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The Boy's Club is a 1996 Canadian crime drama thriller film directed by John Fawcett, written by Doug Smith (story) and Peter Wellington (writer), and starring Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, and Stuart Stone. It was released theatrically 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 Films and 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, 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.

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The Boy's Club
The Boy's Club
Directed by	John Fawcett
Written by	Doug Smith Peter Wellington
Produced by	Tim O'Brien Greg Dummett
Starring	Chris Penn Dominic Zamprogna Devon Sawa Stuart Stone
Cinematography	Thom Best
Edited by	Susan Maggi
Music by	Michael Timmins (music composer) Jeff Bird (music composer)
Production companies	Alliance Communications Corporation Cactra OB&D Films Ontario Film Development Corporation St. Nick Productions Téléfilm Canada
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

Plot

Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound to his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he is 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 that Luke is not who he pretends to be, they are too deeply involved.

Cast

Soundtrack

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

Awards and nominations

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

• Best Director (John Fawcett)
• Best Actor (Chris Penn)
• Best Art Direction/Production Design (Taavo Soodor)
• Best Editing (Susan Maggi)
• Best Screenplay (Doug Smith) and (Peter Wellington (director))

External links

• The Boy's Club at IMDb
• The Boy's Club at AllMovie
• The Boy's Club at Rotten Tomatoes

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