The Boys Club

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The Boys Club
Directed by John Fawcett
Written byDoug 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
Release dates
  • September 19, 1996 (1996-09-19)(Canada)
  • April 25, 1997 (1997-04-25)(U.S.)
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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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

Soundtrack

  1. "Harnessed in Slums", Archers of Loaf [19]
  2. "Universe", Eric's Trip [20]
  3. "Failed You", The Pasties [21]
  4. "Old Enough", Crash Vegas [22]
  5. "Devil", Drugstore [23]
  6. "Disease", Sister Machine Gun [24]
  7. "Coconut Cream", The Tragically Hip [25]
  8. "Jesus", Vowel Movement [26]
  9. "Misogyny", Rusty [27]
  10. "Too Easy", Wagbeard [28]
  11. "Gun Pointed", Taste of Joy [29]
  12. "Monkeysucker", The Killjoys [30]
  13. "Everything", The Killjoys [31]
  14. "Morphine", Moist [32]
  15. "You Shine Bright", Crash Vegas [33]
  16. "My Favorite Martian", The Doughboys [34]
  17. "The Letter", Bif Naked [35]
  18. "Over Your Shoulder", Motörhead [36]
  19. "Moment", Crawl [37]
  20. "Neighborhood Villains", The Doughboys [38]
  21. "The Secret", 54-40 [39]

Deleted Scenes

Two scenes were deleted from the film, 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] Two other images with one being an alternate scene with Kyle and Megan and a image from a scene with Kyle, Brad and Eric riding their bikes are on the back of the Spain VHS titled 'Amigo o Enemigo' [47] .

Filming locations

Filming was in the Summer of 1994. The movie was filmed in Georgetown, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [48] [ citation needed ]

Awards and nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996: [49]

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