Mark Herman's film is beset by overdone ironies and plausibility issues-it's hard to believe that a boy of Bruno's age, educated in Berlin, would have no notion of antipathy towards the Jews."—TelegraphTelegraph: Film Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (September 12, 2008)
Cast
- Asa Butterfield as Bruno
- Jack Scanlon as Shmuel
- David Thewlis as Father
- Vera Farmiga as Mother
- Rupert Friend as Lt Kotler
- Jim Norton as Herr Liszt
- Amber Beattie as Gretel
- Sheila Hancock as Grandma
- Richard Johnsonas Grandpa
- David Hayman as Pavel
- Cara Horgan as Maria
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Reviews Questions
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In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Book, was the boy in the striped pajamas the one getting controlled? 1 AnswerWell, the boy in the striped pajamas is Shmael, a 9-year-old Jewish prisoner in a concentration camp (dressed in a striped prison uniform). The other boy, Bruno... read more -
We'd like to see the holocaust movie- The Boy in the striped pajamas. Anyone know where we can rent or borrow this movie for one day? 1 AnswerGood movie! Go try to find a Redbox location in your area. To see if there is one, follow the link below and type in your zip code. Redbox rents videos to an... read more -
How do some toothpastes always come out with perfect stripes? Do the different color stripes mean anything? 1 AnswerThe tube or container has dividers inside. Cut one open and check it out. The gels are supposedly better for breath freshening and the white pastes have more a... read more
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