EPISODE · Dec 6, 2019 · 27 MIN
Honey Boy
from The Film Programme · host BBC Radio 4
With Antonia QuirkeAlma Har'el reveals how she came to direct Honey Boy, which was written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in rehab. And why she persuaded the actor to play his own father.The Two Popes director Fernando Meirelles reveals why he put more jokes into the screenplay about the famous meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Benedict, how he came to build the largest Sistine Chapel in the world on a film set and why he's one of the few film-makers in the world who's also a farmer.Christmas has come early as Matthew Sweet reviews 1952 festive curio The Holly And The Ivy
What this episode covers
With Antonia QuirkeAlma Har'el reveals how she came to direct Honey Boy, which was written by Shia LaBeouf while he was in rehab. And why she persuaded the actor to play his own father.The Two Popes director Fernando Meirelles reveals why he put more jokes into the screenplay about the famous meeting between Pope Francis and Pope Benedict, how he came to build the largest Sistine Chapel in the world on a film set and why he's one of the few film-makers in the world who's also a farmer.Christmas has come early as Matthew Sweet reviews 1952 festive curio The Holly And The Ivy
NOW PLAYING
Honey Boy
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Mar 26, 2026 ·1m
Mar 19, 2026 ·34m
Feb 18, 2026 ·11m
Feb 11, 2026 ·45m