Boys (1996)

Director:

Stacy Cochran

Writers:

Stacy Cochran
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:

Baseball Player | College | Father Son Relationship | Drowning | Classroom

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
Maddie Corman	...	Liz Curry
Andy Davis	...	Jonathan Marco
Jessica Harper	...	Mrs. John Baker
Chris Cooper	...	Mr. John Baker
David Newsom	...	Curt
James Gardiner	...	Kellogg Curry Jr
Cheryl Goode	...	Beer Girl
John J. Fitzpatrick	...	Steve Hunt
Gregorio Rosenblum	...	Dr. Paz
Miranda Syp	...	Ellen Vare
Rob Carlton	...	Tom Vare
John Reeves	...	Phil Rains, Esq
Carter McNeese	...	Floor Waxer
Angela Hall	...	Officer Julie Leroux
Bob Moore	...	Officer Darryl Cane
David Paulson	...	Lieutenant Love
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brandi Burkhardt	...	Carnival Worker (uncredited)
Al Sotto	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Stacy Cochran

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Stacy Cochran
James Salter		short story "Twenty Minutes"

Produced by
Robert W. Cort	....	executive producer
Paul Feldsher	....	producer
Ted Field	....	executive producer
Peter Frankfurt	....	producer
Erica Huggins	....	producer
Scott Kroopf	....	executive producer
Rudd Simmons	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Stewart Copeland

Cinematography by
Robert Elswit

Film Editing by
Camilla Toniolo

Casting by
Todd M. Thaler		(as Todd Thaler)

Production Design by
Dan Bishop

Art Direction by
Gary Kosko

Set Decoration by
Dianna Freas

Costume Design by
Lucy W. Corrigan

Makeup Department
Naomi Donne	....	key makeup artist
Barbara Lacy	....	makeup artist
John Quaglia	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Dana Belcastro	....	unit production manager
Geno Escarrega	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bækkel	....	second second assistant director (as Peter Baekkel)
Eric Heffron	....	first assistant director (as Eric Norman Heffron)
Michael J. Moore	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jamie Bishop	....	on-set dresser
J. Kyler Black	....	assistant art director
Carl Catanese	....	set dresser
F. Dale Davis	....	set dresser
Steven Franciotti	....	construction foreman
Francesca Gerlach	....	scenic artist
Jay Klein	....	leadman
Martin Lasowitz	....	property master
Thomas H.E. Scruggs	....	set dresser
Jeff Stacy	....	assistant property master
Becky Weidner	....	set buyer (as Rebecca Weidner)
William F. Wirth	....	construction coordinator (as William Wirth)
Christopher L. Conner	....	gang boss (uncredited)
Ted Lubonovich II	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Silvija L. Moess	....	greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ulrika Akander	....	sound editor
David W. Alstadter	....	foley mixer
Donna Barrett	....	cable person
Lois A. Bellucci	....	assistant sound editor (as Lois Bellucci Hoover)
Michael J. Benavente	....	sound editor
George Berndt	....	adr supervisor
Simon Coke	....	sound editor
Gordon Davidson	....	sound editor
Bradford L. Hohle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	boom operator (as Jeff Humphreys)
David Kelson	....	production sound mixer
Jonathan Klein	....	foley editor
Bruce Lacey	....	sound editor
Thomas P. McNamara	....	assistant sound editor (as Thomas McNamara)
David Novack	....	re-recording mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist (as Timothy A. Pearson)
Fred Peck III	....	foley recordist
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr editor (as Victoria Sampson)
Hamilton Sterling	....	supervising sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
D.R. Curtis	....	additional cable person (uncredited)
Bob Newlan	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Matt Vogel	....	special effects coordinator (as Matthew Vogel)

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunts (as George Aguilar)
Bill Anagnos	....	stunts
Nancy Ellen Anzalone	....	stunt double: Winona Ryder
Nancy Ellen Anzalone	....	stunts
John Cade	....	stunts
Shari Duppin	....	stunts
Chuck Jeffreys	....	stunts
Jennifer Lamb	....	stunts
Phil Neilson	....	stunt coordinator (as Phil Nielson)
Stephanie Sullivan	....	stunts
Gerald Titus	....	precision driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Hank Atterbury	....	grip
Michael F. Barrow	....	gaffer (as Michael Barrow)
Thomas Bertch Jr.	....	electrician
Rhett Bloomquist	....	grip
Frank Caslin	....	electrician
Dean Citroni	....	grip
Marc Collins	....	generator operator
Ted Criswell	....	electrician
Angelo Di Giacomo	....	first assistant camera (as Angelo DiGiacomo)
Rusty Gardner	....	best boy electric (as William 'Rusty' Gardner)
Edward Knott III	....	dolly grip (as Edward J. Knott III)
Thomas Loizeaux	....	camera operator
Lauren Loughlin	....	camera loader
Rick Raphael	....	Steadicam operator
Katherine Ruppe	....	second assistant camera
Keith Salkowski	....	electrician
Lee Shapira	....	key grip
Jon Sibert	....	grip
Ed Slater	....	electrician (as Edward Slater)
Brian Snell	....	best boy grip
Demmie Todd	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Kahane Corn	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Gulczynski	....	assistant costume designer (as Elizabeth J. Gulczynski)
Marina Marit	....	costume supervisor
Anna M. Welcome	....	on-set costumer

