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Transamerica
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7.0A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Cast
- Felicity Huffman as Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne / Stanley Schupak
- Kevin Zegers as Toby Wilkins
- Fionnula Flanagan as Elizabeth Schupak
- Burt Young as Murray Schupak
- Carrie Preston as Sydney Schupak
- Elizabeth Peña as Margaret
Themes
- new york city
- individual
- sexual abuse
- waitress
- parent child relationship
- therapist
- runaway
- new mexico
- drug addiction
- hustler
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
42,992 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 32 wins & 26 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Duncan Tucker
- Written by
- Duncan Tucker
- Produced by
- Rene Bastian Sebastian Dungan Linda Morgan
- Starring
- Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Graham Greene Fionnula Flanagan Burt Young Carrie Preston Elizabeth Peña
- Cinematography
- Stephen Kazmierski
- Edited by
- Pam Wise
- Music by
- David Mansfield
- Production company
- Belladonna Productions
- Distributed by
- The Weinstein Company IFC Films (North America) Contentfilm International (Overseas)
- Release dates
- February 14, 2005 ( 2005-02-14 ) ( Berlinale ) December 2, 2005 ( 2005-12-02 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1 million
- Box office
- $15.2 million
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Official website
Transamerica - ein tragikomisches Roaadmovie
Transamerica:Tragikomödie und Roadmovie mit ungewöhnlicher Vater-Sohn-Geschichte, transsexueller Frau und Stricherjungen in den Hauptrollen.
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Encyclopedic overview
Transamerica is a 2005 American road comedy-drama film written and directed by Duncan Tucker, and starring Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers. Released by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company, the film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2005, and to theaters in the United States on December 2, 2005.
The screenplay, inspired in part by conversations between Tucker and his then-roommate Katherine Connella, tells the story of Bree (Huffman), a trans woman, who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Zegers).
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