Boys is a 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.
John Baker Jr. (Haas) is a boy bored with his upper class life and the prospect of his future running the family grocery store chain. He no lon...
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Boys is a 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.
John Baker Jr. (Haas) is a boy bored with his upper class life and the prospect of his future running the family grocery store chain. He no longer sees the point in school, stating what's the difference if he gets a zero attendance for being three minutes late or skipping the whole class so he might as well skip the class. Now close to graduating from boarding school, his life is turned upside down when he rescues Patty Vare (Ryder). After repeated statements that she won't go see someone, he hides her in his dorm room and the two begin a romantic voyage of self-discovery. This is not without its problems, as other boys in the dorm quickly find out she is being hidden in his room,...
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