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\u2026 I am looking forward to this film<\/a>, which has played a couple of festivals but, according to the IMDb, won\u2019t get a regular theatrical release in North America until some time next year:<\/span><\/p>\n

SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early 80\u2019s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren<\/a> family. The Brethren regard themselves as God\u2019s \u2018chosen ones\u2019 and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other \u2018worldlies,\u2019 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<\/a> and from that moment Will\u2019s mind is blown wide open and he\u2019s easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters\u2019 diabolical home movie. Will\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2026 I am looking forward to this film, which has played a couple of festivals but, according to the IMDb, won\u2019t get a regular theatrical release in North America until some time next year: SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSpeaking of Rambo and religion ...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... 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