Editorial Department
Carolyn Calvert	....	first assistant editor (as Carolyn Horton Calvert)
Chris Carter	....	post-production assistant
Sara Corrigan	....	assistant editor
Tod Evans	....	apprentice editor
Fred Hyde	....	color timer
Sandra Nash	....	apprentice editor
Nancy Novack	....	co-film editor
Daniel Pagan	....	apprentice editor (as Danny Pagan)
Beverly Pinnas	....	assistant editor
Amanda Pollack	....	assistant editor
Erin Scully	....	post-production coordinator
Stuart Sperling	....	assistant editor
Sean Valla	....	first assistant editor
Debra C. Victoroff	....	first assistant editor (as Debra Victoroff)

Music Department
Michael T. Andreas	....	conductor
Michael T. Andreas	....	orchestrator
Kristen Becht	....	music coordinator
John Bidasio	....	orchestra contractor: Interlock Music (as John Bedasio)
Brent Brooks	....	music editor: temp music
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor
Frankii Elliott	....	composer: additional music
Billy Gottlieb	....	music supervisor
Joseph Magee	....	orchestra recordist
Jonathan McHugh	....	music executive in charge: A&M Records
Judd Miller	....	musician: EVI
Karyn Rachtman	....	music supervisor
Jeff Seitz	....	music scoring engineer
Jeff Seitz	....	music scoring mixer
Dawn Soler	....	executive music consultant (as Dawn Solér)
Michael Thompson	....	musician: guitar
Sharyn M. Tylk	....	assistant music editor (as Sharyn Tylk)

Transportation Department
Christopher Kelley	....	talent driver (as D. Christopher Johnson III)
A. Welch Lambeth	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Luckeroth	....	transportation captain
Gerald Titus	....	driver

Other crew
Guy Adan	....	unit publicist
Lene Baekkel	....	production assistant (as Lena Baekkel)
Valerie Bartlett	....	production secretary
Jen Pollack Bianco	....	assistant: Ms. Huggins
Shelbi Clarke	....	assistant: Mr. Frankfurt (as Shelbi G. Clarke)
Shad Collins	....	production assistant
Wil Collins	....	production assistant (as Wil J. Collins)
Ken Cosci	....	assistant: Mr. Kroopf
George Figgs	....	projectionist
Rebecca Gibson	....	assistant production coordinator
Walter Glinowiecki	....	craft service
Lys Hopper	....	location manager
Julia Lazarus	....	assistant: Ms. Cochran
Kurt Leitner	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Lipinski	....	assistant: Mr. Frankfurt
Patty MacDonald	....	assistant: Mr. Cort
Fred Northup	....	assistant to director
Julie Oppenheimer	....	script supervisor
Joshua Ornstein	....	first assistant accountant (as Josh Ornstein)
Lauri Pitkus	....	carnival coordinator
Lara Porzak	....	assistant: Ms. Ryder
Stephanie Post Pollard	....	assistant: Mr. Copeland (as Stefanie Post Pollard)
Mike Revell	....	production accountant
Terry 't-bone' Rhodes	....	assistant location manager (as Terry Rhodes)
Rick Scheil	....	post-production accountant
Woody Schultz	....	production assistant
Brett Stumpp	....	location scout
Yoshikazu Takeda	....	production assistant
Barbara Zipperman	....	executive in charge of business affairs
Thais Zoe	....	production coordinator (as Thaïs Zoé)
Charley Armstrong	....	location scout (uncredited)
Jeff Johnson	....	set medic (uncredited)
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Thanks
Carol Bodie	....	special thanks
David Gersh	....	special thanks
Susan Gould	....	special thanks
Michael A. Helfant	....	thanks
Jody Hotchkiss	....	special thanks
Michael Kuhn	....	thanks
David Lonner	....	special thanks
Jay Maloney	....	special thanks
Andrea Modica	....	special thanks
James Salter	....	special thanks
Ira Schreck	....	special thanks
Greg Shipley	....	special thanks: Maryland State Police (as Lt. Greg Shipley)

Production Companies

• Interscope Communications
• Polygram Filmed Entertainment
• Touchstone Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Top Tape (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• A&M Records  soundtrack
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Micdi Productions  music editorial
• Taylor Royall Casting  extras casting

Also Known As:

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 Digital

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:

TRIUMPHANT BANNER MARCH

This would be a really great film, if it actually went anywhere.

I gave Boys (1996) a solid eight out of ten --- until the credits rolled. This movie is a superficial script (based on a short story by Stacy Cochran, who also directed), has excellent direction & cinematography and superb acting by such a young cast, and Winona Ryder is brilliant as always.

Boys seems to pass in an awe-inspiring, action-packed 5 minutes and as the cast just get their troubles behind them and you start expecting the action to pick up and really 'get in to it' the movie ends and the credits roll, leaving the audience with a very unsatisfying, empty and unfullfilled feeling. I found myself immediately wanting to watch 'next week's episode' or the sequel or _something_. I think it is always possible for this to happen when a movie is based on the few pages of a short story, but at least Boys doesn't suffer the abridgement many novels do when they are transferred to the silver screen.

This is a light-hearted, comical glimpse into the interesting lives of a few, I just can't believe it finished, leaving me wondering _so_ much, too much, about the characters and where they go from here.

Altogether, it's great film, even if somewhat unsatisfying. In any case, I highly recommend it --- especially for Winona Ryder fans. (7/10 - generously)