Millions (2004)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writer:

Frank Cottrell Boyce (written by)

Release Date:

8 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Family

Tagline:

Can anyone be truly good?

Plot:

Ethics, being human and the soul all come to the forefront on this masterly-written, directed and acted, fun, very rare film when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds with a few days to spend before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.

Plot Keywords:

Currency | Train | Robbery | Saint | Money

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Alex Etel	...	Damian
Lewis McGibbon	...	Anthony
James Nesbitt	...	Ronnie
Daisy Donovan	...	Dorothy
Christopher Fulford	...	The Man
Pearce Quigley	...	Community Policeman
Jane Hogarth	...	Mum
Alun Armstrong	...	St Peter
Enzo Cilenti	...	St Francis
Nasser Memarzia	...	St Joseph
Kathryn Pogson	...	St Clare
Harry Kirkham	...	St Nicholas
Cornelius Macarthy	...	Gonzaga
Kolade Agboke	...	Ambrosio
Leslie Phillips	...	Leslie Phillips
James Quinn	...	Estate Agent
Mark Chatterton	...	Headteacher
Toby Walton	...	Damian's Teacher
Frank Cottrell Boyce	...	Nativity Teacher
Christy Cullen	...	Surveyor
Gunnar Winbergh	...	Eli
Christian Rubeck	...	Jerome (as Christian Pedersen)
Guy Flanagan	...	All Saint 3
Philippa Howarth	...	Tricia
Billy Hyland	...	Keegan
John Nugent	...	Graham
Steve Garti	...	Terry
Alice Grice	...	Maria
Dale Stringer	...	Fairclough
Warren Donnelly	...	Sweet Shop Owner
Emily Aston	...	Big Issue Seller 1
Denny James Smith	...	Big Issue Seller 2
Bina Patel	...	Cashier 1
Lisa Millett	...	Cashier 2
Neville Skelly	...	Pizza Hut Waiter
Daniel Weyman	...	Bright Eyed Young Man
Tara Moran	...	Applicant 2
Michele Whitehead	...	Skinny Woman (as Michelle Whitehead)
Maggie Norris	...	Professional Woman
Ian Conningham	...	Zealous Applicant
Richard Styles	...	Hedgehog Applicant
Jo Hicks	...	Young Santa Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicky Evans	...	Scruffy Young Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Danny Boyle

Writing credits
Frank Cottrell Boyce		(written by)

Produced by
Graham Broadbent	....	producer
Katie Goodson	....	associate producer: Mission Pictures
Andrew Hauptman	....	producer
François Ivernel	....	executive producer
Damian Jones	....	producer
Cameron McCracken	....	executive producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Tracey Seaward	....	co-producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Murphy		(music by)

Cinematography by
Anthony Dod Mantle		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Chris Gill

Casting by
Beverley Keogh		(casting director)
Gail Stevens		(casting director)

Production Design by
Mark Tildesley

Art Direction by
Denis Schnegg

Set Decoration by
Michelle Day

Costume Design by
Susannah Buxton

Makeup Department
Lisa Parkinson	....	make-up/hair trainee
Roseann Samuel	....	make-up and hair designer (as RoseAnn Samuel)
Kerry Scourfield	....	makeup assistant
Sjaan Gillings	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sjaan Gillings	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael Harm	....	unit manager
Alistair Hopkins	....	post-production supervisor
Kevin Jackson	....	unit manager
Lisa Parker	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shanna Baynard	....	crowd assistant director
Caroline Chapman	....	third assistant director
Michael Elliott	....	first assistant director: additional photography (as Mike Elliott)
Carlos Fidel	....	second assistant director
Tom Gabbutt	....	crowd assistant director (as Tom Gabutt)
Luke Johnston	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Nathan Jukes	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Steve Murphy	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Martin O'Malley	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Chris Stoaling	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Alex Streeter	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Richard Styles	....	first assistant director
Mark Tildesley	....	second unit director: additional photography
Anthony Wilcox	....	second assistant director: additional photography

