Son Of Rambow Gets An April 2008 Release Date

The Biggest hit of 2007’s Sundance Film Festival was, unofficially, Son of Rambow. The film caused a record bidding war, which resulted in Paramount Vintage taking home the goods. The film as meant to hit theatres on July 2007, but was pushed back to an unknown 2008 release with no reason given. It was speculated that Paramount wanted to release the film closer to the release of Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambow.

Movie director, Garth Jennings revealed that the film would be hitting theatres in April 2008 at the screening of the film during the Toronto International Film Festival.

Son of Rambow is the title of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and huge ambitions. The film is set on a long English summer in the early 80’ and is a comedy about friendship, faith and the hard business of growing up.

The official plot synopsis follows:

We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God’s ‘chosen ones’ and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other ‘worldlies,’ listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies.

Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will’s mind is blown wide open and he’s easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters’ diabolical home movie. Will’s imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community.

Will and Carter’s complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious rollercoaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.

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