TY - ADVS AU - Peirce,Kimberly AU - Bienen,Andy AU - Swank,Hilary AU - Sevigny,Chloë AU - Sarsgaard,Peter ED - Fox Searchlight Pictures ED - Independent Film Channel Productions ED - Killer Films ED - Hart-Sharp Entertainment (Firm) TI - Boys don't cry PY - 2002/// CY - California PB - Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment KW - Teena, Brandon, KW - Transsexuals KW - Nebraska KW - Drama KW - Hate crimes KW - Man-woman relationships N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1999; Special features: Audio commentary by director Kimberly Peirce -- Featurette -- Original trailer -- Teaser trailer -- 3 TV spots -- Scene Access -- Interactive menus; Cinematography, Jim Denault ; editors, Lee Percy, Tracy Granger ; music, Nathan Larson ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox ; directed by Richard Eyre ; director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley; Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard; BBFC rated: 18 years and over N2 - A transgendered youth starts living as a man, and assumes the name Brandon Teena. He moves to a tiny Nebraska town and begins making new friends under his new identity. All goes well until his new friends discover his secret. Based on a true story about hope, fear, and the courage it takes to be yourself ER -