The Slab Boys (1997)
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Synopsis of The Slab Boys
Screenwriter and director John Byrne transformed his own 1983 off-Broadway play into this coming-of-age comedy-drama that is divided into six segments, each one a different day during one week in the lives of its main characters. Spanky Farrell (Russell Barr), Hector McKenzie (Bill Gardiner), and Phil McCann (Robin Laing) are a trio of working class teenage boys who labor in a drab Scottish carpet factory in 1957. Each of the lads dreams of a way out of his dreary life: Spanky desires to relocate to the U.S., Hector plans to marry a coworker -- Lucille (Louise Berry), who works in the mailroom -- and Phil toils as an artist, assembling a portfolio that he hopes will earn him an art school admission. While they plan for the future, the three young men are also eagerly anticipating a staff-sponsored dance that's going to be held that weekend by their company. Byrne's original stage production starred Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn and Val Kilmer in the leads. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Slab Boys
- Anna Massey - Elsie Walkinshaw
- Duncan Ross - Alan Downie
- Robin Laing - Phil McCann
- Louise Berry - Lucille Bentley
- Moray Hunter - Jack Hogg
- David Patrick O'Hara - Terry Skinnedar
- Tom Watson - Willie Curry
- Russell Barr - Spanky Farrell
- Bill Gardiner - Hector McKenzie
- Director(s):
- John Byrne
- Writer(s):
- John Byrne
- Producer(s):
- Lauren Lowenthal, Simon Relph
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