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Boys don't cry
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The work Boys don't cry represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Boys don't cry
Label
Boys don't cry
Statement of responsibility
a Kimberly Peirce film ; Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Film Channel Productions ; a Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment production ; produced by Jeffrey Sharp ... [and others] ; written by Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen ; directed by Kimberly Peirce
Contributor
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Independent Film Channel
  • Independent Film Channel
  • Killer Films
  • Killer Films
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
  • Bienen, Andy
  • Bienen, Andy
  • Larson, Nathan, 1970-
  • Larson, Nathan, 1970-
  • Peirce, Kimberly
  • Peirce, Kimberly
  • Sarsgaard, Peter
  • Sarsgaard, Peter
  • Sevigny, Chloë
  • Sevigny, Chloë
  • Sexton, Brendan, 1980-
  • Sexton, Brendan, 1980-
  • Sharp, Jeffrey
  • Sharp, Jeffrey
  • Swank, Hilary
  • Swank, Hilary
Subject
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Feature films -- United States
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Independent films -- United States
  • Independent films -- United States
  • Nebraska -- Social life and customs -- Drama
  • Nebraska -- Social life and customs -- Drama
  • Teena, Brandon, 1972-1993 -- Drama
  • Teena, Brandon, 1972-1993 -- Drama
  • Transsexuals -- Nebraska -- Drama
  • Transsexuals -- Nebraska -- Drama
  • Video recordings
  • Video recordings
  • Videorecording
Genre
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Films for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
Teena Brandon alters her appearance to appear as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. She moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under her new identity. All goes well until her new friends discover her secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself
Cataloging source
SUC
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Jim Denault ; editors, Lee Percy, Tracy Granger ; music, Nathan Larson
Language note
In English with optional English or Spanish subtitles
PerformerNote
Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Runtime
118
Technique
live action

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  • Boys don't cry, a Kimberly Peirce film ; Fox Searchlight Pictures and the Independent Film Channel Productions ; a Killer Films/Hart-Sharp Entertainment production ; produced by Jeffrey Sharp ... [and others] ; written by Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen ; directed by Kimberly Peirce

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