Big Boys Don't Cry [DVD] [2022]

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Transgender Day of Remembrance". Matthew Shepard Foundation. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014 . Retrieved October 9, 2010. Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen. The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances. The film co-stars Chloë Sevigny as Brandon's girlfriend, Lana Tisdel. Swank Risks Health For Roles". PR-inside.com. World Entertainment News Network. December 20, 2006. Archived from the original on October 7, 2007 . Retrieved October 7, 2010. Angulo, Sandra P. (March 29, 2000). "Head Banger". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012 . Retrieved November 21, 2010. Summer, Jane (March 10, 2000). "Cast as an Unknown in 'Boys,'Swank's Big News Now". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018 . Retrieved September 16, 2010.

Leung, Rebecca (March 2, 2005). "Hilary Swank: Oscar Gold". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 10, 2010 . Retrieved October 7, 2010.Boys Don't Cry (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015 . Retrieved April 26, 2015. a b Belerle, Aaron (April 18, 2000). "Boys Don't Cry: DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015 . Retrieved May 1, 2015. a b c "Another 'Boy's' Suit is Settled". The Hollywood Reporter. e5 Global Media. March 16, 2000 . Retrieved July 27, 2015. (subscription required) a b c d e f Dando, Christina (2005). "Range Wars: The Plains Frontier of 'Boys Don't Cry' ". Journal of Cultural Geography. 23 (1): 91–113. doi: 10.1080/08873630509478233. S2CID 144016376. Rainer, Peter (January 1, 2000). "In Brief: "Boys Don't Cry" ". New York. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015 . Retrieved June 13, 2015.

Wilmington, Michael (December 19, 1999). "A Toast to 1999's Best Films". Chicago Tribune. p.1. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023 . Retrieved November 10, 2023. Brandon Teena was a trans man who was gang raped and murdered by a group of male acquaintances in December 1993, when he was 21. [nb 1] [11] [12] Kimberly Peirce, at the time a Columbia University film student, became interested in the case after reading a 1994 Village Voice article by Donna Minkowitz. [13] [14] [15] Peirce became engrossed in Brandon's life and death; she said, "the minute I read about Brandon, I fell in love. With the intensity of his desire to turn himself into a boy, the fact that he did it with no role models. The leap of imagination that this person took was completely overwhelming to me." [16] The sensationalist news coverage of the case prolonged her interest. [14] Peirce said she looked beyond the brutality of the case and instead viewed the positive aspects of Brandon's life as part of what eventually caused his death. [17] She admired Brandon's audacity, ability to solve complicated problems, and what she perceived as the sense of fantasy invoked by his personality. [17]The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 8, 1999, before appearing at various other film festivals. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, the film received a limited release in the United States on October 22, 1999, and it performed well at the North American box office, gaining three times its production budget by May 2000. The film was acclaimed by critics, with many ranking it as one of the best films of the year; praise focused on the lead performances by Swank and Sevigny as well as the film's depiction of its subject matter. However, some people who had been involved with Brandon in real life criticized the film for not portraying the events accurately. Nebraska and India slam Oscar injustices". The Guardian. March 29, 2000 . Retrieved November 10, 2023. Boys Don't Cry Review". Metacritic. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved June 15, 2021. Cooper, Brenda (2002). "Boys Don't Cry and Female Masculinity: Reclaiming a Life and Dismantling the Politics of Normative Heterosexuality". Critical Studies in Media Communication. 19 (1): 44–63. doi: 10.1080/07393180216552. S2CID 145392513. Moss; Zeavin, Lynne (2001). "The Real Thing? Some Thoughts on 'Boys Don't Cry' ". In Gabbard, Glen O. (ed.). Psychoanalysis and Film. Karnac Books. ISBN 978-1-85575-275-7.

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I had the honour of going to the film premier in Chelmsford, Essex where Paul and the executive producer Richard Hart held a meet and greet Q & A afterwards.

Rigney, Melissa (2003). "Brandon Goes to Hollywood: 'Boys Don't Cry' and the Portrayal of the Transgender Body in Film". Film Criticism. 28 (2): 4–23. Brody, Jennifer Devere (2002). "Boyz Do Cry: Screening History's White Lies". Screen. 43 (1): 91–96. doi: 10.1093/screen/43.1.91. Without the charming and harrowing screenplay there would be no brilliance to discuss, no heart-break to mend, but beyond this, without Kimberly Peirce there would be no "Boys Don't Cry". Her devotion to the complete portrayal of Brandon was the ultimate success of the film. Not once did she compromise the character's emotional state, rather she found an array of images and framing choices to complete what would have otherwise been campy or simply "B". Moments of complete immersion in Lana and Brandon's love were left rolling; not cut for censorship, but shown for what it was. Peirce made the film whole, and let the audience revel in what a boy is. Big Boys Don’t Crywill be screening in the UK with special charity partners from today and is available on DVD from5 thSeptember and on-demand from7 thOctober 2022.The cast and crew have delivered a chilling version of Paul's story and its unbelievable how this abuse continues behind closed doors in 2022. The Archives: Oyster #53 Cover Star Chloë Sevigny". Oyster. May 11, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015 . Retrieved October 6, 2015. Mottram, James (August 18, 2013). " 'I've Never Been More Repulsive': Peter Sarsgaard on Playing Lina Lovelace's Abusive Husband". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015 . Retrieved May 2, 2015. Siegel, Carol (2003). "Curing Boys Don't Cry: Brandon Teena's Stories". Genders (37). Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 . Retrieved October 7, 2010. Boys Don't Cry". IGN. April 18, 2000. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015 . Retrieved May 1, 2015.