“Son of Rambow”

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amateur film, Asa Butterfield, Bill Milner, comedy, coming of age, First Blood, independent, Movies, Son of Rambow, Sundance Film Festival, Will Poulter

Son of Rambow (Celluloid Dreams — worldwide/Optimum Releasing — UK/Paramount Vantage — U.S., 2007)

Son of Rambow was a 2007 comedy independent film written and directed by Garth Jennings. The film premiered in January 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. It make the rounds via the Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Glasgow Film Festival and the 51st BFI London Film Festival. It was released in the UK in April 2008 and received a limited release in the U.S. in May 2008. Son of Rambow is a coming of age story about two schoolboys attempting to make an amateur film inspired by the film First Blood. It starred a young Bill Milner and Will Poulter. Son of Rambow marks the debut film for both actors. It also started the career of an even younger Asa Butterfield in a minor role.