Synopsis
This is what we cry a "Slab Boy". Note the keen eye... the firm set of the jaw... they're forced up under cucumber frames, you know!'
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Ex-S | The Slab Boys
Documentary follows writer John Byrne as he translates the play onto film.
The Trench (1999)
World War I drama evoking the tedium of trench life on the eve of the Battle of the Somme. Waiting for certain death are an underage recruit, a war-weary sergeant with increasing misgivings about the coming battle and an irresponsible lieutenant who escapes into drink and avoids his men. Featuring Daniel Craig, written by William Boyd.