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The story of Boy George, the famous androgynous lead singer of the band, Culture Club.The story of Boy George, the famous androgynous lead singer of the band, Culture Club.The story of Boy George, the famous androgynous lead singer of the band, Culture Club.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaMany clothes that Douglas Booth and Mathew Horne are wearing are original clothes, kindly provided by Boy George and Jon Moss themselves.
- Quotes
Vernon: I'm not really gay...
Boy George: It's ok, I'm not really a nun!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 14 May 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksGo Wild in the Country
Written by Matthew Ashman, David Barbarossa, Dave Calhoun and Malcolm McLaren
Performed by Bow Wow Wow
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Becoming the boy
To the mainstream, Boy George appeared from left-field, a chart-topping male pop-star who dressed like a woman. Yet George was not just a freak show; he emerged from the androgyny of the New Romantic club scene, even if few had attempted such an extreme look before; his band made records of genuine merit; and of course, in a period where homosexuality was still not as widely accepted as it is now, it was not just for its aesthetic qualities that his dress sense attracted attention. Julian Jarold's film, 'Worried About the Boy', gives a good feeling of what it was like for George prior to fame, finding his way through a world in which he always possessed a measure of star quality; although I don't recall George ever looking quite as naturally feminine as actor Douglas Booth. What the film lacks is a certain narrative purpose: George got dressed up, had relationships, formed bands and eventually made it onto 'Top of the Pops'; 'Worried About the Boy' explains how, but the problem with many real-life dramatisations is that they essentially amount to "stuff happens" and I felt something of the same here. There are hints of a bigger story in the relationship of George and Kirk Brandon; but you need to know what happened later to understand these. And the film is also guilty of some obviousness; when George visits Malcolm McLaren, the Sex Pistols appear on the soundtrack, even though the period is wrong. In spite of this, I still enjoyed the film, an interesting view of an unlikely road to fame.
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- Jun 26, 2010
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- Preocupados por el chico
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- Manchester, England, UK(Interior, pub)
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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By what name was Worried About the Boy (2010) officially released in Canada in English?
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