Boys (1996 film)

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Boys
Boys poster
Directed by	Stacy Cochran
Produced by	Paul Feldsher Peter Frankfurt Erica Huggins
Written by	Stacy Cochran James Salter (story)
Starring	Winona Ryder Lukas Haas John C. Reilly James LeGros Skeet Ulrich Chris Cooper
Music by	Stewart Copeland
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Editing by	Camilla Toniolo
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	10 May 1996
Running time	86 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Boys is an 1996 American film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas. The film was originally titled The Girl You Want. The film earned $516,349 in the United States box office. It is based on a short story called 20 Minutes by James Salter.

The film was shot in Baltimore, Maryland and Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

"Boys is a low-rent, dumbed-down version of Before Sunrise, with a rent-a-plot substituting for clever dialogue." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times [1].

[edit] Plot

John Baker Jr. (Lukas Haas) is close to graduating from boarding school when he rescues a beautiful, slightly older woman (Winona Ryder) with a secret. Discovering she's on the run, he hides her in his dorm room and the two begin a romantic voyage of self-discovery.