| The Brandon Teena Story (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Susan Muska, Greta Olafsdottir
Actors: Kate Bornstein, Joanne Brandon, John Lotter, Tom Nissen, Brandon Teena
Studio: New Video Group
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 55216
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 89 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: NNVG114771
UPC: 767685114773
EAN: 0767685114773
ASIN: B00160ANUA
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Product Description
To his girlfriends he was the perfect boyfriend. To his killers he was a gender-bending freak. To the law he got what he deserved. Ultimately Brandon Teena became an American tragedy.When it arrived on the big screen in 1988 THE BRANDON TEENA STORY was powerful intense and intimately personal--audiences were stunned and outraged by this chilling portrait of intolerance. The inspiration for the Oscar- winning film Boys Don't Cry the documentary went on to be an international theatrical hit and has since earned status as one of the seminal documentary films of the 1990s.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:DOCUMENTARIES/BIOGRAPHY UPC:767685114773 Manufacturer No:NNVG114771
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Brandon Teena was a handsome boy who had tremendous success with women because he always seemed to know exactly what they wanted. Perhaps it helped that Brandon Teena was born Teena Brandon, a young woman who desperately wanted to be a man. But Brandon lived in a small Midwestern town, where his sexual identity crisis wasn't tolerated, inciting two so-called friends to brutally murder him and two other innocents. This true story, which was the basis for the feature film Boys Don't Cry, is recounted in the award-winning (Best Documentary at both the Vancouver and Berlin film festivals) documentary The Brandon Teena Story. This insightful film is both fascinating and horrifying, as we are treated to news footage and interviews with Brandon's family, friends, former girlfriends, as well as the two men who are in jail (one on death row) for the rape and later murder of Brandon. Throughout the film, the viewer's disgust grows as recordings of Brandon with the police department of Falls City, Nebraska, are played; when Brandon reports his rape, the questioning is turned around on him, making him the guilty party for his sexuality. Ignorance and hatred abound in the small town, although many of his ex-girlfriends are surprisingly sympathetic. While there is nothing graphic in this film, it is unexpectedly difficult to watch at moments; the drama, however, is gripping and the message an important one to hear. --Jenny Brown
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 Bodies pictures - Scene crime October 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This video is very good, but there was somenthing missing on the movie: pictures of the victims bodies , florences pictures of the crime scene... etc...
Anti-Hate crime lesson September 1, 2008
Ignorance will always scare the ignorant, when they come face to face with it. It's true, Brandon was a liar, forger and thief; none of these Capital Crimes. No one, of any persuasion, deserves this. I saw "Boys Don't Cry" first, and I have no end of admiration for Kimberly Pierce's vision. Certainly, some things were changed, but the interviews with the killers were so perfectly aligned with Pierce's depiction. Hate crimes are very unsettling to me, and this documentary gave some great insight, especially that the law enforcement officers were so cruel; Ms. Pierce's film was kinder to them. The grave subject of Brandon Teena is, without question, a disgusting blemish on our system. These 2 films, made to bring light to an unending torment of misunderstood people, are vital. Highly recommended. (Hilary Swank was a terrific Brandon.)
 Details behind Boys Don't Cry February 9, 2008
It's been a while since I watched this, but I remember it being disturbing on many levels.
It was painful to listen to the police interviews and imagine what that must have been like for Brandon. Painful to listen to the ignorance. Painful to try to reason why Brandon couldn't find his way out of this situation way before all this came to a head.
I liked how awkward it sounded/felt when Lotter and Nissen kept calling Brandon by female pronouns, yet most others stuck with male pronouns. I also appreciate that it didn't assume that Brandon would have accepted being called 'lesbian' or 'she' like in "All She Wanted".
Sadly, the producers/directors/interviewer didn't take the opportunity for educating the general public and clear up the ignorance about trans issues. They also might have better-covered why people end up in situations like this in general, whether it be spousal abuse or staying in a place where there is no potential for growth. Perhaps they could have gotten a psychologist to talk about these type situations.
But, for the time-frame relative to the general public awareness of trans issues, it was better than I expected.
Chilling, Real-Life Account of a Senseless Crime January 23, 2006
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I would highly recommend you watch "Boys Don't Cry" and read Aphrodite Jones' "All She Wanted" before viewing this DVD, because this DVD will have a much greater impact. I was totally blown away watching this film, because I was already familiar with the characters involved in Teena Brandon's life and murder. To see and hear them was quite chilling, especially the interviews from the two killers. It is also sad, because most of the main players interviewed are nothing but unwashed, ignorant, white trailer trash. The women were especially pathetic: most were high school dropouts, teenage mothers with two or more kids, on welfare or in low-paying dead-end jobs.
The documentary traces Teena Brandon's life, from birth to her horrendous death. The filmmakers did a superb job of setting the stage with visuals and music, giving viewers an idea of the type of place Falls City, Nebraska was: an all-white town composed of blue-collar and uneducated rednecks and hicks. Their idea of entertainment was demolition derbys and tractor pulls, or getting high and/or drunk. For a transgendered person like Teena, Falls City was the wrong place to settle down. To compound matters, Teena fell into the wrong crowd of people as well, a decision that would ultimately prove tragic.
In addition to interviewing the main players, the filmmakers interviewed the parents, relatives, prison inmates and former girlfriends, who provided valuable insights into Teena's life and her killers. You knew from the start that Teena's story was not going to end happily; her history of petty crimes followed her from Lincoln to Falls City, and set off a series of events that led to her demise. Transgendered activists were interviewed, as well as other law enforcement people who were horrified by the senseless killings by the two low-life punks.
I recommend this DVD to all, especially those interested in true crime, the Teena Brandon case or in transgender studies.
a complete account October 21, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
boys don't cry is a beautiful and amazing film, don't get me wrong, but it isn't completely truthful, nor is it meant to be. this film gives a complete account of the brandon teena story in an honest, and considerate way while avoiding the trappings of over-sensationalizing like so many other documentations of this story have. more interested in informing than shocking, this film interviews important people in brandon's life thereby giving a complete account of his time in rural nebraska that led up to his eventual rape and death. i respect this film and appreciate the homage it pays to a young man who never meant to be an activist but has in death become one.
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