This Boy's Life
1993 film by Michael Caton-Jones
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Summary
This Boy's Life is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,429 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Michael Caton-Jones[3]
- Screenwriter: Tobias Wolff[4], Robert Getchell[5]
- Composer: Carter Burwell[6]
- Genre: biographical film[7], coming-of-age film[8], drama film[9]
- Based on: This Boy's Life[10], This Boy's Life: A Memoir[11]
- Cast member: Leonardo DiCaprio[12], Robert De Niro[13], Ellen Barkin[14], Eliza Dushku[15], Chris Cooper[16], Carla Gugino[17], Tobey Maguire[18], Michael Bacall[19], Sean Murray[20], Jonah Blechman[21], Thomas Kopache[22], Lee Wilkof[23], Stephen E. Miller[24], Kathy Kinney[25]
- Producer: Art Linson[26]
- Production company: Art Linson[27]
- Director of photography: David Watkin[28]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
- Review score: 6.4/10[30], 76%[31], 60/100[32]
- Color: color[33]
- Country of origin: United States[34]
- Publication date: April 9, 1993[35], August 26, 1993[36], September 1993[37], September 3, 1993[38], September 17, 1993[39], November 11, 1993[40], November 12, 1993[41], November 20, 1993[42], December 31, 1993[43], February 24, 1994[44], March 25, 1994[45], May 6, 1994[46], June 2, 1994[47], June 22, 1994[48]
- Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[49]
- Narrative location: Washington[50], Seattle[51]
- Main subject: dysfunctional family[52]
- Film editor: Jim Clark[53]
- Title: This Boy's Life[54]
- Has characteristic: film based on book[55]
- After a work by: Tobias Wolff[56]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[57]
- Duration: 115[58]
- NMHH film rating: Category IV[59]
Why It Matters
This Boy's Life has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]