A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
- Director
- Writers
- Gregg Araki(screenplay)
- Scott Heim(novel)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Gregg Araki(screenplay)
- Scott Heim(novel)
- Stars
- Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations
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- Deborah (age 12)as Deborah (age 12)
- (as Rachael Kraft)
- Ericas Eric
- (as Jeff Licon)
- Director
- Writers
- Gregg Araki(screenplay)
- Scott Heim(novel)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
- Taglines
- Two boys. One can't remember. The other can't forget.
- Genre
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Unrated
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaGregg Araki said in an NPR interview that he shot all of the scenes with the child actors in such a way that they did not know the sexual context of their abuse scenes, and only during editing did he make the movie appear to show children being abused or witnessing abuse.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Neil: [narration voice-over] And as we sat there listening to the carolers, I wanted to tell Brian it was over now and everything would be okay. But that was a lie, plus, I couldn't speak anyway. I wish there was some way for us to go back and undo the past. But there wasn't. There was nothing we could do. So I just stayed silent and trying to telepathically communicate how sorry I was about what had happened. And I thought of all the grief and sadness and fucked up suffering in the world, and it made me want to escape. I wished with all my heart that we could just leave this world behind. Rise like two angels in the night and magically... disappear.
- Crazy creditsThe movie title is displayed at the start of the film (at 0:01:56) spaced out as M-YS-TERIOUS S-K-I-N.
- Alternate versionsThe 2005 film reviews generally list a 99 minute run-time. The British Board of Film Classification, bbfc.co.uk, rated the uncut 105m 19s film as 18 on 5/20/2005. The 3/20/2006 "Unrated Director's Edition" Strand Releasing DVD has a 104m 59s run-time, but its case lists a 99m length; it is also anamorphic 853x479 pixels format (1.78:1 aspect) but the case lists Letterboxed. The Internet Movie Database technical specifications list a 107 min Sundance Channel Library Print, but on Sundance.com Sundance TV lists a 105 minutes run-time.
- SoundtracksGolden Hair
Written by Syd Barrett
Performed by Slowdive
Courtesy of SINE a division of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Used by permission of BMG Music Publishing International o/b/o Lupus Music Company Ltd.
- PaulLondon
- May 22, 2005
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $713,240
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,425
- May 8, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $1,532,932
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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