The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 American film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Care and written by Jeff Stockwell and Michael Petroni based on Chris Fuhrman's 1994 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel of the same name.[3] The film stars Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster and Vincent D'Onofrio.
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Directed by | Peter Care |
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Based on | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys by Chris Fuhrman |
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Cinematography | Lance Acord |
Edited by | Chris Peppe |
Music by | Marco Beltrami |
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Distributed by | THINKFilm |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[1] |
Box office | $2 million[2] |
The film is about a group of Catholic school friends in the Southern United States in the 1970s who engage in a series of pranks and general mischief. The boys also collaborate on a comic book they call The Atomic Trinity. Interspersed within the film are segments of animated footage based on the comic book.[3] THINKFilm paid $1 million to acquire the film's North American distribution rights and went on to gross $1.8 million in limited theatrical release, making it a profitable acquisition for THINKFilm.[4]
Fuhrman died of cancer before completing the final revision of the novel.[5] The film, dedicated to his memory, received positive reviews from critics.