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This Boy's Life
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This Boy's Life is a 1993 American biographical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. The screenplay was written by Tobias Wolff and Robert Getchell, based on a work by Wolff. The cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, and Eliza Dushku. Art Linson served as producer, while David Watkin was the director of photography and Jim Clark was the film editor. Carter Burwell composed the music. The film is in English and was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment.
The narrative is set in Washington and Seattle, focusing on a dysfunctional family. Production companies involved include Knickerbocker Films and Warner Bros. Pictures. The film has a runtime of 115 minutes. It received various review scores, including 6.4/10, 76%, and 60/100. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.3 based on 62,331 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.133 from 1,086 votes. The film generated revenue of 4,104,962.
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7.1When 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.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Dwight
- Ellen Barkin as Caroline
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Toby
- Jonah Blechman as Arthur Gayle
- Eliza Dushku as Pearl
- Chris Cooper as Roy
Themes
- jealousy
- based on novel or book
- single parent
- seattle, washington
- car mechanic
- relationship problems
- based on true story
- stepfather
- family relationships
- alcoholic
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Screenplay by
- Robert Getchell
- Based on
- This Boy's Life , by Tobias Wolff
- Produced by
- Fitch Cady Art Linson
- Starring
- Robert De Niro Ellen Barkin Leonardo DiCaprio
- Cinematography
- David Watkin
- Edited by
- Jim Clark
- Music by
- Carter Burwell
- Production company
- Knickerbocker Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- April 9, 1993 ( 1993-04-09 )
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $4.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin and Leonardo DiCaprio (in his first feature-film lead role). The cast also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino and Eliza Dushku, as well as Tobey Maguire in his first credited appearance in a feature film.
It is the first on-screen collaboration of Maguire and DiCaprio, both of whom would work on Don's Plum (2001) and The Great Gatsby (2013). It is also the first on-screen collaboration of DiCaprio and De Niro, both of whom would work together in Marvin's Room (1996), the short film The Audition (2015) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
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