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"Just a Girl from a Trailer Park Who Had a Dream"

News   July 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm FilmNerd

Central Cinema is showing a personal favorite:  Boys Don’t Cry, playing through July 29 at 7.

Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Pierce, USA, 1999)

Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Pierce, USA, 1999)

Ten years ago, Hilary Swank busted onto the silver screen as Brandon Teena, a victim of homophobic hate crime.

The role started  Swank on the road to the exclusive 2-for-2 actress Oscars Club (members include Swank, Vivien Leigh, Helen Hayes, Sally Field, and Luise Rainer).

Swank:  Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby
Leigh:  Gone With the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire
Helen Hayes:  Airport, The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Sally Field:  Norma Rae, Places in the Heart
Luise Rainer:  The Good Earth, The Great Ziegfield


  • http://unclevinny.wordpress.com/ Uncle Vinny

    We like her! We really like her!

    (Actually, she makes me a little nervous. But she’s a fine actress.)

  • http://unclevinny.wordpress.com Uncle Vinny

    We like her! We really like her!

    (Actually, she makes me a little nervous. But she’s a fine actress.)

  • another film nerd

    Was I the only one who thought Million Dollar Baby was just awful melodromatic tripe?

  • another film nerd

    Was I the only one who thought Million Dollar Baby was just awful melodromatic tripe?

  • http://publicola.net/?cat=17 FilmNerd

    I don’t think you were the only one. I never saw it (notice the recommendation is for BDC). But, you know, it won Oscars, so…kinda like a bestseller?

  • http://publicola.net/?cat=17 FilmNerd

    I don’t think you were the only one. I never saw it (notice the recommendation is for BDC). But, you know, it won Oscars, so…kinda like a bestseller?

  • http://www.bombasticmo.com BombasticMo

    Boys Don’t Cry was utterly amazing, but I don’t think I can see it again. It hurts to watch it, in a way that theater seldom is able to do.

    Even worse, the Central Cinema serves beer (and great food) while you watch. I feel like that combination would leave me drunk in the CD crying into my lavender flavored popcorn.

  • http://www.bombasticmo.com/ BombasticMo

    Boys Don't Cry was utterly amazing, but I don't think I can see it again. It hurts to watch it, in a way that theater seldom is able to do.

    Even worse, the Central Cinema serves beer (and great food) while you watch. I feel like that combination would leave me drunk in the CD crying into my lavender flavored popcorn.