Boys don't cry / a Kimberly Peirce film ; Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Film Channel Productions ; a Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment production.

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A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be you...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Boys don't cry (Motion picture : 1999)
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Independent Film Channel
Killer Films
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Swank, Hilary
Sevigny, Chloë
Sarsgaard, Peter
Sexton, Brendan, 1980-
Sharp, Jeffrey
Peirce, Kimberly
Bienen, Andy
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2000], ©2000.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Teena, Brandon, > 1972-1993 > Drama.
Teena, Brandon, > 1972-1993.
Hate crimes > Nebraska > Falls City > Drama.
Gender identity > Nebraska > Falls City > Drama.
Male impersonators > Nebraska > Falls City > Drama.
Transsexuals > Nebraska > Falls City > Drama.
Nebraska > Drama.
Longs métrages > États-Unis.
Gender identity.
Hate crimes.
Male impersonators.
Transsexuals.
Nebraska.
Nebraska > Falls City.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself.
Note:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Includes an additional sound track of audio commentary by the director, a featurette (5 min.), the original theatrical trailer, and other related materials.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ5 D0016829 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rated R.
Awards:Academy Award, best actress, Hilary Swank, 2000.
Credits:Producers, Jeffrey Sharp ... [et al.] ; writers, Kimberly Peirce, Andy Bienen ; director, Kimberly Peirce ; cinematography, Jim Denault ; editors, Lee Percy, Tracy Granger ; music, Nathan Larson.
System Details:DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III.