Millions (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Danny Boyle |
| Produced by |
Graham Broadbent Andrew Hauptman Damian Jones |
| Screenplay by | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Based on |
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Starring |
Alex Etel Lewis McGibbon James Nesbitt Daisy Donovan Christopher Fulford |
| Music by | John Murphy |
| Cinematography | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| Edited by | Chris Gill |
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Pathé Distribution (UK) Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA) |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £7.5 million |
Millions is a 2004 British comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Alex Etel, Lewis McGibbon, and James Nesbitt. The screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce adapted his novel while the film was in the process of being made. The novel Millions was subsequently awarded the Carnegie Medal. This is Danny Boyle's only film not R rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Millions tells the story of 9-year-old Damian, a Catholic school boy, whose family moves to the suburbs of Widnes after the death of his mother. Soon after the move, Damian's "hermitage" in a cardboard box by the train tracks is disturbed by a bag of money flung from a passing train. Damian immediately shows the money to his brother, Anthony, and the two begin thinking of what to do with it. Anthony wants the money all to himself. Damian, kind-hearted and religious, had recently overheard three Latter-day Saint missionaries lecture other members of the community on building foundations of rock rather than foundations of sand, an old Christian principle which dictates that self-worth should be based on the teachings of Jesus Christ rather than any other object of worship such as Money/Mammon or Power. The lecture inspires Damian, who looks for ways to give his share of the money to the poor; at one point he even stuffs a bundle of cash through the missionaries' letter box, having heard about their modest lifestyle and deciding that they too must be poor.
Throughout the story, Damian commits small acts of kindness like buying birds from pet stores and setting them free and taking beggars to Pizza Hut, while Anthony bribes other kids at school into being his transportation and bodyguards, and looks into investing the money in real estate.
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