The Boy from Mercury

The Boy from Mercury
Directed by	Martin Duffy
Produced by	Marina Hughes
Written by	Martin Duffy
Starring	Rita Tushingham Tom Courtenay Hugh O'Conor James Hickey
Music by	Stephen McKeon
Cinematography	Seamus Deasy
Edited by	John Victor-Smith
Production company	Blue Dahlia Productions
Release dates	14 March 1996
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	English

The Boy from Mercury (1996) is a nostalgic Irish Film, the first from writer and director Martin Duffy. The film concerns the science-fiction daydreams of a young boy in 1960 Dublin. Upon release, the film received international critical acclaim, and several awards, though was commercially unsuccessful. It was the first time actors Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay had appeared on screen together since Doctor Zhivago thirty years earlier. The film was also the debut of young Irish actor James Hickey.

The book of the making of the film, The Road to Mercury, written by the director, was released in 2006 by Ogma Press.

External links

• The Boy from Mercury at the Internet Movie Database