<P> Waititi started developing Boy soon after finishing the short film Two Cars, One Night; and it first emerged as a film called Choice . The project was accepted into the Sundance Writer's Lab in 2005, where Waititi workshopped it with script writers Frank Pierson, Susan Shilliday, David Benioff and Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal . Instead of making Boy his first film as a director, Waititi went on to make oddball romance Eagle vs Shark, and continued to develop the screenplay over the next three years . </P> <P> When the script was finally ready there was a small window of opportunity in which to make it . Waititi dropped the title Choice because he felt it would not translate to international audiences, and the film was retitled The Volcano . "It was a big pain about this kid's potential to be bigger than he is or just bloom or explode," said Waititi . "So it was a character in the script as well . When we were shooting the film it was still called Volcano and during the editing . We ended up cutting a lot of the stuff out ." </P> <P> Waititi wanted to shoot the film in the place where he partly grew up, Waihau Bay . The story was set in summer, but it was challenging to shoot in the height of summer due to the area's popularity as a fishing and holiday destination . The film features the maize fields and the maize is harvested from late April . James Rolleston was not initially cast as the lead role of Boy . Another actor was already in place when Rolleston turned up for a costume fitting as an extra . Waititi gave him an audition and after reviewing the film clips, Rolleston was offered the role two days before shooting began . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Boy </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Soundtrack album by The Phoenix Foundation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Soundtrack </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 67: 49 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> The Volcano Company Ltd and Franklin Rd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer </Th> <Td> Lee Prebble </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> The Phoenix Foundation film scores chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Eagle vs Shark (2007) Eagle vs Shark 2007 </Td> <Td> Boy (2010) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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