Boys Don't Cry
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Hilary Swank reveals Oscar pressure...reveals Oscar pressure Thursday November 12 2009 Hilary Swank has confessed winning the Best Actress Oscar for Boys Don't Cry at just 25 made her put a lot more pressure on herself. The star went on to play many strong women and won... In this article: Hilary Swank, Oscar, Amelia Earhart, Million Dollar Baby, and Boys Don't Cry |
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The Daily Californian | October 24, 2009
Biopic 'Amelia' Crashes Soon After Takeoff
...feel genuine. Capable of staggering screen presence, Hilary Swank ("Boys Don't Cry," "Million Dollar Baby") manages to channel Earhart's freckles and androgynous charm, yet falters at harnessing the aviatrix's singular persona. Ironically,...
In this article: Amelia, Amelia Earhart, Mira Nair, Fred Noonan, George Putnam, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Monsoon Wedding, and Ron Bass
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Kansas City Star | October 22, 2009
Capsule reviews: `Amelia' and others
...her prime limitation: She doesn't have much range. Swank can tear up the screen in raw street drama such as "Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby," for which she earned Academy Awards. She's miserably out of her skin as the stately...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Willem Dafoe, Hilary Swank, Astro Boy, Antichrist, Dr. Tenma, Million Dollar Baby, Amelia, and Freddie Highmore
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Jezebel | October 23, 2009
Amelia : The Whole Movie Is A Failure To Communicate [Critical Mass]
...it into focus. The sinewy strength and controlled aggression that Swank used to such good effect for her Oscar-winning roles in Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby is mostly diminished in Amelia by a poster-girl smile. So ever-present is...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Mira Nair, George P. Putnam, Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Christopher Eccleston, History Channel, and Amelia
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Virginia Pilot | October 22, 2009
'Amelia' sticks to the historical facts
...seem to be the perfect choice to play Earhart. The athletic Swank specializes in boyish-looking women, and has won two Oscars for such roles ("Boys Don't Cry" and "Million Dollar Baby"). Swank has had trouble crossing over into romantic...
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Amelia, Hilary Swank, Oscar, George Putnam, Richard Gere, Katharine Hepburn, Amelia, Pacific Ocean, and Kansas
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Daily Mail | November 11, 2009
Another triumph for Hollywood superstar Hilary Swank
...of the Triumph Inspiration Award But the actress, who won Oscars for her roles in Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby, is putting on a brave face for the cameras, however out of place she feels. Hilary - who has repeatedly said, 'I...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Oscars, Amelia Earhart, Vivien Leigh, Hollywood, Milan, Chad Lowe, and Million Dollar Baby
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Boston Herald | October 22, 2009
Swank's inspiration takes flight in 'Amelia'
...seems a natural for the two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner. But Swank turned down the opportunity a decade ago, right after she won her first Oscar for "Boys Don't Cry. " "That script was a different Amelia. I felt it didn't...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Oscar, Amelia, Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic, and Los Angeles
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | October 22, 2009
Fox Searchlight's 'Amelia': How did it make it onto the runway?
...emotional intensity of a film like "Out of Africa." Searchlight also had strong relationships with the film's talent, having released Nair's "The Namesake" and Swank's "Boys Don't Cry." But movies are all about execution, not just...
In this article: Amelia, Fox Searchlight, Mira Nair, The Other Boleyn Girl, Amelia Earhart, Rotten Tomatoes, Hilary Swank, Out of Africa, Entertainment Weekly, and Gateway
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | October 22, 2009
Hilary Swank - There's something in the air
...suffer the indignity of being written out after 16 episodes. If her subsequent rise due to Boys Don't Cry set her on her way, Swank's personal life has hardly been peachy-creamy. Married in 1997 to Chad Lowe, brother to actor Rob, the pair...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart, Oscar, Million Dollar Baby, George Putnam, Jodie Foster, Chad Lowe, and The Next Karate Kid
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USATODAY.com | October 22, 2009
Hilary Swank finds her next thrill in highflying 'Amelia'
...exhilarating." For her, so is acting. On the screen, she has played a boxer and a transgendered teen in roles in 2004's Million Dollar Baby and 1999's Boys Don't Cry that netted her best-actress Oscars. In person, Swank, 35, is elegant and...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Amelia Earhart Putnam, Mira Nair, Oscars, Amelia, Los Angeles, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Million Dollar Baby
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Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 independent drama film based on the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender who was raped and murdered on December 31, 1993 by his male friends after they found out he had female genitalia. The film features Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena and Chloë Sevigny as Brandon's girlfriend Lana Tisdel.
Boys Don’t Cry received overwhelmingly positive acclaim from critics, especially the two lead performances from Swank and Sevigny, and considering its reasonably low budget, and independent production, it was a box office success, with most of the success coming from word of mouth and critical views. Swank was awarded the 1999 Academy Award for Best Actress, and Sevigny was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress.
The film is set in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Falls City, Nebraska, but was filmed in Greenville, Texas, a small town about 45 miles northeast of Dallas. Its release was concurrent with the murder of a young gay man, Matthew Shepard, which sparked additional public interest in the film.
- Name:
- Boys Don't Cry
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- October 22, 1999
- Directed By:
- Kimberly Peirce
- Produced by:
- Written By:
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- Andy Bienen
- Kimberly Peirce
- Editor:
- Tracy Granger
- Cinematography:
- Jim Denault
- Music By:
- Nathan Larson
- Distributed By:
- Length:
- 118 min.
- Language:
- English
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