Directed by: Garth Jennings (Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy)
Screening date (Spore) : Oct 7, 2008
Touted as the next big indie of this year, after Little Miss Sunshine of 2006, Juno of 2007, this is gonna be big in 2008.
Already a hit at the Sundance Festival, Son of Rambow is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will who has never been allowed to mix with the other 'worldlies,' listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will's mind is blown wide open and he's easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters' diabolical home movie. Will and Carter's complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious rollercoaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.
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