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Transamerica (2005) -- A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   17,964 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Duncan Tucker (writer)
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Release Date:
10 February 2006 (Denmark) more
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Tagline:
Life is more than the sum of its parts. more
Plot:
A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
Incredible movie - Great performances more (201 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Andrea James ... Voice Coach

Felicity Huffman ... Bree

Danny Burstein ... Dr. Spikowsky
Maurice Orozco ... Fernando
Elizabeth Peña ... Margaret
Craig Bockhorn ... Sergeant

Paul Borghese ... New York City Cop

Kevin Zegers ... Toby

Jon Budinoff ... Alex

Venida Evans ... Arletty
Raynor Scheine ... Bobby Jensen

Kate Bayley ... Tennessee Waitress

Stella Maeve ... Taylor

Teala Dunn ... Little Girl
Jim Frangione ... Taylor's Father
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and drug use.
Runtime:
103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Many scenes involve improvisation. The scene where the characters are riding in the car towards sunset is one of them: the director asked Felicity Huffman to start poking Kevin Zegers in the stomach and shoulder. Kevin Zegers stayed in character, and the director liked the result. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: During the trip from New York to California, Toby asks why they are heading to Dallas. The scene changes from a Midwest setting to inside the Deck Park Tunnel on I-10 in Phoenix heading West (already past Dallas), back to a Midwest neighborhood. more
Quotes:
[discovering that her son is a frog-stealing, drug addicted prostitute]
Bree Osbourne: How much is the bail?
NYC Cop: Bail is set at one dollar.
Bree Osbourne: I can't possible afford... one dollar?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Knocked Up (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Act III: Dido: When I am laid in Earth more

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44 out of 56 people found the following comment useful.
Incredible movie - Great performances, 24 October 2005
10/10
Author: ryan-605 from United States

Huffman did a terrific job of making me forget a "star" was doing the title role. Her performance was incredibly authentic. You could just feel the uncomfortableness of Bree as we see her start her journey (both figuratively and literally) and gets to know the son she never knew she had.

Moments of this movie had me laughing out loud. Others brought me near tears. If you see one movie this year, this should be it. It is movies like this that give me hope that some people still care about quality film-making.

A little gossip: the director said that Huffman enthusiastically agreed to do this film and then when it was almost time to start shooting, he found out she had to go to Hollywood in 3 months to shoot "some stupid pilot." Yes, THAT stupid pilot.

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