BFI
Bill Douglas Trilogy
My Childhood
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.
- Original title
- My Childhood
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Stephen Archibald
Jamie
Hughie Restorick
Tommy
Jean Taylor Smith
Grandmother
Bernard McKenna
Tommy's father
Paul Kermack
Jamie's father
Helena Gloag
Father's mother
Eileen McCallum
Nurse
Bill Douglas
Director
Bill Douglas
Writer
City of God
Saving Private Ryan
American Beauty
Aparajito
Downfall
Boyz n the Hood
The Last Emperor
The Old Gun
Almost Famous
Closely Watched Trains
Bambi
American Graffiti
The Tin Drum
Unexpected Journey
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Millimeterle
The Bug Killer
Hiraeth
Sadie
7 Miles Out
Wonder
The Plague Dogs
Secrets & Lies
Gaslight
Sounder
Finding Neverland
The Long Day Closes
Ratcatcher
Oranges and Sunshine
Greyfriars Bobby
Hope and Glory
Goodnight, Mister Tom
A Woman's Face
King of the Hill
The Railway Children
Radium Girls
Lord of the Flies
Evelyn
The Secret Garden
Under Capricorn
Jun 5, 1972
