Boys Don't Cry
Released Date
October 8, 1999
Distributor
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$11,540,607 + $0 = $11,540,607
$11,540,607 + $0 = $11,540,607
About Boys Don't Cry
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
About
A dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena, an American trans man who falls victim to a brutal hate crime. In 2000, Hilary Swank was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Teena.
Trivia
The script took dialogue directly from archive footage in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story.