Boy Page #5

Synopsis: It's 1984. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Taika Waititi
Production: Unison Films
  13 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
87 min
$242,008
Website
23,266 Views


I don't really know what it's for,

but when he's happy,

sh*t, it gets bright as!

And the best thing about him

is his finger.

And it can heal all wounds,

be it a gash or cut on your neck,

heartache.

Hey, Shogun.

Well, he'll fix that up, no problem.

Find anything yet?

Oh, yeah, yeah, we're just digging

for fun now, eh, Rocky?

(LAUGHS)

- Hey, um, Shogun?

- Yeah?

- What if it's gone?

- Hmm?

The, um, treasure.

What if someone's taken it?

Who? WHO?

- Who? Man, I'll f***in' kill them.

- I don't know.

Where's my money?!

(MUTTERS) F***.

It's not fair, man.

It's not fair!

Its OK, Shogun. We can find it.

We just need some time.

No more time, mate.

(MOUTHS INAUDIBLY)

(EXHALES)

Come on, boys, come on.

Come on, man, f***in' hurry up.

Go, man! They're coming behind you.

(SHRILLY) Come on!

Boy! F***in' move your black arse!

(LOUD CHEERING)

- Horses!

- (ALL IMITATE HORSES)

Come on, boys, let's bag these up.

How many bags we gonna use?

As many as it takes, mate.

Whole lot.

(ENGINE REVS)

Give us a go.

Come on, then.

(MEN CHATTER)

Oh, what are you doing here?

I'm allowed. He's my dad too.

So? You should have stayed at home.

- But I wanna get to know them.

- Why?

Because he's here. I'm like him.

I'm like him more than you.

Me and him have the most potential.

What's that?

If you don't know it,

you ain't got it.

That's what makes me cool

and you an egg.

How did you get it?

You get it when you're born.

It's too late for you. Sorry.

Yeah.

Ka-ching!

(GASPS)

(EXHALES)

(DOOR CREAKS AND SLAMS)

(ENGINE REVS)

MAN:
Just f*** him up, bro.

MAN 2:
Yeah, I wanna f*** him up.

There's the f***in' pricks, there.

- (CONVERSATIONAL CHATTER)

- Did you miss me, cousin?

ALAMEIN:
What are you looking at?

MAN:
You ripped me off.

Don't know what

you're talking about, man.

You know what you did.

I want my f***in' weed.

Hit him.

(MELODIC MUSIC)

- Have a beer, man.

- I don't want your f***ing beer, man.

That was cool.

Hey, I mean, that's what

it's all about, eh, boys?

What's what all about?

We got our arses kicked.

What fight were you in, man?

We landed some good hits.

Like when you smashed

his boot with your nose?

Oh, yeah, focus on the negative, then.

Eh, Boy, you saw,

it was a good fight, eh?

Go on, tell them,

who won that fight, Boy?

I don't know.

What do you mean you don't know?

What do you know? Nothing.

We'll get more members. Hundreds.

We'll come back, smash them all.

More members?

The three of us couldn't smash

anyone. This gang's all sh*t.

Yeah? You're out of the gang.

I don't want you in the gang.

Then there'd only be you.

That's not really a gang, bro.

That's all I need... me.

I am the Crazy Horses.

I'm the Shogun.

I'm all alone on this planet.

Sh*t, man, I'm E.T.

- Keep your eyes on the road.

- You keep your eyes on me, alright?

Everybody blaming me

for some sh*t that...

Look out!

What the f*** was that?

- F***, bro.

- It was a dog, wasn't it?

- You nearly f***ing killed us.

- What was that?

- I don't know.

- I think it was a dog.

It wasn't a dog.

Boy, you stop right there

and get back in this car.

It's just a stupid dog, man.

Oh, come on, someone's

just let a dog out

and it got on the road

and nearly killed us.

- It was your dangerous driving, man.

- You shut up.

Now, come on, man,

get back in the car, eh?

Sh*t, we got to go. We got to pack,

man. We're leaving tomorrow.

Yeah, we're going to the city.

You're first in

when we get there too.

I'm taking you to see

Michael Jackson... live.

Come on, man.

I knew, it was just a stupid dog.

It's OK, Leaf. It's OK.

It'll be alright, Leaf.

Are we going to the city now?

Oi...

...what do you both think

you're doing?

- We're doing nothing.

- Eh?

- Taking my f***ing stash?

- We're just cleaning up.

- Eh? You stealing from me?

- Oh, you know, it was Chup, man.

Shut up!

It wasn't me, man.

I said it was Chup.

ALAMEIN:
After all I did for you!

- Hey?

- It was Chup.

Oh!

Piss me off, bro!

Come on, get inside. Hurry.

F*** you, Alamein,

and your Crazy Horses gang!

Stop!

(GRUNTS) F***ing...

F***ing bastards!

F***ing thieves!

(GROWLS)

(GROWLS)

(PANTS)

(CALLS) Boy! Boy!

You've got to come home.

Sorry for what I did to Mum.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

Don't touch him.

Where were you, man?

I needed you today.

I needed you.

That's your treasure.

My goat ate it.

What the f***...

You little sh*t.

Aarggh! Ow!

Oi. Come on, stop it.

I don't remember you!

You weren't there.

You weren't there when he was born.

You weren't there when she died!

Calm down, man, I mean it.

- Where were you?

- That's enough. Stop it!

- Where were you?!

- Stop it!

That's enough, man, OK?

OK?

I thought I was like you... but I'm not.

I don't have any potential.

(HORN TOOTS)

Nan!

Nanny!

(LAUGHS)

(GIRL SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

- Did he really go to Japan?

- Yeah, he's training to be a samurai.

They don't just let

anyone in either.

You got to be one of them

true professionals.

(GREETS IN MAORI) Boy.

Hey, Rocky.

(GREETS IN MAORI)

- (GREETS IN MAORI) Murray.

- (GREETS IN MAORI)

- Tane.

- (GREETS IN MAORI)

- So, what you guys been up to?

- Just out muddy.

We're self-employed now.

- What's your job?

- Chucking mud at those cows.

(LAUGHS)

(PEOPLE SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

(LIGHTER SPARKS)

How was Japan?

(WOMAN SINGS IN MAORI)

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Taika Waititi

Taika David Waititi ( ( listen); born 16 August 1975) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, actor, and comedian. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 2004 short film Two Cars, One Night. His feature films Boy (2010) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) have each been the top-grossing New Zealand film, with the latter still holding that title as of 2018. He co-directed the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014) with Jemaine Clement, which brought him further critical acclaim and recognition. Waititi later directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which received critical acclaim. more…

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