Excerpts from Variety -

 

"A rare non-moralizing look at growing
up working
class Irish in the Bronx."

   

 

 


"The script reps astonishing integrity
and total lack of artifice."

   

 

 

 

"Astonishing integrity... Oddly serene yet
ironic sense of addictive destiny."

   

 

 

"Film's tone is unique in the
affectionate latitude
it offers its damaged characters."

   


 

"The convincing performance of best-selling
"Angela's Ashes" author Frank [McCourt] as a
good-for-nothing drunk comes as a surprise."
 -Ronnie Scheib

   

WINNER


Prism Award Commendation
Multiple Award Winner at Method Fest Hollywood, California
John Garfield Award for Best Actor: Dan Brennan
Best Supporting Actor: John "The Terror" Carty
Nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Ensemble Cast
Best Supporting Actress: Christine Meyers
and the Maverick Award for Best Low Budget Film
 
   

 


Synopsis


A young Irish-American auto mechanic in the Bronx finds himself at a crossroads, torn between allegiances to family, friends, addictions and love.

 
   

 


Biography and Filmography of the Directors/Producer

Michael Carty
Writer/Co-Director/Editor

This is the directorial debut of Michael Carty, an artist and writer from the Bronx. Beautiful Kid is also his first produced screenplay. His script, The Tragedy of Poor, Old, Angry Tom has recently been optioned with John G. Avildsen scheduled to direct.

Colum McCann
Co-Director

An award-winning Irish novelist and screenwriter, Mr. McCann is the author of five books, including This Side of Brightness, Songdogs and the recent, Dancer. His short story, Everything In This Country Must…, was recently made into a film and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Short. Beautiful Kid is his directorial debut.

Patrick McCullough
Producer

Patrick McCullough is an award-winning producer and director. Mr. McCullough recently received a Cine Golden Eagle for his production of Sara’s Diary, a teen suicide prevention film, which he also directed. He has produced and directed several award-winning films for Good Friends Film Productions, Inc., a non-profit educational film company. His short film, A Dream Come True, played at several festivals, including Slumdance and New Orleans, and was nominated for Best of the Fest at the Movies On A Shoe-String Festival in Rochester, NY. He has served for three years as a Blue Ribbon Panel Judge for the Emmy’s Children’s Specials in Writing and Directing. His feature script, Broham, was a finalist in the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriting Program. He studied theater at Carnegie Hall; producing and acting in productions that received critical acclaim and traveled internationally, including the US Embassy in Mexico, The Dublin Theater Festival in Ireland and the Signature Theater in New York City. Beautiful Kid is his first feature.


Beautiful Kid

Featuring Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Angela's Ashes, in his film debut!

"The story is great. It's very tough and unyielding. A very different view of Irish America. There's no sentimentalism, shamrocks or shillelaghs."
- Frank McCourt


Beautiful Kid

Written by Michael Carty
Directed by Michael Carty and Colum McCann
Produced by Patrick McCullough

Beautifulkidthemovie.com

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WARNING: This film has not yet been rated
Contains nudity, strong sexual content
violence strong language and drug use