Follow Teena Brandon as she becomes Brandon Teena and claims a new male identity in the rural town of Falls City, Nebraska. There, Brandon successfully pulls off portraying a man unbeknownst to the women he's dating, eventually falling in love with Lana. He also befriends Lana's friends John and Tom. At First, Brandon's new friends like him and treat him as a buddy. But when Brandon's sexual identity is revealed, the deception triggers a spiral of horrific violence that ends in homicide.
Production Fox Searchlight Pictures (present); The Independent Film Channel Productions (present); Killer Films; Hart-Sharp Entertainment;
Cast Names Guilford Adams; Chad Briley; Ryan Thomas Brockington; Christophe Dahlkvist; Gabriel Horn; Gavin Perry; Robert A. Steffenino; Michelle Fairbanks; Caitlin Wehrle; Natalie Zea; Hilary Swank; Chloë Sevigny; Peter Sarsgaard; Brendan Sexton III; Alicia Goranson; Alison Folland; Jeannetta Arnette; Rob Campbell; Matt McGrath; Cheyenne Rushing; Robert Prentiss; Josh Ridgway; Craig Erickson; Stephanie Sechrist; Jerry Haynes; Lou Perryman; Lisa Renee Wilson; Jackson D. Kane; Joseph Gibson; Michael Tripp;
Box Office USD 11,533,945
Release Date 1999-10-01 (New York Film Festival) 1999-10-01 * (Reel Affirmations International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival) 1999-10-01 * (Chicago International Film Festival) 1999-10-08 (New York City, New York) 1999-10-22 (limited)
Genres Crime; Drama; Romance;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for violence including an intense brutal rape scene,
sexuality, language and drug use.