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Transamerica (2005)
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Ratings: 7.4/10 from 24,864 users
Metascore:
66/100
Reviews: 216 user | 160 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. Director:Duncan TuckerWriter:Duncan Tucker |
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Taylor
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Storyline
Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved problem from her past. Bree gets a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who is looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, having been supporting himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgender status... Written by Huggo
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Life is a journey. Bring an open mind. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Country:
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(Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
Transamérica See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$46,908 (USA) (4 December 2005)Gross:
$15,151,744 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Bree Osbourne: How much is the bail?
NYC Cop: Bail is set at one dollar.
Bree Osbourne: I can't possible afford... one dollar?
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Performed by Heather Myles
Written by Heather Myles
Published by Myles O'Melody, Administered by Happy Valley Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Rounder Records
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The initial idea for the screenplay occurred in a conversation between screenwriter/director Duncan Tucker and intersex actress Katherine Connella. While discussing male/female perceptions, Connella shocked Tucker (they had been sharing a house for about four months at the time) with the revelation that she had been raised as a male. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Bree's sister, half Jewish, misuses the Yiddish phrase "kin-ahora" when she hears about Toby's mother's suicide. The phrase means "may the evil eye be averted" and is roughly equivalent to "knock on wood". It is used when you say something GOOD, to avert a spell cast by a jealous person or a demon. It would NEVER be used with respect to something bad. See more »Quotes
[discovering that her son is a frog-stealing, drug addicted prostitute]Bree Osbourne: How much is the bail?
NYC Cop: Bail is set at one dollar.
Bree Osbourne: I can't possible afford... one dollar?
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For all people of trans experience,For all people of any experience,
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"You're Gonna Love Me One Day"Performed by Heather Myles
Written by Heather Myles
Published by Myles O'Melody, Administered by Happy Valley Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Rounder Records
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