Son of Rambow

Son of Rambow
Son of Rambow
	UK quad poster
Directed by	Garth Jennings
Written by	Garth Jennings
Produced by	Nick Goldsmith
Starring	Bill Milner; Will Poulter; Jules Sitruk; Jessica Hynes; Neil Dudgeon; Anna Wing; Ed Westwick; Eric Sykes; Chris Miles;
Cinematography	Jess Hall
Edited by	Dominic Leung
Music by	Joby Talbot
Production; companies	Celluloid Dreams; Hammer & Tongs; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; Arte France Cinéma; Soficinéma;
Distributed by	Celluloid Dreams (Worldwide); ; Paramount Vantage (Select territories); ; Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom); ; Senator Film (Germany); ;
Release dates	22 January 2007 (Sundance Film Festival); 4 April 2008 (United Kingdom); 21 June 2008 (Germany);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom; Germany;
Languages	English; French; German;
Budget	£4.5 million
Box office	$10.1 million

Son of Rambow is a 2007 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 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.