The Boy in Blue (1986) [R]

Release Date:
January 17, 1986

Original Title:
The Boy in Blue

Alternate Titles:
Chlapec v modrém
La race des champions

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
CBC
Regatta Productions
Téléfilm Canada

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 100

Every era has it's own kind of hero.

Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.

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Assistant Costume Designer:
Renée April

Associate Producer:
Paulo De Oliveira

Boom Operator:
Peter Kelly

Camera Operator:
Andy Chmura

Carpenter:
Michel Brochu

Casting:
Valorie Massalas
Mike Fenton
Jane Feinberg

Construction Coordinator:
Rejean Brochu

Continuity:
France Lachapelle

Costume Design:
John Hay

Director:
Charles Jarrott

Director of Photography:
Pierre Mignot

Editor:
Rit Wallis

Executive Producer:
Steven North

First Assistant Director:
Jacques Méthé

Hairstylist:
Gaétan Noiseux

Key Grip:
Emmanuel Lepine

Key Hair Stylist:
Aldo Signoretti

Key Makeup Artist:
Brigitte McCaughry

Makeup Artist:
Maurizio Silvi

Music:
Roger Webb

Music Editor:
Carl Zittrer

Producer:
John Kemeny

Production Design:
William Beeton

Production Manager:
Stéphane Reichel

Second Assistant Director:
Madeleine Henrié

Set Decoration:
Jean-Baptiste Tard

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David Appleby
Don White

Supervising Sound Editor:
Martin Ashbee

Unit Publicist:
Prudence Emery

Writer:
Douglas Bowie

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