Transamerica
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Duncan Tucker
Felicity Huffman
Kevin Zegers
Fionnuala Flanagan
Elizabeth Peña
Graham Greene
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Bree is a highly educated, conservative, transsexual woman who passes as a G.G. (a genetic girl), living in a poor section of Los Angeles and working two jobs to save money for her final sexual reassignment surgery. When she receives a phone call from Toby, a jailed teenage runaway looking for his father, she's shocked to discover that a heterosexual encounter during her life as a man resulted in a son. Bree wants no part of Toby, but her therapist insists she must confront her past, and withholds legal permission for Bree's final operation until she has met the boy. Bee grudgingly dips into her precious operation fund and flies to New York to bail Toby out of jail. Released to her without explanation, Toby assumes from Bree's conservative appearance that she's a Christian missionary who rescues street people and converts them to Jesus. Not ready for parenthood, Bree seizes her chance and encourages Toby's misconception. When she learns that the rebellious, disheveled Toby intends to skip bail and hitchhike to L.A. to break into X-rated videos and search for his real father, Bree panics. She doesn't want him to interfere with her plans for a safe, quiet new life. She offers him a ride cross-country, secretly plotting to abandon him with the stepfather he ran away from. As each lies to and manipulates the other, Bree and Toby find themselves on an unexpected and transformative journey.
Director
Duncan Tucker
Cast
Felicity Huffman
Kevin Zegers
Fionnuala Flanagan
Elizabeth Peña
Graham Greene
Burt Young
Carrie Preston
Venita Evans
Jon Budinoff
Raynor Scheine
Grant Monohon
Bianca Leigh
Danny Burstein
Craig Bockhorn
Maurice Orozco
Paul Borghese
Kate Bayley
Stella Maeve
Teala Dunn
Jim Frangione
Kelly O'connell
Calpernia Addams
Sandi Alexander
Melissa Sklarz
Felicia Kittles
David Harrison
Forrie Smith
Elayne Stein
Amy Povich
Burton Elias
Matt Young
Barbara Barron Hubbard
Zero T. Poodle
Andrea James
Crew
Michelle Baker
Rent Bastian
Eve Battaglia
Doug Bernheim
Louis Bertini
Lynn Campbell
Lucy Cooper
Sebastian Dungan
Danny Glicker
Lauren Kells Guilmartin
Urs Hirschbiegel
Stephen Kazmierski
William H. Macy
David Mansfield
Linda Moran
Elinyisia Mosha
Griffin Richardson
Lisa Scoppa
Michael Sledd
Duncan Tucker
Jeremy Walker
Mark White
Mark White
Pam Wise
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actress
Best Song
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Excellence in Contemporary Costume Design for Film by the Costume Designers Guild (CDG).
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Actress (Felicity Huffman) by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2005
Expanded Release in United States January 13, 2006
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2006
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States February 2005
Released in United States September 2005
Released in United States November 2005
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 10-20, 2005.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema September 2-11, 2005.
Weinstein Co. bought film in a 50-50 partnership with IFC Films.
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2005
Expanded Release in United States January 13, 2006
Released in United States on Video May 23, 2006
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival April 19-May 1, 2005.)
Released in United States February 2005 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 10-20, 2005.)
Released in United States September 2005 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema September 2-11, 2005.)
Released in United States November 2005 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Screening) November 3-13, 2005.)
Winner of the 2005 Satellite Award for Best Actress - Drama (Felicity Huffman) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
