This Boy's Life
1993/04/09 (US) | Drama
He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.
When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
Michael Caton-Jones
Director
Robert Getchell
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Robert De Niro
Dwight Hansen
Ellen Barkin
Caroline Wolff Hansen
Leonardo DiCaprio
Tobias Wolff
Chris Cooper
Roy
Eliza Dushku
Pearl
Jonah Blechman
Arthur Gayle
Kathy Kinney
Marian
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 4,104,962
Status
Released
Production Company
- Knickerbocker Films
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Crews
Owens Hill
Casting
Art Linson
Producer
Jim Clark
Editor
Tobias Wolff
Novel
Sandy Cochrane
Art Direction
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer