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Mysterious Skin
2004
In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but his negligent father does not .. Read more
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg |
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| Director | Gregg Araki |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
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Mysterious Skin
In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but his negligent father does not pay attention to the event. Brian grows-up believing he had been abducted by aliens. The gay Neil grows-up as a hustler. When Brian is eighteen years old, he looks for and meets Neil, who discloses dark innermost secrets of their past.
| Starring | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbett, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg |
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| Director | Gregg Araki |
| Studio | TARTAN FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 24 Oct 2005 |
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Based on Scott Heim's novel, Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin has twin narrators. As teenagers, Neil (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)and Brian (Brady Corbet) seem worlds apart. read more »
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Stunning movie
This film is the best of its kind i have ever seen. It is a rollercoaster from start to end. Superbly cast with the acting painfully believable. The film is ... read more »
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poor film and no clear direction.i found the film very boring and skiped to end as it did not intrest me.
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Completely brilliant in every way. I can't remember ever being so moved by a film before. The acting, writing and direction are all outstanding. It is ... read more »
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I was very surprised by this film, the acting was very good, the direction tight and a script that was dark, multi layered and very thought provoking. The scary... read more »
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Getting under Mysterious Skin
- 18 May 2005
With Star Wars fever sweeping across the nation, it would be easy to believe that no other new films were screening at UK cinemas this week. This is not the case though, as the critically acclaimed dark drama Mysterious Skin is released on May 20th. The film, directed by Gregg Akari, was selected for the Sundance, Venice and Toronto Film Festivals, and tells the story of two boys seeking to discover themselves after very different upbringings. Akari is relatively unknown as a director, his... Read more
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Mysterious Skin
In 1981, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the eight years old boy Neil McCormick is sexually abused by his pedophile baseball coach and his deranged and promiscuous mother does not pay attention. Meanwhile, the also eight years Brian Lackey awakes from a brief amnesia of four hours with a bleeding nose, but ...
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