The boy

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The work The boy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The boy

Statement of responsibility: STX Entertainment, Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers Pictures present ; a Lakeshore Entertainment production ; an STX Entertainment production ; in association with Vertigo Entertainment ; producers, Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright ; written by Stacey Menear ; directed by William Brent Bell

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Summary: Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's eight-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son twenty years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive

Credits note: Music, Bear McCreary; editor, Brian Berdan; director of photography, Daniel Pearl

Intended audience: Rating: PG-13; for violence and terror, and for some thematic material

Language note: English dialogue; optional French or Spanish subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, James Russell

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