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	Amazon.com: Borstal Boy: Books: Brendan Behan
		In 1939, at age 16, he was arrested in Liverpool with a suitcase full of high explosives.
		BORSTAL BOY is the autobiographical record of Behan's experiences from that day through his imprisonment, trial, remand to reform school and final release.
		Schools for delinquents in England are called Borstal Institutions, and Behan's account of his years as a "Borstal Boy" is told in vigorous, dramatic prose.
	www.amazon.com /Borstal-Boy-Brendan-Behan/dp/1567921051 (446 words)

	Borstal Boy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Borstal Boy (1958) was an autobiographical story by Irish nationalist Brendan Behan, recounting his imprisonment at Hollesley Bay for attempting to carry explosives into Great Britain, on a mission for the Irish Republican Army.
		From a technical standpoint, the novel is chiefly notable for the art with which it captures the lively dialog of the Borstal inmates, with all the variety of the British Isles' many subtly distinctive accents intact on the page.
		The Criminal Justice Act, 1960 (Section 12) removed the term Borstal from the law of the Republic of Ireland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borstal_Boy (234 words)

	Borstal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, a Borstal was a juvenile detention centre or reformatory, an institution of the criminal justice system, intended to reform delinquent male youths aged between about 16 and 21.
		It was the task of Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise (1857-1935), a prison commissioner, to introduce the system and the first institution was established at Borstal Prison in Borstal, near Rochester in north Kent, England in 1902.
		Borstal also featured in an edition of Chris Morris' Brass Eye entitled Crime, in which the original inmates of the Borstal have continually failed their release tests and are now old men, still imprisoned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borstal (446 words)

	Borstal Boy - Movie Review
		In the uplifting Emerald Isle melodrama Borstal Boy, Jim’s brother Peter Sheridan effectively explores the trials and tribulations of a 16-year old boy’s exploits behind the unbearable confines of a British World War II borstal, a reformatory center for boys, based on charismatic Irish writer Brendan Behan’s memoir.
		Borstal Boy, gallantly written by Nye Heron and director Sheridan, is masterfully shot courtesy of Ciaran Tanham’s active camera, capturing the taut and stylish feel of the film.
		Refreshingly stark in its cavorting homoeroticism, Borstal Boy is a stimulating tale that recalls the adventurous antics of an Irish literary figurehead who engaged in a colorful and carousing existence during tremendous, trying times.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/film.nsf/reviews/borstalboy_1 (605 words)

	institutional clothes for boys : reformatories -- England
		Borstal refers to a series of reformatories built throughout Britain beginning in the late 19th century.
		The original borstal was England's first attempt to separate boys from men in the British prison system, and also the first attempt to cure wrongdoers instead of only punishing them.
		One report about the Kent Borsatl reports, " Borstal Boys in their short pants were routinely marched down the hill and straight into the army and many were singled out as natural NCO material." There was a reaction against the harsher aspects of Borstal reformatory methods.
	histclo.com /insti/reform/irn-eng.html (1019 words)

	Borstal Boy (2000)
		Uninterested in mere biography, Sheridan and co-screenwriter Nye Heron use Behan's prison memoir, Borstal Boy, as a springboard to construct a small, moving coming-of-age drama, and give witness to the birth of the writer's art and the awakening of his sexuality.
		Too young to be hanged, the teenager was instead sent to Borstal, an institution devoted not just to the incarceration of its young charges, but to their reform as well.
		He arrives at Borstal expecting to be beaten, as he was at the Liverpool jail.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=133758&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (572 words)

	Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy
		Borstal Boy is an autobiographical book about the borstals, or juvenile detention centers, in England.
		Fortunately for him, he was caught with explosives before his 17th birthday, so he was tried as a minor and ended up in a borstal institution, not an adult prison.
		Borstal Boys suggests that life inside the borstal system was not that bad.
	www.rambles.net /behan_borstal58.html (724 words)

	PILGFF 2002 : Borstal Boy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Borstal Boy: Inspired by an autobiographical story by playwright Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy recounts the tale of a young Irish man’s experiences in a British detention center for youths during World War II.
		Borstal Boy is a coming-of-age story that explores the powerful bonds of love and friendship — bonds that transcend sexuality, nationality and politics.
		Beautifully photographed-the drab gray of wartime England has seldom been so evocative-and with powerful performances by all involved, Borstal Boy is intensely moving in its portrayal of young men finding themselves in the world.
	www.pilgff.org /PILGFF2002/borstal_boy.htm (215 words)

