Boys (1996)

Director:

Stacy Cochran

Writers:

Stacy Cochran (writer)
James Salter (short story "Twenty Minutes")

Release Date:

10 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

No one stays innocent forever.

Plot:

Patty Vare falls off a horse and is found unconscious by prep school student John Baker. He takes her to his dorm...

Plot Keywords:

Prep School | Teenage Boy | County Fair | Baseball Player | One Word Title

Cast

Winona Ryder	...	Patty Vare
Lukas Haas	...	John Baker Jr
John C. Reilly	...	Officer Kellogg Curry
James LeGros	...	Fenton Ray
Skeet Ulrich	...	Bud Valentine
Matt Malloy	...	Bartender
Spencer Vrooman	...	John Murphy
Charlie Hofheimer	...	John Cooke
Bill Sage	...	Officer Bill Martone
Marty McDonough	...	Teacher
Wiley Wiggins	...	John Phillips
Vivienne Shub	...	Frances
Russell Young	...	John Van Slieder
Christopher Pettiet	...	Jon Heinz
Catherine Keener	...	Jilly

Also Known As:

The Girl You Want (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, some sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

Several shots take place in a coffee shop/dining area of the school. The location used was the real coffee shop of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, normally painted a modest off-white. The filmmakers had the coffe shop painted a bizarre orange color for the production, then painted back to white after they were finished.

Quotes:

John Baker Jr: God, are you always like this?
Patty: Ya, I'm always like this.

Soundtrack:

ALRIGHT

strange and interesting

I liked this movie a lot. Visually, it is just so appealing in a very mystical sort of way. I don't get why nobody gets this movie. While the story doesn't quite hold up as well as the photography and the ending is way eighties, if you are a poetic person, you will get into this. In a weird sort of way it has a bit of the Love Story appeal. There is just something about it that can't be explained. A lot of the appeal has to do with winona ryder, she has never looked more magnetic...trust me. She actually does a very good acting job with this, in fact she probably saves the movie with her appeal and acting skills. There are certain scenes in this flick that will just float you away...like the one where the two main characters make love in the woods behind the carnival...classic. The first fifteen minutes are very interesting also. To sum up a rambling review just let me say this is one for are searching for something poetic and different in a movie. This is one for the fans of beautiful, sensitive people, falling leaves, and cobblestone paths.