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Release Date:
9 April 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got. more
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The story about the relationship between a rebellious 50s teenager and his abusive father, based on the memoirs of writer and literature professor Tobias Wolff. full summary | full synopsis
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(2 articles)
DiCaprio, De Niro and Pesci to Star in Heist Film?
(From Cinematical. 27 February 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)
Ten Things You Never Knew About Leonardo DiCaprio
(From digitalspy. 11 November 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)
(From Cinematical. 27 February 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)
Ten Things You Never Knew About Leonardo DiCaprio
(From digitalspy. 11 November 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)
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Leo's movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert De Niro | ... | Dwight Hansen | |
| Ellen Barkin | ... | Caroline Wolff Hansen | |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | Tobias 'Toby' Wolff | |
| Jonah Blechman | ... | Arthur Gayle | |
| Eliza Dushku | ... | Pearl | |
| Chris Cooper | ... | Roy | |
| Carla Gugino | ... | Norma | |
| Zachary Ansley | ... | Skipper (as Zack Ansley) | |
| Tracey Ellis | ... | Kathy | |
| Kathy Kinney | ... | Marian | |
| Robert Zameroski | ... | Arch Cook (as Bobby Zameroski) | |
| Tobey Maguire | ... | Chuck Bolger | |
| Tristan Tait | ... | Jerry Huff | |
| Travis MacDonald | ... | Psycho | |
| Richard Liss | ... | A&P Manager |
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Rated R for strong language and sexuality.
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115 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Canada:14A |
Iceland:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Ireland:18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-12 |
Germany:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Dwight's family actually lived in Concrete, in the far north of Washington state. In the film, the nearest school is in the town of Chinook. In reality, the nearest school to Concrete in the 1950s was in the town of Sedro-Wooley. Chinook is in the far south of the state.
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Continuity: When Toby fights Arthur Gayle, his friends are egging him on. When the fight ends they have inexplicably vanished.
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Tobias 'Toby' Wolff: It was 1957. We were driving from Florida to Utah. After my mother was beaten up by her boyfriend, we got in the Nash and high-tailed it for the uranium fields. We were gonna get rich and change our luck, which hadn't been so hot since our family broke up five years back.
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Tobias 'Toby' Wolff: It was 1957. We were driving from Florida to Utah. After my mother was beaten up by her boyfriend, we got in the Nash and high-tailed it for the uranium fields. We were gonna get rich and change our luck, which hadn't been so hot since our family broke up five years back.
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References Island of Lost Women (1959)
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I'm Sorry
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The title got it right. This is Leonardo's movie through and through. You can't wait for him to get away from his ineffectual Mother and his Stepfather. Not many young actors could hold their own with DeNiro, but Leonardo succeeds beautifully. See this movie if you still have any doubts about his acting ability; for once, the 12-year-old girls got it right by anointing him the actor of this generation.