Art Department
Tony Asije	....	dressing props
Anthony Brady	....	carpenter
Steve Branch	....	construction manager
Dave Bryan	....	dressing props
Ian Cantwell	....	dressing props
Charlie Cobb	....	assistant art director
Angela Day	....	model maker
Kevin Dee	....	dressing props
Mark Digby	....	supervising art director
Ralph Dronsfield	....	carpenter
John Elsworth	....	painter
Arwel Evans	....	stand-by props (as Arwell Evans)
Rod Gorwood	....	draughtsman
Grosch	....	scenic artist
Brian Henry	....	dressing props
Phil Henshaw	....	painter
Cyril Jackson	....	carpenter
Gareth Jenkins	....	carpenter
Peter Johnson	....	stand-by carpenter
Sharon Kaye	....	model maker
Peter Kemp	....	construction nurse
Chris Lightburn-Jones	....	stand-by art director
Charlie Malik	....	storeman
Duane Marshall	....	dressing props
Tony O'Hara	....	carpenter (as Anthony O'Hara)
Sam Pieters	....	dressing props
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
Kathryn Pyle	....	art department assistant
Butch Scott	....	props runaround
Kate Thomas	....	assistant prop buyer
Nick Thomas	....	prop master
Dave Timmons	....	dressing props
David Whetton	....	scenic artist
Rod Whiting	....	dressing props
Paul Yarwood	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Tristan Aneca	....	boom operator: additional photography (as Tristan Anika)
Paula Boram	....	foley artist
Philip Bothamley	....	foley editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	crowd recording mixer
Paul Carr	....	adr mixer
Chris Cartwright	....	boom operator
Dennis Cartwright	....	sound mixer
Adam Daniel	....	re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel	....	re-recording mixer
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor
Robert Farr	....	adr mixer
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Susan French	....	assistant sound editor
Tom Sayers	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Seale	....	boom operator: additional photography
Mike Stewart	....	additional adr mixer
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Kevin Taylor	....	foley recording mixer
Stuart Wilson	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Andrew Caller	....	foley assistant (uncredited)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Richard Jay	....	sound recordist: epk (uncredited)
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Vince Abbott	....	model maker assistant (as Vincent Abbott)
Steve Breheney	....	special effects: Emergency House
Daniel Burnett	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Dave Chadwick	....	special effects: Emergency House
Richard Conway	....	special effects: Richard Conway SFX
David Darby	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Robin Ellis	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Mark Godderidge	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Evan Green-Hughes	....	special effects: Emergency House
Mick Jackson	....	special effects: Emergency House
Terry Jones	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Steve Kane	....	special effects: Emergency House
Reza Karim	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Ivan Manzella	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Sam Nicholson	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Robert Skidmore	....	model maker assistant: Neal Scanlan Studio
Mark White	....	special effects: Richard Conway SFX
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects: Richard Conway SFX (as Nigel Williamson)
Sam Conway	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Melissa Agate	....	film scanning: The Moving Picture Company
Peter Bach	....	visual effects supervisor
Matthew Bristowe	....	producer: The Moving Picture Company
Melissa Butler Adams	....	2d operator: Clear
Greg Caplan	....	visual effects executive producer: Clear
Rohan Claassan	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
John Coulter	....	film scanning: The Moving Picture Company
Kennedy Dawson	....	film scanning: The Moving Picture Company
Chris Eborn	....	engineer: Clear
Michael Elson	....	head of production: The Moving Picture Company
Richard Etchells	....	online film editor: The Moving Picture Company (as Dickie Etchells)
Steve Garrad	....	visual effects producer: Clear
Adam Gascoyne	....	2d lead operator: Clear
Ricky Gausis	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Josh George	....	3d operator: Clear
Ellena Harris	....	assistant director: model unit
Simon Hughes	....	2d operator: Clear
Simon Hutala	....	flame operator: Clear (as Simon Huhtala)
Philippa Leathers	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Begoña Lopez	....	producer: The Moving Picture Company
Beth MacDonald	....	camera assistant: model unit
Grant McKean	....	2d operator: Clear
Olly Nash	....	3d operator: Clear (as Ollie Nash)
Lester Parker	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Jim Parsons	....	2d operator: Clear
Marcus Robinson	....	director of photography: model unit
Adrian Russell	....	3d operator: Clear
Neal Scanlan	....	creative supervisor: Neal Scanlan Studios
Leila Smith	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Jean-Clement Soret	....	colorist: The Moving Picture Company
Moriah Sparks	....	visual effects coordinator: Clear
Paul Stocker	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Josh Sutcliffe	....	film recording: The Moving Picture Company
Aleks Ugarow	....	smoke operator: Clear
Thomas Urbye	....	online film editor: The Moving Picture Company (as Tommy Urbye)
Pete Woodhead	....	model unit assistant
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Zoe Izzard	....	digital film recordist (uncredited)
Gemma James	....	digital film recordist (uncredited)
Ryan Knowles	....	digital film recordist (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital preview colorist (uncredited)
Neal Scanlan	....	livetime & animation models (uncredited)
Robert A. Willis	....	digital film recordist (uncredited)
David J. Zimmerman	....	data operator: Clear (uncredited)

