The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (released as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the United States) is a 2008 British American historical drama film set in World War II, based on John Boyne’s 2006 novel of the same name. Written and Directed by Mark Herman, produced by BBC Films and Heyday Films, and distributed by Miramax, the film stars Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, Asa Butterfield, and Jack Scanlon. It was released on 12 September 2008 in the United Kingdom. The Holocaust drama relates the horror of a World War II Nazi
Brandon (given name) 160th most common male name, recorded in births, in the Netherlands; there were 67 occurrences of the name recorded that year. The previous year the name ranked 159th, with 73 recorded occurrences. In Sweden, there were 230 males registered in 2009 who had the first name "Brandon"; of these men, 170 recorded the name as a nickname. In the years spanning 2002 to 2009, the name was not amongst the top 100 male, or female, baby names. In the United Kingdom, the name has risen in popularity since the mid-1990s. In England and Wales, in the year 2008, "Brandon" was