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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
| Rating: | R (for language, sexual content and youth substance use) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action/Adventure |
| Release Date: | June 14, 2002 |
| Running time: | 105 minutes |
| Cast: | Jodie Foster, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Emile Hirsch |
| Director: | Peter Care |
| Producer: | Jodie Foster, Meg Le Fauve, Jay Shapiro |
| Writer: | Jeff Stockwell, Michael Petroni |
| Distributor: | Thinkfilm Inc |
Description: In mid-1970s Savannah, two bright but rebellious boys, Francis Doyle and Tim Sullivan, fight boredom, hormones and discipline-heavy teachers in their quest to find something meaningful beyond the walls of their parish school. Francis is an exceptional artist, whose imaginative forays into a fictional universe of good and evil fill his notebooks with comic-book imagery and create a netherworld of superhero alter egos for the two boys. Subsequently, Francis and Tim create a secret comic book depicting themselves as superheroes and their teachers as arch villains. When the ultra-strict Sister Assumpta seizes their artwork one day, the boys embark upon an obsessed trail of revenge that ultimately changes their lives.
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