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Transamerica (2005)

R 103 min  -  Adventure | Comedy | Drama  -   10 February 2006 (Denmark)
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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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Duncan Tucker

Writer:

Duncan Tucker
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrea James ...
Voice Coach
Felicity Huffman ...
Danny Burstein ...
Dr. Spikowsky
Maurice Orozco Maurice Orozco ...
Fernando
Elizabeth Peña ...
Margaret
Craig Bockhorn Craig Bockhorn ...
Sergeant
Paul Borghese ...
New York City Cop
Kevin Zegers ...
Jon Budinoff ...
Alex
Venida Evans ...
Arletty
Raynor Scheine Raynor Scheine ...
Bobby Jensen
Kate Bayley Kate Bayley ...
Tennessee Waitress
Stella Maeve ...
Taylor
Teala Dunn ...
Little Girl
Jim Frangione Jim Frangione ...
Taylor's Father
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Storyline

Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Bail | Transsexual | Sex Change | Therapist | Stepfather  | See more »

Taglines:

Life is more than the sum of its parts. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and drug use See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

(Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Transamérica See more »

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$46,908 (USA) (4 December 2005)

Gross:

$15,151,744 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Belladonna Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Felicity Huffman had to finish shooting her scenes earlier than scheduled when she secured a role on Desperate Housewives. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Bree's sister, half Jewish, misuses the Yiddish phrase "kin-ahora" when she hears about Toby's mother's suicide. The phrase means "may the evil eye be averted" and is roughly equivalent to "knock on wood". It is used when you say something GOOD, to avert a spell cast by a jealous person or a demon. It would NEVER be used with respect to something bad. See more »

Quotes

Toby: You're gonna cut your dick off for Jesus?
Bree Osbourne: They don't "cut it off!" It just becomes an innie instead of an outtie.
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Crazy Credits

For all people of trans experience,
For all people of any experience,
and
For my family. See more »

Connections

Spoofed in "Howard Stern on Demand: Staff Films" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Silent Night"
Written by Franz Gruber (as Franz Xaver Gruber) and Joseph Mohr (Traditional)
Performed by Tish Hinojosa
Courtesy of Texas Music Group / Watermelon Records See more »