The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (movie)

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Directed by	Mark Herman
Written by	Mark Herman
Based on	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; by John Boyne
Produced by	David Heyman
Starring	Vera Farmiga; David Thewlis; Asa Butterfield; Jack Scanlon; Amber Beattie; Rupert Friend; David Hayman;
Cinematography	Benoît Delhomme
Edited by	Michael Ellis
Music by	James Horner
Production; companies	Miramax Films; BBC Films; Heyday Films;
Distributed by	Miramax Films; (United States); Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; (United Kingdom);
Release dates	28 August 2008 (Carnegie Film Festival); 12 September 2008 (United Kingdom); 26 November 2008 (United States);
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$12.5 million
Box office	$44.1 million

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2008 British-American historical drama movie. It is based on the book of the same name by John Boyne.^[4] The movie is directed by Mark Herman and produced by David Heyman. It stars Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Amber Beattie, Richard Johnson and Rupert Friend.

The movie is about a boy whose father is a soldier during the World War II. They decided to move to a new house so that the father can work near the extermination camps. The son likes to explore and he comes to meet a Jewish boy who lives in the extermination camp. One day, he decides to go into the camp and accidentally enters a gas chamber and dies along with all prisoners.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". British Film Institute. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
↑ "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
↑ "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
↑ Vilkomerson, Sara (March 31, 2009). "On Demand This Week: Lost Boys". The New York Observer. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

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[bfi-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". British Film Institute. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[BOM-2] "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

[3] "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) – Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

[4] Vilkomerson, Sara (March 31, 2009). "On Demand This Week: Lost Boys". The New York Observer. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

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