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Release Date
• USA: Feb 3, 1995
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 27, 1999
Budget $21,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Country USA, France
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• Boys on the Side
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, On The Road, Tear Jerker, Society, Gay/Lesbian, Murder, Buddies
Tagline: A motion picture that celebrates the art of survival, the gift of laughter and the miracle of friendship.
Plot: BOYS ON THE SIDE is a simultaneously funny and moving drama of self-discovery. Three very different women find themselves together at individual crossroads in their lives. When Jane (Whoopi Goldberg) a street-smart New York lesbian, answers an ad to drive across the country, she meets Robin (Mary-Louise Parker), a prim and proper real-estate agent desperate to flee the city. The seemingly opposite pair embarks on a road trip together, concealing truths about one another: Robin is suffering from AIDS in silence, and Jane hides her homosexuality. Along the way they stop in Pittsburgh to visit Jane's friend Holly (Drew Barrymore). Holly is involved in an abusive relationship with her junkie boyfriend Nick, and when Jane attempts to take Holly with her, Nick violently intervenes. When Robin hears all the commotion, she miraculously saves the day by calming Nick down, then binding him to a chair while Holly packs her bags. However, as the three women travel west, Jane spies Nick's photograph in a newspaper--in an obituary. The trio decides to continue the journey, finding strength in one another's friendship. Director Herb Ross's touching film examines the bonds these women form as they endure heartache and love together in spite of their differences.
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Herbert Ross
Steel Magnolias, Footloose, The Secret of My Succe$s |
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Don Roos
Single White Female, Love Field, Casebusters |
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 | Billy Wirth
The Lost Boys, Body Snatchers, Relax... It's Just Sex |
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Twelve Monkeys, Bad Boys II, Primal Fear |
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What Lies Beneath, The Girl Next Door, Blade: Trinity | |
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