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Directed by | Stephen Frears |
Written by | Jimmy McGovern |
Produced by | Colin McKeown Martin Tempia |
Starring | Ian Hart Claire Hackett Anne Reid Anthony Borrows Megan Burns |
Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
Edited by | Kristina Hetherington |
Music by | John Murphy |
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Distributed by | Lions Gate Films (United States) Artificial Eye (United Kingdom) BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Diaphana Films (France) |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom Germany Italy France |
Box office | $1.9 million[1] |
Liam is a 2000 film directed by Stephen Frears and written by novelist/screenwriter Jimmy McGovern. McGovern adapted Joseph Mckeown's novel Back Crack Boy for this emotionally raw meditation on innocence and pain. Frears in turn was influenced by James Joyce's accounts of his stern childhood in late 19th century Catholic Dublin.[2]