Stunts
Lyndon S. Hellewell	....	stunts (as Lyndon Stuart Hellewell)
Derek Lee	....	stunts
Maurice Lee	....	stunts
Guy List	....	stunts
Paul Lowe	....	stunts
Ray Nicholas	....	stunts
Andy Smart	....	stunts
Julian Spencer	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Appleton	....	clapper loader: additional photography
John Atwood	....	electrician: additional photography
Richard Bevan	....	focus puller: additional photography
Dave Carey	....	steadicam: additional photography
Stuart Chapman	....	clapper loader: additional photography
Andy Cole	....	best boy
Chris Connatty	....	clapper loader
Mark Dempsey	....	clapper loader: additional photography
Paul Devlin	....	electrician
Gary Donague	....	electrician (as Gary Donoghue)
Chris Dowling	....	gaffer: additional photography
Paul Edwards	....	steadicam: additional photography
Danny Espey	....	electrician: additional photography
Craig Feather	....	focus puller: additional photography
Darren Foley	....	electrician
Daniel Gadd	....	assistant grip: additional photography (as Dan Gadd)
Steve Gartside	....	electrician
Jeremy Gee	....	camera operator: additional photography
Mike Gibson	....	electrician
Alan Glover	....	electrician
David Hedges	....	focus puller: additional photography (as Dave Hedges)
Gary Hedges	....	electrician: additional photography
John Hembrough	....	steadicam: additional photography
Françoise Higson	....	clapper loader: additional photography
Daf Hobson	....	director of photography: second unit, additional photography
Lee Howarth	....	stand-by rigger
Mark Jones	....	second grip
James Kendall	....	camera trainee: additional photography
Giles Keyte	....	stills photographer
Steve Lawes	....	focus puller: additional photography (as Steve Laws)
Wayne Mansell	....	genny operator
Robert McGregor	....	electrician
Marcus Moody	....	assistant grip: additional photography
Terry Moore	....	electrician
Thomas Neivelt	....	gaffer
Jason Olive	....	focus puller: additional photography
Ian Rice	....	electrician
John Rundle	....	grip
Charles Smith	....	electrician
Matilda Smith	....	camera trainee
Matilda Smith	....	loader: second unit
Mark Thomas	....	electrician: additional photography
Simon Tindall	....	focus puller
Thomas Townend	....	camera operator: additional photography (as Tom Townend)
Brian Tufano	....	additional director of photography
Nigel Walters	....	camera operator: additional photography
John Welsh	....	electrician
Hannah Whiteoak	....	camera trainee: additional photography
Jeremy Fusco	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jem Morton	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Bevan Walsh	....	epk camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Maureen Duff	....	casting associate
Claire Saunders	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vikki Illing	....	stand-by costume
Caroline McCall	....	assistant costume designer
Maggie Scobbie	....	costume maker
Sharon Waldron	....	assistant costume maker

Editorial Department
Ali Awad	....	second assistant editor
Mark Eckersley	....	first assistant editor
Seb Loden	....	post-production assistant
Michael Hatzer	....	final color timer (uncredited)
Asha Radwan	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Hugo Adams	....	music editor
Steven Bernstein	....	score orchestrator (as Steve Bernstein)
Joe Crnko	....	conductor: choir (as Joseph Crnko)
Karen Elliott	....	music supervisor
Simon James	....	score contractor
Reed Ruddy	....	orchestral score recordist
Adam Stern	....	score conductor
Doug Trantow	....	score producer and mixer

Transportation Department
Gerry 'Haggis' Bryson	....	driver: camera car (as Haggis Bryson)
Scott Davenport	....	ad/driver
Robert Dutton	....	unit driver
Jack Evans	....	driver: production office
Paul Fox	....	driver: minibus
Arthur Kearley	....	driver: minibus
Martin Lucas	....	facilities transport captain
Mark Oxley	....	costume truck driver
Mike Renshaw	....	unit driver
Paul Smith	....	ad/driver
Stan Smith	....	genny driver
Keith Wignall	....	transport coordinator

