This Boy's Life

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Year: 1993
Running time: 1h 55m
Rated: R
Genre: Drama
US release: 1993
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This Boy's Life

He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones

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.

Cast

Robert De NiroDwight

Ellen BarkinCaroline

Leonardo DiCaprioToby

Jonah BlechmanArthur Gayle

Eliza DushkuPearl

Chris CooperRoy

Carla GuginoNorma

Zachary AnsleySkipper

Tracey EllisKathy

Kathy KinneyMarian

Crew

David WatkinDirector of Photography

Jim ClarkEditor

Michael Caton-JonesDirector

Carter BurwellComposer

Robert GetchellScreenplay

Studios: Knickerbocker Films, Warner Bros. Pictures

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