Worried About the Boy

Worried About the Boy (2010)

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2010-05-16
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 35 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Julian Jarrold
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Summary

In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss, on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk, George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming, where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.

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  • Douglas Booth

    as Boy George
  • Mathew Horne

    as Jon Moss
  • Francis Magee

    as Jerry O'Dowd
  • Richard Madden

    as Kirk Brandon
  • Freddie Fox

    as Marilyn
  • Marc Warren

    as Steve Strange
  • Mark Gatiss

    as Malcolm McLaren
  • Jonny Burt

    as Roy Hay
  • Dean Fagan

    as Mikey Craig
  • Neil Toon

    as Rusty Egan
Writing Tony Basgallop Writer
Directing Julian Jarrold Director

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