Other crew
Mark Attwood	....	catering: Little Red Courgette
Trevor Barker	....	chaperone
Isabel Begg	....	business affairs: BBC Films
Joanne Bendon	....	accounts trainee
Nina Boardman	....	production assistant
Alison Brister	....	legal: Ingenious Films
Gail Burland	....	production assistant
Karen Carr	....	set tutor
Ian Colgan	....	catering: Little Red Courgette
Orlagh Collins	....	head of physical production: Pathé Pictures
Eran Creevy	....	floor runner: additional photography
Susan Davies	....	chaperone
Mark Devereux	....	legal services: Olswang
Pierre Du Plessis	....	legal and business affairs: Pathé Pictures (as Pierre du Plessis)
Bob Etel	....	chaperone
Nikki Etel	....	chaperone
Simon Fawcett	....	financial director: Pathé Pictures
Julia Finn	....	unit publicist
Alan Grant	....	operator: CCTV
Celine Haddad	....	head of creative affairs: Pathé Pictures
Tarn Harper	....	post-production accountant
James Heyworth-Rees	....	location assistant
Jonathan Hicks	....	title designer: Clear
Neal Hirst	....	location manager: Newcastle
Polly Hope	....	script supervisor: additional photography
Danny Hussain	....	catering: Little Red Courgette
John Jaggon	....	accounting: Ingenious Films
Paula Jalfon	....	physical production: Ingenious Films
David Johnson	....	drama coach: children
Paul Kenny	....	unit nurse
Beverley Lamb	....	location manager
Anna Lee	....	location assistant
Clem Leneghan	....	clearances and product placement: Beltwood Media Ltd.
Helen Lister	....	floor runner
Grace Lowe	....	catering: Little Red Courgette
Clare McGibbon	....	chaperone
Sophie Meyer	....	head of development: Mission Pictures, UK
Jaynie Miller	....	assistant production coordinator
Keren Misgav	....	head of business affairs: Mission Pictures
Charles Moore	....	legal services: Olswang
Zoe Morgan	....	script supervisor
David Myatt	....	location scout
Deborah Nightingale	....	catering: Little Red Courgette (as Debbie Nightingale)
Clive Noakes	....	contact: Deluxe Laboratory
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Kevin O'Shea	....	insurance provided by: AON / Albert G. Ruben
Kate Penlington	....	production coordinator
Charlotte Price	....	legal services: Olswang
Asha Radwan	....	assistant to producer
Paul Ricketts	....	chaperone
Ed Rubin	....	development executive: Mission Pictures
Lynn Schacklady	....	chaperone
Kerry Smith	....	assistant accountant
Lisa Symonds	....	accounts trainee
Alison Thompson	....	head of international sales: Pathé Pictures
Peter Touche	....	sale and leaseback finance: Ingenious Films
Wendy Walker	....	chaperone
Lesley Wise	....	sale and leaseback finance: Ingenious Films
Michael Wood	....	production executive: BBC Films
Jane Wright	....	head of rights and commercial affairs: BBC Films
Susanna Wyatt	....	head of physical production: Pathé Pictures
Steven Butler	....	cast security (uncredited)
Martin Chart	....	daily assistant director (uncredited)
Jennifer Lambert	....	nurse (uncredited)
Roger Phillips	....	end titles (uncredited)
Asha Radwan	....	child licence coordinator (uncredited)
Christopher Schaper	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Timmons	....	cast security (uncredited)

Thanks
Russell Allen	....	thanks
Patrick Francis Boyle	....	dedicatee
Steve Branch	....	with love and thanks: May 1957 to December 2003
Sheila Brown	....	thanks
Philip Cooper	....	thanks
Charlotte Cottrell	....	special thanks (as Charlotte Cottrell MA)
Simon Dicketts	....	special thanks
Graham Easton	....	special thanks
Arnold Friberg	....	special thanks: Friberg Fine Art Inc.
Amy Gill	....	special thanks
Jennifer Gill	....	special thanks
Sue Greenleaves	....	special thanks
Krishnan Guru-Murthy	....	special thanks
David Henshawe	....	thanks
Colin McKeown	....	thanks
Annie Teresa Meheran	....	dedicatee
Sinead Moran	....	thanks
Tommy Moran	....	thanks
Eric Seaward	....	special thanks
Jack Spriggs	....	thanks
John Tempero	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Pathé Pictures International (presents)
• UK Film Council (in association with) (as The UK Film Council)
• BBC Films (in association with)
• Mission Pictures
• Inside Track 2 (produced in association with)
• Ingenious Film Partners

Distributors

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Pathé Distribution (2004) UK) (theatrical)
• Pathé (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Bir Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2005) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pro Films (2006) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• 20th Television (????) (USA) (TV) (A News Corporation Company)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Gateno Films (2005) (Peru) (all media)
• Pathé Pictures International (2004) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Richard Conway SFX (special effects)
• Emergency House (special effects)
• Neal Scanlan Studio (animatronics and animation models)
• Clear (special visual effects and animation)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital film mastering)

