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Dream Boy

Dream Boy

6.1 (124)2008-10-241h 28m
DramaRomance

Overview

The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.

Budget
$1,200,000

Tags & Hashtags

#highschool#smalltown#childabuse#basedonnovelorbook#homophobia#1970s#louisiana#rapeofamale#preacher#teenagelove#lgbt#lgbtteen#schoolbus#teenageprotagonist#doomedromance#gaytheme

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Cast

Stephan Bender

Stephan Bender

Nathan Davies

Thomas Jay Ryan

Thomas Jay Ryan

Harland Davies

Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

Vivian Davies

Tom Gilroy

Tom Gilroy

Preacher John

Maximillian Roeg

Maximillian Roeg

Roy

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Evelyn

Randy Wayne

Randy Wayne

Burke

Owen Beckman

Owen Beckman

Randy

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones

Roy's Mother

Crew

Director
James Bolton
Writers
James Bolton
Producers
Herb Hamsher,James Garbus,James Bolton,Robert Kroupa
Cinematography
Sarah Levy

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

June 10, 2024

6/10

What a shame this couldn't have stuck more to the book...! "Nathan" (Stephan Bender) is a newcomer in a rural bible-belt American school where he meets and falls for "Roy" (Max Roeg) an only slightly older boy who drives the school bus. They embark on a clandestine relationship. Slowly, however, their passion becomes subsumed in issues of trust and filled with dread and fear of being caught - leading to an horrific conclusion that is done for cinematic effect; it isn't as Jim Grimsley ends the n…