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This Boy's Life(Movie, 1993)

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| 1h 55min | Genre: Drama
This Boy's LifeRating: 3.6/5 (with 449449 votes)
This Boy's Life (titled onscreen as This Boy's Life: A True Story) is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Ellen Barkin. It marks the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro ever collaborated. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku and Tobey Maguire's first cre... ()
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About This Boy's Life

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Washington, Seattle
Based on the work of: Tobias Wolff ("This Boy's Life")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 27 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 04/09/1993
Producer: Art Linson
Screenwriter: Tobias Wolff
Film Editor: Jim Clark
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Composer: Carter Burwell
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Despertar de Um Homem"
"This Boy's Life - Die Geschichte einer Jugend"
"Ez a fiúk sorsa"
Revenue: 4,104,962 USD

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