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Boys Don't Cry

Year:

1999

Duration:

118 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Kimberly Peirce

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 49 wins & 30 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-10-29

Filming Locations: Austin, Texas, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,000,000

Opening Weekend: $73,720 (USA) (10 October 1999)

Gross: $11,533,945 (USA) (21 May 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Alicia Goranson

Boys Don't Cry

Hilary Swank

Brandon Teena

Chloë Sevigny

Lana Tisdel

Peter Sarsgaard

John Lotter

Brendan Sexton III

Tom Nissen

Alison Folland

Kate

Jeannetta Arnette

Lana's Mom

Rob Campbell

Brian

Matt McGrath

Lonny

Cheyenne Rushing

Nicole

Robert Prentiss

Trucker

Josh Ridgway

Kwik Stop Cashier

Craig Erickson

Trucker in Kwik Stop

Stephanie Sechrist

April

Jerry Haynes

Judge

Lou Perryman

Sheriff

Lisa Renee Wilson

Pam (as Lisa Wilson)

Jackson Kane

Sam Phillips

Joseph Gibson

Tom

Michael Tripp

Nerdy Teen

Shana McClendon

Girl in Car

Libby Villari

Nurse

Paige Carl Griggs

Dave - Deputy

Gail Cronauer

Clerk

Guilford Adams

Teena Brandon's Father (uncredited)

Chad Briley

Extra (uncredited)

Ryan Thomas Brockington

Kiss (uncredited)

Christophe Dahlkvist

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Michelle Fairbanks

Girl in Car (uncredited)

Gabriel Horn

Lester - Restraining Order Guy (uncredited)

Gavin Perry

Deputy (uncredited)

Robert A. Steffenino

Bartender (uncredited)

Caitlin Wehrle

Valley Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Diane Keaton originally considered directing with Drew Barrymore in the lead.

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Hilary Swank won the lead role of Brandon/Teena after hundreds of other actresses had been considered and rejected over the course of three years. She told director Kimberly Peirce that, like her character, she was also 21 and came from Lincoln, Nebraska. But she was fibbing, and when Pierce later confronted her with the lies, she responded, "But that's what Brandon would do."

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Working title: "Take It Like a Man."

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Goofs

October 27, 1993 fell on a Wednesday, not a Friday.

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When Lana is talking to Candace and Kate about the first time she had sex with Brandon, she throws herself down on her bed, and puts her hands on her face. Her right hand is in front of her left hand, but in the next shot, they have swapped, and her left is in front of her right.

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In the final camera pan of her dead body, Candace is clearly seen breathing.

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Quotes

Lana: You don't have to be sober to be able to weigh spinach.

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Lana: [to Brandon] Who are you?

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Tom Nissen: [about John] Doctors say he's got no impulse control. I'm the only one who can control that fucker.

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