Tomboy | |
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Directed by | Herb Freed |
Screenplay by | Herb Freed Ben Zelig |
Story by | Ben Zelig |
Produced by | Michael D. Castle Marilyn Jacobs Tenser |
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Cinematography | Daniel Yarussi |
Edited by | Richard E. Westover |
Music by | Michael Lloyd |
Distributed by | Crown International Pictures BCI Eclipse |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $14,100,000 [1] |
Tomboy is a 1985 American teen comedy film directed by Herb Freed and starring Betsy Russell.
The film concerns the life of Tomasina "Tommy" Boyd (Betsy Russell) who works as a mechanic and her hopes to become a stock car driver. When she falls for a visiting, more famous stock car racer, who offends her with his chauvinistic remarks, a car race between the lovers has commenced.
The film was released on January 25, 1985 to 409 theaters and grossed $1,723,935 in the opening weekend (12.2%). Its final grossing in the US market was $14,100,000. [1]
Tomboy received it first official DVD release in the United States on August 22, 2006. On September 29, 2009, Mill Creek Entertainment released Tomboy is a 'Too Cool for School Collection' which also featured Malibu Beach, Hunk , Cavegirl , The Van , The Pom Pom Girls , My Tutor , Jocks , Coach, The Beach Girls , Weekend Pass , and My Chauffeur . The film was also released alongside other feature film DVD collection. In 2011, it was released with Malibu Beach, My Chauffeur and Weekend Pass. It was made available in another 4-movie pack with My Tutor, My Chauffeur and Jocks.
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