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Boy and Bicycle

Shorts • Drama, Short Films, UR

Ridley Scott’s first film – featuring his younger brother, the late Tony Scott, as a schoolboy playing truant for the day to meander around Hartlepool on his bicycle – is a far cry from the director’s Hollywood blockbusters, a lyrical and highly personal evocation of the early sixties North East.

Tags
Truancy, Cycling
Cast
Tony Scott the boy
Crew
Ridley Scott director

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