The Boys Club | |
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Directed by | John Fawcett |
Produced by |
Tim O'Brien Greg Dummett |
Written by | Doug Smith Peter Wellington |
Starring |
Chris Penn Dominic Zamprogna Devon Sawa Stuart Stone |
Distributed by | Allumination Filmworks |
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Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Boys Club is a 1997 crime 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 on VHS in Canada and the United States by Allumination Filmworks, on Laserdisc in the United States by Image Entertainment and on DVD in the United States in 1998 by Simitar Entertainment. It was re released in the USA in 2003 on DVD by Ardustry Home Entertainment. In 2013 it was released by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment on DVD.
Three teenage boys (Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, and Stuart Stone) in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper (Chris Penn), a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he's a cop on the run from corrupt colleagues, and swears them to silence. As he recuperates, he becomes their buddy and confidante. By the time the boys realize Luke is not who he pretends to be, they're in way over their heads.
The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996: