Son of Rambow is a 2007 British comedy film written and directed by Garth Jennings and inspired by First Blood. The film premiered on 22 January 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at the Newport Beach Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Glasgow Film Festival. The film was also shown at the 51st BFI London Film Festival. Son of Rambow was released in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2008 and opened in limited release in the United States on 2 May 2008. Set over a summer during the dawn of Thatcher's Britain, the film is a coming of age story about two schoolboys and their attempts to make an amateur film inspired by First Blood.
| Director | Garth Jennings |
| Produced by | Nick Goldsmith |
| Writer(s) | Garth Jennings |
| Starring | Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jules Sitruk, Jessica Hynes, Neil Dudgeon, Anna Wing, Ed Westwick, Eric Sykes, Asa Butterfield |
| Music | Joby Talbot |
| Cinematography | Jess Hall |
| Edited by | Dominic Leung |
| Distributed by | Celluloid Dreams, (Worldwide), Optimum Releasing, (United Kingdom), Senator Film Verleih GmbH |
| Released | January 22, 2007 (Sundance Film Festival), April 04, 2008 (United Kingdom), June 21, 2008 (Germany) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France, United Kingdom, Germany |
| Language | English, French, German |
| Budget | £4.5 million |
| Box office | $10.1 million |
| Netflix ID | 70062727 |
About Son of Rambow
British coming-of-age story about two schoolboys who try to make an amateur film inspired by First Blood. It was based on writer director Garth Jennings' own experiences as a child in the 1980s, when video equipment first became available to the public.
Achievement of Son of Rambow
The film premiered on 22 January 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Latest information about Son of Rambow updated on July 28 2021.
