Summaries

A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.

In mid-1970s Savannah, two bright but rebellious boys, Francis Doyle and Tim Sullivan, fight boredom, hormones and harsh teachers as they struggle to find something meaningful beyond the walls of their parish school. Francis, an exceptional artist whose imaginative forays into a fictional universe of good and evil fill his notebooks with comic-book imagery, creates a netherworld of superhero alter egos for the two boys. When the ultra-strict Sister Assumpta seizes their artwork one day, the boys embark upon an obsessed trail of revenge that ultimately changes their lives.—Sujit R. Varma

In the Seventies, the fifteen years old troublemaker and leader altar boy Tim Sullivan and his three great friends, Francis Doyle, Wade Scalisi and Joey Anderson, study in a repressive Catholic school, and they hate their nun-teacher Sister Assumpta. Francis has a crush on Margie Flynn, who has a dramatic secret in her life. They like to write a comic book called 'The Atomic Trinity' and all of them have an alter-ego in their superheroes: Brakken (Francis), The Muscle/Skeleton Boy later (Tim), Captain Asskicker (Wade) and Major Screw (Joey), with Sorcerella (Margie) joining them later. Francis uses to fantasize reality with the fantastic situations the heroes face against the evil Nunzilla/Pegleg, a dark caricature of Sister Assumpta. The group plots an evil prank against Sister Assumpta, with tragic consequences.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • watching tv
  • nosebleed
  • cartoon on tv
  • glowing eye
  • kmart
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Jun 27, 2002
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations South Carolina, USA
Production companies Trilogy Entertainment Group Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) Egg Pictures

Box office

Budget $12000000
Gross US & Canada $1815864
Opening weekend US & Canada $55000
Gross worldwide $2036599

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital EX
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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