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War of the Buttons (1994)
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29 September 1995 (USA)
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Most wars last years. This one has to be over by dinner.
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The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles where they cut of the buttons, shoe-laces and underwear of their captured opponents...
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2 nominations
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Irish boys engaged in an epic struggle
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregg Fitzgerald | ... | Fergus | |
| Gerard Kearney | ... | Big Con | |
| Darragh Naughton | ... | Boffin | |
| Brendan McNamara | ... | Tim | |
| Kevin O'Malley | ... | Fishy | |
| John Cleere | ... | Peter | |
| Anthony Cunningham | ... | Little Con | |
| Thomas Kavanagh | ... | Riley | |
| Eveanna Ryan | ... | Marie | |
| John Crowley | ... | Pat | |
| Stuart Dannell-Foran | ... | Tich | |
| Danielle Tuite | ... | Fionnuala | |
| Helen O'Leary | ... | Helen | |
| Yvonne McNamara | ... | Maeve | |
| John Coffey | ... | Geronimo |
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La guerre des boutons, ça recommence (France)
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94 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The parents of one of the boys in this film took a court action to prevent this film being released. The grounds for their action were that their son's naked buttocks could be seen in the film. the action was dismissed on the grounds that they (the buttocks) didn't appear on screen long enough to allow identification and also that the parents should have raised their objection before the scene was filmed.
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Continuity: When the boys go to vandalize the church, they take off their shoes. When they are almost caught and the boy with the eggs goes out, he has his shoes on. After he comes out of the house they're off again.
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Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)
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I enjoyed this one a lot! That's basically due to the amount of kids and the depiction of the Irish countryside as the main setting. All the actors - without exception - do a perfect job. I especially liked the moldering tension between Geronimo and Fergus, the two leaders. The way the two gangs clash into each other is both amusing and absorbing. The movie has a tremendous amount of natural, genuine charm to it. It is both sincere and blithe. There ought to be more movies like this one. Entertaining and intriguing at the same time, with some nice twists and unexpected events. The cultural dimension, as the movie takes place in Ireland, is another argument to see it. Friendship and fidelity are some of the main themes. Just to recommend for an entertaining evening.