	"Borstal Boy" - Salon
		Adapting Brendan Behan's "Borstal Boy" -- the legendary Irish playwright's memoir of his teen stint as an Irish Republican Army prisoner in a British juvenile facility -- as a film seems like the most natural idea in the world.
		All that said, fans of Behan's work and of Irish movies in general will be rewarded by "Borstal Boy" despite its overly familiar set of prison-movie episodes and the unlikely tragedy that falls in the center of the film (and seems to be promptly forgotten).
		His Borstal -- actually filmed in Ireland's County Kildare, although the setting is the north of England -- is a place where boys are hardened, not healed.
	dir.salon.com /story/ent/movies/review/2002/03/07/borstal/index.html (820 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| 'Borstal changed my life'
		The first borstal opened 100 years ago this week, establishing a method of dealing with troubled boys that lasted much of the past century.
		Borstal was hard but one of the screws took an interest in me and taught me to read and write.
		The other boys took the mick out of me about it, but I stood up for myself and carried on doing what I wanted to do.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2330061.stm (787 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Borstal Boy
		The young Irishman befriends a sailor Charlie (Dyer), sent to Borstal for theft, and Liz (Birthistle), the headstrong Governor's daughter who urges Brendan to better himself.
		A celebrated book from a legendary and notorious Dubliner, attempting to make a film adaptation of Behan's 'Borstal Boy' should be filed somewhere between folly and bravery.
		While exploring the nature of Brendan and Danny's affection could have sent the film spiralling into sensationalism, Sheridan exacts understated performances from both American Hatosy (convincing, despite some lapses of accent) and Dyer (excellent as the Cockney charmer), allowing the dynamic of their relationship to shine.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2000/1207/borstalboy.html (276 words)

	Borstal Boy (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As a result of his arrest, Brendan is sent to the Borstal penal institute to serve out his time.
		Eva, the warden's daughter, is an artist who was called back to Borstal by her father (Michael York) when fighting broke out in Paris.
		Borstal Boy utilizes drama, humor and tragedy to convey this engaging story about growing up in difficult circumstances.
	www.moviepie.com /filmfests/borstal_boy.htm (221 words)

	Borstal Boy - Best Prices
		Borstal Boy - Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war.
		At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as "the enemy," a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing.
		Borstal Boy is directed by Peter Sheridan and produced by his brother, acclaimed Irish director Jim Sheridan.
	www.strandrel.com /product_details.asp_Q_id_E_67 (304 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - 'Borstal Boy' World Premiere takes place in Dublin
		'Borstal Boy', Brendan Behan's famous story about his young years in the British penal system, has been made into a film.
		The young Behan is forced to come to terms with living amongst those he considered his enemies and the enemies of Ireland.
		Director Peter Sheridan describes the film as 'a contemporary story about a sexual coming of age, an awakening, a boy going to England with hate in his heart and discovering love'.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2000/1123/borstalboy.html (167 words)

	Borstal Boy Review :: Hollywood.com
		Inspired by the autobiographical novel of the same title by Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy tells the story of 16-year-old Brendan who, after having been caught while trying to smuggle explosive material for the IRA from Dublin to England, is sent to the Borstal institution in rural Britain.
		But Sheridan's main gaffe here is to make the Borstal correctional facility seem like a cross between a British public school and a boys camp, not exactly an environment from which anyone wants to escape.
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	www.hollywood.com /movies/review/id/1105748 (470 words)

	DVD Booty - Borstal Boy
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		BORSTAL BOY is the autobiographical record of Behan's experiences from that...
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	Borstal Boy
		He also finds himself entranced by the Governor's daughter (Eva Birthistle), a free-thinking artist who encourages him to explore his creative side, something which will eventually result in a short but brilliant career as an author and playwright (though this is not part of the actual film).
		There are also many references to the context of the action set by the war itself, embodied in the Canadian and Jewish boys among the population, and the uneasy truce struck between Brendan and the authorities at the end of the film, so it is not without a sense of politics or precedent.
		Though unlikely to inspire wide admiration, it is very much the kind of medium-budget film which will find extensive distribution via television, which may, in the final analysis, be its most natural home despite the formerly fearsome reputation of this particular author and tale in Irish literary culture.
	homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/bobo.htm (764 words)

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		As an account of the Irish playwright Brendan Behan’s teenage years spent in a British boys’ prison-school (a borstal) during the 1940s, Borstal Boy isn’t factually detailed enough to pass for biography.
		Admittedly, Borstal Boy has its boys-behind-bars cliches but its emotional (homosocial) subtext is vibrant–especially when Milwall (Danny Dyer), a young English sailor on detention, disrupts Brendan’s ordeal with the first sign of affection.
		A boy’s boy, Milwall’s also a jock who hangs on the boxing ring’s ropes, swaying hips midair–a subtle provocation.
	www.nypress.com /15/10/film (1188 words)

	Alan Farquharson - Borstal Boy
		The action of the play moves from the streets of Dublin to his arrest in a Liverpool boarding house, his remand in Walton Gaol and his time served in Hollesly Bay Borstal.
		A major change over during the interval involved flying the top storey of the gaol set and trucking the lower half to the upstage scene dock.
		This was replaced by a skycloth, foliage and wall to create the Borstal garden.
	indigo.ie /~alanf/borstal.html (199 words)

	Borstal Boy: The Irish in Film
		This is the story of Brendan Behan, who at 16 was sent to England on a bombing mission by the IRA.
		Though life is no picnic at the camp, he finds acceptance and purpose in his life.
		The film shows the transformation of Behan from angry rebel, full of hate, to tolerant, worldly man. Like The Brylcreem Boys and I See a Dark Stranger, this film shows the softening of Irish/British relations when they united to fight the common enemy, Hitler.
	www.irishfilm.net /blurbs/Borstal.html (166 words)

