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The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'' is changing kids' lives. ''Boy'' (James Rolleston) is a dreamer who lives with his brother Rocky, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan. While Boy idolizes Michael Jackson his other hero is his father, Alamein (played by director / writer Taika Waititi), who is a distant memory to him, but is the subject of Boy's dreams and fantasies. Boy imagines his father as a deep sea diver, a war hero and a close relative of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him), but in reality he's ''in the can for robbery''. When Alamein returns home after seven years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for. Inspired by the Oscar nominated ''Two Cars, One Night'' (also included on this Blu-ray), BOY is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson.

FROM ACCLAIMED WRITER / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER & ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE TAIKA WAITITI (Eagle vs Shark, HBO's ''Flight of the Conchords'', MTV's ''The Inbetweeners'')

OFFICIAL SELECTION SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD AFI FEST

WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: AUDIENCE AWARD MELBOURNE FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: GRAND PRIX/BEST FEATURE FILM BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: JURY PRIZE / CINEKID LION CINEKID FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER: SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA

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Taika Waititi, director of the romantic comedy Eagle Vs. Shark, returns with this offbeat coming-of-age story adapted from his 2003 short subject Two Cars, One Night. It's 1984, and Boy (James Rolleston) is a Maori 11-year-old growing up in a community off the coast of New Zealand. While his village feels a bit cut off from the rest of the world, contemporary pop culture still makes itself known here, and he and his pals are all enthralled with Michael Jackson and have nicknames drawn from popular TV shows. Boy and his younger brother Rocky (Te Aho Eketone-Whitu) - who likes to believe he has superpowers - are being raised by their grandmother after their mother died and their father abandoned the family. He likes to believe that his father is someone remarkable and has spun impressive fantasies about his adventures, but he has to adjust his expectations when Alamein (Taika Waititi) actually shows up, and he learns dad spent several years in prison on charges of armed robbery. Alamein has come back to his hometown to recover some money he hid after one of his rare successful robberies, but both he and Boy are in for a surprise once they set out to find it. Boy was an official selection at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi