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The Boys Club | |
Directed by | John Fawcett |
Written by | Doug Smith (script writer) Peter Wellington |
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 | |
Distributed by | Allumination Filmworks |
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Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Boys Club is a 1996 Canadian crime drama thriller film directed by John Fawcett, [1] written by Doug Smith (story) [2] and Peter Wellington (writer), [3] and starring Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, and Stuart Stone. It was released theatrically in 1996 in Canada by Alliance Films, on VHS in Canada by Alliance Video and the United States by A-Pix Entertainment, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on VHS by High Fliers Video Distribution and in Australia and New Zealand on VHS by Home Cinema Group, on Laserdisc in the United States by Image Entertainment and on DVD in the United States in 1998 by Simitar Entertainment and in 2003 by Ardustry Home Entertainment. In 2013, it was released by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment on DVD in compilation DVD packs, and in 2017 by FilmRise digitally on Amazon Prime. It currently is not available on Blu-ray or Ultra HD Blu-ray. The film has aired in the mid 1990's on television in the USA on Pay-Per-View and Turner Classic Movies and in Canada, on Cinépop.[ citation needed ]
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Two scenes were deleted from the film, they are of two scenes, the first scene with Kyle being pinned against Jake's car by Jake [40] [41] [42] and the second scene, Kyle with his bike talking outside to Megan. Megan is shown wearing a different outfit. [43] [44] [45] A entry was posted on The Lost Media Wiki about these scenes. [46]
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The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996: [48]
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