Breakfast on Pluto [videorecording] / Pathé Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics present in association with Bord Scannán Na Héireann/The Irish Film Board and the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission, a Parallel Films and Number 9 Films presentation, a Neil Jordan film ; produced by Allan Moldney, Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley ; written by Neil Jordan and Patrick McCabe ; directed by Neil Jordan.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 11714 | Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2006.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1404989285
- 9781404989283
- Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Tony Lawson ; costume designer, Elmer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh ; production designer, Tom Conroy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An Irish boy becomes an emotional and sexual outcast as the 1960s fade into the 1970s in this period drama from director Neil Jordan. When he was just a baby in the early '60s, Patrick Braden (Conor McEvoy) was abandoned by his mother and left on the doorstep of a church overseen by Father Bernard (Liam Neeson). Placed in a foster home, sensitive Patrick doesn't much care for the emotionally chilly attitude of his new "family," and psychologically buffers himself against the world by writing stories that make fun of Father Bernard and the other authority figures in his life. As he grows into adulthood, Patrick (played as an adult by Cillian Murphy) also discovers that he enjoys dressing in women's clothes and prefers the company of men, and as a teenager he falls into an affair with Billy Hatchet (Gavin Friday), a nightclub performer who also runs guns for the Irish Republican Army. In the early '70s, Patrick -- who has since taken on the drag name "Kitten" -- makes his way to London, where he becomes involved with Bertie (Stephen Rea), a small-time nightclub magician who gives the young man a place to say, a sense of security, and a job as his on-stage assistant. However, Patrick's idyllic life with Bertie proves short-lived when his old friends come to town on IRA "business." Breakfast on Pluto also features a supporting performance from former Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on the book by Patrick McCabe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Neil Jordan and Cillian Murphy; behind the scenes of 'Breakfast on Pluto'; conversation with Neil Jordan and "Entertainment weekly" Lisa Schwarzbaum.
Director of photography, Declan Quinn ; editor, Tony Lawson ; costume designer, Elmer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh ; production designer, Tom Conroy.
Cillian Murphy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson.
As foster kid Patrick 'Kitten' Braden grows up, he leaves behind his small-town life in Ireland for London, where he's reborn as a transvestite cabaret singer in the 1960s and 70s.
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, language, some violence and drug use.
DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation; mastered in high definition.
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Digital) with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.