The Boys Club

For other uses, see Boys Club (disambiguation).

The Boys Club
The Boys Club
Directed by	John Fawcett
Written by	Doug Smith (story) Peter Wellington (screenplay)
Produced by	Tim O'Brien Greg Dummett
Starring	Chris Penn Dominic Zamprogna Devon Sawa Stuart Stone Amy Stewart Nicholas Campbell
Cinematography	Thom Best
Edited by	Susan Maggi
Music by	Michael Timmins (music composer) Jeff Bird (music composer)
Production companies	Alliance Communications Corporation Actra Le Monde Entertainment B&D Films Ontario Film Development Corporation St. Nick Productions Téléfilm Canada
Distributed by	Alliance Communications Corporation
Release date	September 19, 1996 (1996-09-19)(Canada)
Country	Canada
Language	English

The Boys Club is a 1996 Canadian crime drama thriller film directed by John Fawcett, and Peter Wellington (writer), and starring Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, and Stuart Stone. It was released theatrically in 1996 in Canada by Alliance Films.^{[ citation needed ]}

Plot

Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he’s a cop on the run from corrupt colleagues, and swears them to silence.

As he recuperates, he becomes their buddy and confidant. By the time the boys realize Luke is not who he pretends to be, they are in way over their heads.

Cast

• Chris Penn as Luke
• Stuart Stone as Brad
• Devon Sawa as Eric
• Amy Stewart as Megan
• Nicholas Campbell as Kyle's Dad
• Jarred Blanchard as Jake
• Max Piersig as Simon
• Julian Richings as Officer Cole
• Alana Shields as Brad's Mom
• Sean Dick as Bobby
• Peter Van Wart as Eric's Father
• Heidi von Palleske as Eric's Mother
• Bif Naked as Liquor Store Manager
• Brock Curley as Liquor Store Cashier

Production

The movie was filmed in Georgetown, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^{[ citation needed ]}

Soundtrack

1. "Harnessed in Slums", Archers of Loaf ^[1]
2. "Universe", Eric's Trip ^[1]
3. "Failed You", The Pasties ^[1]
4. "Old Enough", Crash Vegas ^[1]
5. "Devil", Drugstore ^[1]
6. "Disease", Sister Machine Gun ^[1]
7. "Coconut Cream", The Tragically Hip ^[1]
8. "Jesus", Vowel Movement ^[1]
9. "Misogyny", Rusty ^[1]
10. "Too Easy", Wagbeard ^[1]
11. "Gun Pointed", Taste of Joy ^[1]
12. "Monkeysucker", The Killjoys ^[1]
13. "Everything", The Killjoys ^[1]
14. "Morphine", Moist
15. "You Shine Bright", Crash Vegas ^[1]
16. "My Favorite Martian", The Doughboys ^[1]
17. "The Letter", Bif Naked ^[1]
18. "Over Your Shoulder", Motörhead ^[1]
19. "Moment", Crawl ^[1]
20. "Neighborhood Villains", The Doughboys ^[1]
21. "The Secret", 54-40 ^[1]

Release

The Boys Club was released on VHS in Canada by Alliance Video.

Awards and nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996: ^[2]

• Best Director (John Fawcett) ^[3]
• Best Actor (Chris Penn) ^[4]
• Best Art Direction/Production Design (Taavo Soodor) ^[5]
• Best Editing (Susan Maggi) ^[6]
• Best Screenplay (Doug Smith) and (Peter Wellington (director)) ^[7]

References

1. "The Boys Club (1996) Soundtrack".
2. "The Boys Club (1996) - John Fawcett | Awards | AllMovie".
3. "Ginger Snaps: How fear over teen violence almost killed John Fawcett's werewolf cult classic". Calgary Herald . April 19, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
4. "The Boys Club (1996) - John Fawcett | Awards | AllMovie".
5. "The Boys Club (1996) - John Fawcett | Awards | AllMovie".
6. "The Boys Club (1996) - John Fawcett | Awards | AllMovie".
7. "The Boys Club (1996) - John Fawcett | Awards | AllMovie".

External links

• The Boys Club at IMDb  
• The Boys Club at Rotten Tomatoes