Boys Don't Cry
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kimberly Peirce
Hilary Swank
Chlod Sevigny
Peter Sarsgaard
Brendan Sexton Iii
Alison Folland
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Falls City, Nebraska, Brandon Teena was a newcomer with a future who had the small rural community enchanted. Women adored him and almost everyone who met this charismatic stranger was drawn to his charming innocence. But Falls City's hottest date and truest friend had one secret: he wasn't the person people thought he was. Back home in Lincoln just seventy-five miles away, Brandon Teena was a different person caught up in a personal crisis that had haunted his entire life. Like many young poeple, he made costly mistakes and when he inadvertantly trespassed between his new love Lana and her reckless friend John, the mystery unraveled into violence. In a single, short life Brandon Teena was at once a dashing lover and a trapped outsider, both an impoverished nobody and a flamboyant dreamer, a daring thief and the tragic victim of an unjust crime.
Director
Kimberly Peirce
Cast
Hilary Swank
Chlod Sevigny
Peter Sarsgaard
Brendan Sexton Iii
Alison Folland
Alicia Goranson
Matt Mcgrath
Rob Campbell
Jeannetta Arnette
Cheyenne Rushing
Robert Prentiss
Josh Ridgeway
Craig Erickson
Stephanie Sechrist
Jerry Haynes
Lou Perryman
Lisa Wilson
Jackson Kane
Joseph Gibson
Michael Tripp
Shana Mcclendon
Libby Villari
Paige Carl Griggs
Gail Cronauer
Crew
Gina R. Alfano
Joe Arcidiacono
Kerry Barden
Sarah Beers
Jack Bennett
Andy Bienen
John Cadenhead
George Camarda
Shawn Carroll
Harry Wayne Casey
Exene Cervenka
Jane Choi
Allen Collins
Rachel Dawson
Michael Dempsey
Jim Denault
John Doe
Mark Dornfeld
Tim Dubois
Jim Dunbar
Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson
Dee Evans
Victoria Farrell
Robert Fernandez
Richard Finch
Jill Footlick
Andrea Friedman
Bobby Fuller
Bobby Fuller
Sean Garnhart
Lewis Goldstein
Tracy Granger
Amy Grappell
Matt Haasch
Ed Hall
Ed Hall
Michelle Harrison
John N. Hart
Jeff Hill
Billy Hopkins
Kalen Hoyle
Ernie Isley
Marvin Isley
O'kelley Isley
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley
Chris Jasper
Caroline Kaplan
Alfie Kiernan
Pamela Koffler
Eva M. Kolodner
Alex Korp
William Kozy
Jim Laclair
Nathan Larson
Nathan Larson
Renee Lecuyer
Sherri Lennon
Hal Levinsohn
Joni Linton
Ben Loggins
Jon Marcus
George Mccrae
Elias Mcdaniel
Jennifer Mcnamara
Mack Melson
Ric Ocasek
Glenfield Payne
Jay Peck
Kimberly Peirce
Lee Percy
Nina Persson
Rachel Peters
Jay Piro
John Pirozzi
Kerrie R Plant
Randall Poster
Jennifer Ralston
Pamela Richardson
David Robach
Dave Robbins
Jeanine Rohn
Katie Roumel
Jac Rubenstein
Buffy Saint Marie
Ben Schoen
Jonathan Sehring
Chlod Sevigny
Jeffrey Sharp
Michael Shaw
Andrew Shernoff
Amy Silver
Brad Simpson
John Sloss
Kendra Smith
Robert Smith
Suzanne Smith
Andrea Stanley
Van Stephenson
Mary Stone Huffman
Morton Swinsky
Michelle Elaine Teague
The Isley Brothers
Timmy Thomas
Timmy Thomas
Timothy Jamahli Thomas
Timothy Jamahli Thomas
Laurence Tolhurst
Russell Towery
Christine Vachon
Ronnie Van Zant
Laurie Weeks
Laurie Weeks
Alan Zaleski
Jamie H. Zelermyer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Actress
Best Actress
Award Nominations
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States February 18, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 3, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 17, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 24, 2000
Released in United States on Video April 18, 2000
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Cinema of the Present) September 1-11, 1999.)
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 6-21, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 19-26, 1999.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Hilary Swank was named NATO/ShoWest 1999 Female Star of Tomorrow.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Actress (Hilary Swank) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Actress (Hilary Swank) from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Debut Director (Kimberly Peirce) from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winner of the 1999 award for Best Supporting Actress (Chloe Sevigny) from the National Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the award for Best Actress (Hilary Swank) at the 1999 Gijon International Film Festival.
Winner of the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress (Hilary Swank) at the 1999 Chicago International Film Festival.
Winner of three 1999 awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics, including Best Actress (Hilary Swank), Best Supporting Actress (Chloe Sevigny) and Best Newcomer (Kimberly Peirce).
Winner of two 1999 awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, including Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actress (Chloe Sevigny).
Winner of two 1999 Golden Satellites, including Best Actress - Drama (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actress - Drama (Chloe Sevigny), from the International Press Academy.
Released in United States Fall October 8, 1999
Expanded Release in United States October 15, 1999
Expanded Release in United States October 22, 1999
Expanded Release in United States February 18, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 3, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 17, 2000
Expanded Release in United States March 24, 2000
Released in United States on Video April 18, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States 2014
Shown at New York Film Festival September 24 - October 10, 1999.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Cinema of the Present) September 1-11, 1999.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (in competition) October 6-21, 1999.
Shown at Gijon International Film Festival in Spain November 19-26, 1999.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Project was workshopped at the Sundance Institute's 1997 June Filmmakers/Screenwriters Lab.
Fox Searchlight acquired worldwide rights at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival for a reported $5 million on the basis of 20 minutes of unedited footage.
Completed shooting November 24, 1998.
Began shooting October 19, 1998.
Released in United States Fall October 8, 1999
Expanded Release in United States October 15, 1999
Expanded Release in United States October 22, 1999
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States 2014 (U.S. Features)
"Boys Don't Cry" was honored by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation for (best) limited release film at the 11th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City on April 2, 2000.