	FileRoom.org - Brendan Behan, Irish writer and playwright, Borstal Boy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Description of Artwork: Behan's autobiographical novel, "Borstal Boy," tells the story of a 16-year-old boy who is arrested and charged with membership in the Irish Republican Army.
		It is believed that the Irish Censorship of Publications Board rejected the novel because of its treatment of adolescent sexuality, questionable language, and critiques of Irish republicanism, social attitudes and the Catholic Church.
		Results of Incident: "Borstal Boy" was banned in Ireland in 1958 and in Australia and New Zealand shortly after.
	www.thefileroom.org /html/821.html (184 words)

	Borstal Boy - Moviefone
		The only reason I started watching BORSTAL BOY was it was the only movie on TV that night that I hadn`t seen and wasn`t too impressed when the TV guide...
		Behan's coming-of-age novel, "Borstal Boy," is a likable rites-of-passage memory piece doused in period nostalgia.
		Borstal Boy (2002): find the latest news, photos and trailers, as well as local showtimes/dvd info at Yahoo!
	movies.aol.com /movie/borstal-boy/1166357/main (147 words)

	Borstal Boy \| The A.V. Club
		There's only the faintest connection between the real Behan and the righteous young man depicted in Borstal Boy, a sentimental coming-of-age story that views the past through a sweetly nostalgic lens, softening and massaging an undoubtedly thornier truth.
		Headed by a warden (Michael York) who actually takes the "reform" part seriously, the borstal runs on an honor system that affords the students an unusual degree of trust and respect.
		Though he considers himself a P.O.W. and is therefore required to attempt escape, Behan begins to warm to his new environment and takes an early interest in literature, particularly the works of fellow rebel and jailbird Oscar Wilde.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/5720 (418 words)

	Borstal Boy
		Aside from the obligatory short bio right before the credits, Borstal Boy, based on his memoirs of when he was a teenager in an English prison, nobody knows the better.
		During a failed bombing mission, he was caught and sent to Borstal prison, mainly because he was too young for a hanging.
		The headmaster (Michael York, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, In Search of Peace) places a huge amount of trust in the boys and runs the place with a lax hand.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/borstal_boy.html (519 words)

	Movie Info for Borstal Boy on MSN Movies
		Brendan (Shawn Hatosy) is a 16-year-old boy from Ireland who loathes the British and is eager to do something about it.
		Brendan also has to deal with the pains of first love when he becomes infatuated with Liz (Eva Birthistle), the daughter of the school's master (Michael York).
		Borstal Boy marked the film debut of stage director Peter Sheridan, the brother of noted Irish filmmaker Jim Sheridan.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=491 (179 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Borstal Boy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His bombing mission thus thwarted, he's sent to a reform school for youngsters ("borstal") in the flatlands of East Anglia, in the backside of England.
		Life in borstal slowly forces Brendan to learn to live with others, and at least mitigate his blind hatred of the Brits, without losing his principles.
		The revelation of one of the boys' closeted homosexuality is sympathetically dealt with, though Brendan's incipient romance with the daughter, Liz (Eva Birthistle), of the institution's tough but fair governor (Michael York) is just too schematic.
	www.variety.com /index.asp?layout=review&reviewid=VE1117787772&categoryid=31&cs=1 (671 words)

	Borstal Boy (2002): Reviews
		My problem with Borstal Boy isn't so much with the facts as with the tone.
		For all its triteness, Sheridan's sentimentality has its poignancy: This adolescent boy is all set up to live out a halcyon life he'll never have.
		Somewhere along the way, Borstal Boy became fatally compromised.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/borstalboy (655 words)

	QCinema: Borstal Boy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Based on Brendan Behan’s autobiography, this film takes place in the Borstal juvenile penal institute for boys in England during the early years of World War II.
		Being placed in Borstal, he must confront the people who he considers his enemies, as if the Nazis weren't already a bigger enemy.
		With the help of gay soldier Charlie Milwall (Danny Dyer), the warden's daughter Eva (Eva Birthistle) and Borstal's librarian, Brendan comes of age with a newfound love for the same people that he was taught to hate.
	www.qcinema.com /showcontent.asp?cat=films&id=borstal_boy (134 words)

	Borstal Boy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sentimentality of Borstal Boy feels false in contrast to the gritty life of the actual Brendan Behan.
		"The sentimentality of Borstal Boy feels false in contrast to the...
		"Borstal Boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking, the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy."
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/borstal_boy (827 words)

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		BORSTAL BOY by "BISCAY" from the top racemare "BETTER VAIN" by "Vain".
		With most of his impressive trials performers being snapped up by agents purchasing for Asian clients we have not had the chance to see many of Borstal Boy's progeny on the track here in New Zealand.
		Borstal Boy is the only son of "Biscay" available to New Zealand Breeders, his dam the top group winning mare "Better Vain"by "Vain" who is out of "Better Miss" by Better Boy".
	www.thoroughbrednet.co.nz /chevalstud1/Borstal_Boy.asp (1436 words)

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