The Boys Club

The Boy's Club
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 (Canada); April 25, 1997 (U.S.);
Country	Canada
Language	English

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.

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

Chris Penn – Luke
Dominic Zamprogna – Kyle
Stuart Stone – Brad
Devon Sawa – Eric
Amy Stewart – Megan
Nicholas Campbell – Kyle's Dad
Jarred Blanchard – Jake
Max Piersig – Simon
Julian Richings – Officer Cole
Alana Shields – Brad's Mom
Sean Dick – Bobby
Peter Van Wart – Eric's Father
Heidi von Palleske – Eric's Mother
Bif Naked – Liquor Store Manager
Brock Curley – Liquor Store Cashier
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio – (uncredited)
Michael Anthony Williams – Bill (uncredited)

Soundtrack

"Harnessed in Slums", Archers of Loaf
"Universe", Eric's Trip
"Failed You", The Pasties
"Old Enough", Crash Vegas
"Devil", Drugstore
"Disease", Sister Machine Gun
"Coconut Cream", The Tragically Hip
"Jesus", Vowel Movement
"Misogyny", Rusty
"Too Easy", Wagbeard
"Gun Pointed", Taste of Joy
"Monkeysucker", The Killjoys
"Everything", The Killjoys
"Morphine", Moist
"You Shine Bright", Crash Vegas
"My Favorite Martian", The Doughboys
"The Letter", Bif Naked
"Over Your Shoulder", Motörhead
"Moment", Crawl
"Neighborhood Villains", The Doughboys
"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))

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