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance provided by (as AON / Albert G. Ruben)
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment supplied by
• ARRI Media  camera equipment supplied by
• Arion Facilities  telecine (as Arion Communications)
• Axium  payroll
• Bellwood Media  clearances and product placement
• Blowup  stills processing
• Bristol Television Film Services  facilities (as BTFS)
• Celador Productions  "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" clip courtesy of
• Chaos Studios  music mixed at
• Coast & Countryside  thanks
• Cutting Edge  negative cutting
• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  cutting rooms (as De Lane Lea)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color timing (as Deluxe)
• Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)  publicity (as DDA Public Relations Ltd)
• Ditton Primary School  special thanks
• East Lancashire Light Railway Co  thanks (as Widnes East Lancashire Railway)
• English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS)  thanks (as English Welsh and Scottish Railway)
• EuroKids & Adults International Casting and Model Agency  extras casting (uncredited)
• Fatts  post-production scripts
• Feasible Films  electronic press kit
• Film Finance  completion bond (as Film Finances Inc.)
• Freeway CAM B.V.  world revenues collected and distributed by
• Friberg Fine Art  special thanks
• Halton Borough Council  thanks
• Iwantoneofthose.com  thanks
• K&T Security  security
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Little Red Courgette  catering
• Liverpool City Council  thanks
• Liverpool Film Office  thanks
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Milan Records  soundtrack released by (uncredited)
• Mission Pictures  acknowledgement: is the author of this motion pcture for purposes of copyright and other laws
• Murfski, Trantovski and Damion  choir: Russian
• Network Rail  thanks
• North West Vision Manchester Film Office  thanks
• Northwest Boychoir  vocals
• Olswang  legal services provided by
• Pathé Pictures International  international sales agency (as Pathé International)
• Production Safety Services  health & safety (as Production Safety Services Ltd.)
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne  developed with the support of (as MEDIA Programme of the European Community)
• Reel Sound  sound editing (as Reelsound)
• Residents of Liverpool and Widnes, The  thanks
• Scream Studio  music mixed at
• Sefton Leisure Services  thanks
• Selfridge & Co.  thanks
• Shepperton Studios  re-recorded at
• Sprockets and Bytes  rushes syncing
• Step-Up Security Services  security
• Studio X  score recorded at (as Studio X, Seattle)
• Syncspeed Post Prod  sound transfer (as Syncspeed Post Production)
• The Seattle Symphony Orchestra  score performed by
• Three Mills Island Studios  thanks (as Three Mills Studios)
• Titan Security UK  cast security (uncredited)
• UK Film Council  developed with assistance of (as UK Film Council Development Fund)
• Vehicles in Vision  action vehicles supplier (uncredited)
• Water Aid  special thanks

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, language, some peril and mild sensuality. (edited for re-rating)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Finland:K-7 | Canada:PG | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (PCA #40907) | USA:PG (edited version) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

East Lancs Steam Railway, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company:

Pathé Pictures International

Trivia:

The book that Damien reads and references throughout the film is called "Six O'Clock Saints". Popular in the UK in the 1950s, it is surprising that any parent would give a copy to their child, as the screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce points out at 03:08 in the DVD commentary, since it contains all the gruesome stories that Damien tells in class, plus many more. Its inclusion is a sort of homage to Martin Scorsese, who, according to Boyce, has cited it in interviews as one of his favorite books growing up and that it gave him a wider understanding of the human experience than had been revealed to him as a child. In Roger Ebert's 3/18/2005 review of the film, Ebert mentions that Boyce "got the inspiration for the screenplay from an interview in which Martin Scorsese said he was reading the lives of the saints."

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the house-building sequence at the beginning of the film, the Moon is seen rising behind the house, but it moves upwards to the left. As the film is set in England (in the northern hemisphere), it should rise towards the right.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Damian Cunningham: [voiceover] The French have said au revoir to the franc, the Germans have said auf wiedersehen to the mark, and the Portuguese have said... whatever to their thing.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

La Petite Fille de la Mer

Great, overlooked film

This is one of the best films I have seen in recent years. Unfortunately not too many people have seen it. Hopefully good word of mouth will gain a wider audience.

Although it stars two child actors, Millions is not a "kids" movie, but can be entertaining and meaningful for all ages. Although the Catholic religious imagery plays a significant role, I would not call this a religious film. As the characters are Catholic, their religion provides their reference point for morality.

This film has humor and mystery, and is quite touching as well. There are some striking visual images. Plus it makes you think. Basically it asks the question: "What does it mean to live a 'good' life?"