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Heaven Help Us
Original Title
Catholic Boys- Director: Michael Dinner
- Writer: Charles Purpura
- Producer: Mark Carliner; Kenneth Utt
CGiii Comment
There are so many disgruntled catholics out there - it is simply bewildering as to why this institution continues to survive.
An earlier example of the catholic education system revealed - the brainwashing sadism by God-fearing hypocrites.
The bullying is extreme, the degradation obscene - the naked swimming class is beyond comprehension.
This is billed as a comedy...it's far from it.
The capable young actors do a good job at trying to make the script lighter than it actually is...but, it is an exposé of the barbaric practices of the catholic educators.
There's the fat boy, the cocky boy, the prolific masturbator - all standard ingredients in a boys school - as are the events: confession, school dance (with girls), the bullying...
It makes a complete mockery of catholicism and for this reason alone it is a fine piece of work despite its many weaknesses.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
Cast & Characters
Donald Sutherland as Brother Thadeus;
John Heard as Brother Timothy;
Andrew McCarthy as Michael Dunn;
Mary Stuart Masterson as Danni;
Kevin Dillon as Rooney;
Malcolm Danare as Caesar;
Jennifer Dundas as Boo;
Kate Reid as Grandma;
Wallace Shawn as Father Abruzzi;
Jay Patterson as Brother Constance;
George Anders as Brother Augustus;
Dana Barron as Janine;
John Eric Bentley as First Man;
Imogene Bliss as Cook;
Philip Bosco as Brother Paul