Search - The Boy in Blue on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1986 DVD Release: 02/07/2006 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 7 Genres: Drama, Biopic [feature], Coming-of-Age, Sports Drama

To fully appreciate Boy in Blue, it's helpful to know a little bit about the sport of "sculling"-or competitive rowing. Nicolas Cage stars as the real-life Ned Hanlan, who at the turn of the century was Canada's foremost sculling champ. A wild, uncontrollable youth, Hanlan is "adopted" by a gambler named Bill (David Naughton), who promotes the boy on the sculling circuit for his own monetary gain. Ruthlessly businessman Knox (Christopher Plummer) assumes control of Hanlan's career, but when Ned discovers just how ruthless Knox can be, he casts his lot with the first honest man he's met, inventor-speculator Walter (Sean Sullivan). Hanlan's professional success is capped by his marriage to Margaret (Cynthia Dale), Knox's previously unattainable niece. The by-the-numbers Boy in Blue was given an R rating due to a few disposable sex scenes, thereby cutting its potential audience (hero-worshipping youths) in half. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Nicolas Cage - Ned Hanlon
Cynthia Dale - Margaret
Christopher Plummer - Knox
David Naughton - Bill
Sean Sullivan - Walter