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:

HONEYSIMPLE

This was good

I do not care what other users say, this was a good movie. The acting was superb, the directing was on target, and the photography was absolutely beautiful. A fitting soundtrack, a very sufficient cast, and quality transition between short-story and screen. Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas give a chemistry that you cannot find in many movies these days, especially with youth actors. Ok, Granted- that the story builds up and then lets you off to a bad explanation and dull outcome, the ride up to the climax was marvelous. I voted this movie an 8, and anyone who devoutly disagrees can go take a film making course and actually learn to critique.