The Boys
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rowan Woods
David Wenham
Toni Collette
Lynette Curran
John Polson
Jeanette Cronin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Brett Sprague returns to an uneasy homecoming, after a year served in prison, unvisited, on a deadly assault charge. He's a collapsed nova of a man, dangerously manipulative at close range, but too easily forgotten when he's taken out of his family's orbit. During the year's neglect he has been repressing anger and fermenting sexual doubt and frustration, as well as a poisonous suspicion of the girlfriend and family who construct his minor universe. Changes in the familial order only heighten his alienation. Increasing the distance between how things are from the way they were before Brett's incarceration is tart girlfriend Michelle, whose direct, agressive lust is painfully underscored by Brett's post-prison failure to respond physically to it. Matters are made worse when an ill wind of paranoia blows in as Brett discovers that a hidden cache of drugs has been pillaged during his time in jail.
Director
Rowan Woods
Cast
David Wenham
Toni Collette
Lynette Curran
John Polson
Jeanette Cronin
Anthony Hayes
Anna Lise
Pete Smith
Sal Sharah
Lawrence Woodward
Peter Hehir
Andrew Heys
Teo Gebert
Anthony Kierann
Stephen Leeder
Veronica Neave
Jamie Oxenbould
Sean O'shea
Crew
Ross A'hern
Yulia Akerholt
Debbie Antoniou
Wendy Asher
Margaret Aston
Christian Bass
Philippa Bateman
Ita Belic
Marc Blackwell
Greg Blandy
Matthew Bolin
Lise Buckekridge
Lesley Burgess
Maurice Burns
Brett Campbell
Jo-anne Carmichael
Sally Chesher
Helen Clarke
Mark Connolly
Robert Connolly
Vince Connolly
Kelvin Crumplin
Kelvin Crumplin
Douglas Cummins
Nick Delaine
Matthew Donald
Sassica Donohoo
Adele Durno
Rachel Fairfax
Les Fiddess
Leisa Francis
Michael Francis
Louise Gleeson
Peter Grace
Gordon Graham
Paul Gray
Megan Harding
Megan Harding
Todd Ingram
Juliet John
Ken Jones
Phil Judd
Peter Kazacos
Rich King
Alan Lamb
Alan Lamb
Danni Landa
Edmund Levine
Steve Lucas
Steve Lucas
Annie Marshall
Barbara Masel
John Maynard
Ian Mcalpine
Nicola Mcintosh
Janet Merewether
Nick Meyers
Tristan Milani
Wil Milne
Belinda Mravicic
Stephen Murphy
Sean O'brien
Jennifer Perrott
Sam Petty
Sam Petty
Bronwyn Phillips
Luigi Pittorino
Andrew Playford
Brian Price
L J Hooker Randwick
Martin Renwick
Emma Schofield
Christophe Settle
Stephen Sewell
Serge Stanley
Rick Stojanovic
John Tate
Michael Taylor
Paul Taylor
Lisa Tomasetti
Stuart Trevan
George Tsoutas
Karla Urizar
Catherine Wallace
Jenny Ward
Susan Wells
David Wenham
Alisa Wood
David Wood
H W Wood
Rebecca Wood
Sarah Wood
Lawrence Woodward
Lawrence Woodward
Jan Zeigenbein
Jan Ziegenbein
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of five 1998 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Curran) and Favorite Australian Film.
Winner of four 1998 Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay Best Supporting Actor (John Polson) and Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette).
Released in United States Fall October 15, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States February 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States 1999
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 26 - November 15, 1998.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 11-22, 1998.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) in East Hampton, New York October 14-18, 1998.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.
Feature film directorial debut for Rowan Woods.
Completed shooting August 15, 1997.
Began shooting July 1997.
Released in United States Fall October 15, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival October 26 - November 15, 1998.)
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 11-22, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Contemporary International Cinema) in East Hampton, New York October 14-18, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 1-11, 1998.)
