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This Boy's Life (1993) -- 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.
This Boy's Life (1993) -- 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.

Overview

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Writers (WGA):
Tobias Wolff (book)
Robert Getchell (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 April 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
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
Plot:
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
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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 (From Cinematical. 27 February 2009, 12:02 PM, PST)

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 (From digitalspy. 11 November 2008, 10:00 PM, PST)

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Leo's movie more

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and sexuality.
Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Concrete, Washington, USA more

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Trivia:
Tobey Maguire first auditioned for the part of Toby but director Michael Caton-Jones thought he wasn't right for the role. Leonardo DiCaprio, who is close friends with Tobey Maguire, still wanted him to be apart of the film so he got him the role of Toby's friend Chuck Bolger. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the finger cutting scene, the finger shown in close up with special effects is not the finger shown when the camera pans back to original shot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
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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Movie Connections:
References The Searchers (1956) more
Soundtrack:
Perfidia more

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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Leo's movie, 3 December 1998
Author: Boyo-2

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.

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