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Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena; Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role; Michael Caine – The Cider House Rules as Dr. Wilbur Larch. Chris Cooper – American Beauty as Colonel Frank Fitts; Tom Cruise – Magnolia as Frank T.J. Mackey
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Boys Don't Cry is based on the life of Brandon Teena, a trans man who was beaten, raped, and murdered in 1993 after his male acquaintances found out that he was transgender. Hilary Swank (pictured) stars as Teena and Chloë Sevigny plays his girlfriend Lana Tisdel. Peter Sarsgaard and Brendan Sexton III portray Teena's two
The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances. The film co-stars Chloë Sevigny as Brandon's girlfriend, Lana Tisdel.
Brandon is a masculine given name that is a transferred use of a surname and place name derived from the Old English ... Brandon Teena (1972-1993), American murder ...
At the time he had been dating Lana Tisdel's sister, Leslie Tisdel." Is this intended as an example? If so, perhaps "For example, the film portrays a only double murder, when in actuality a third person, Phillip DeVine—a black disabled man—was killed at the scene. At the time, he had been dating Lana Tisdel's sister, Leslie Tisdel."
Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena. Annette Bening – American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham; Julianne Moore – The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles; Meryl Streep – Music of the Heart as Roberta Guaspari; Sigourney Weaver – A Map of the World as Alice Goodwin; Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Actor Actress