The Boys Club

The Boys Club is a 1996 Canadian crime drama thriller film directed by John Fawcett, and Peter Wellington, and starring Chris Penn, Devon Sawa, Dominic Zamprogna, and Stuart Stone. It was released theatrically in 1996 in Canada by Alliance Films.

Plot

Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decides to crash their secret hideout. Luke tells them that he's a cop on the run from corrupt colleagues, and swears them to silence.
As he recuperates, he becomes their buddy and confidant. By the time the boys realize Luke is not who he pretends to be, they are in way over their heads.

Cast

Chris Penn as Luke
Stuart Stone as Brad
Devon Sawa as Eric
Amy Stewart as Megan
Nicholas Campbell as Kyle's Dad
Jarred Blanchard as Jake
Max Piersig as Simon
Julian Richings as Officer Cole
Alana Shields as Brad's Mom
Sean Dick as Bobby
Peter Van Wart as Eric's Father
Heidi von Palleske as Eric's Mother
Bif Naked as Liquor Store Manager
Brock Curley as Liquor Store Cashier

Production

The movie was filmed in Georgetown, Ontario, Mississauga, Ontario, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Soundtrack

"Harnessed in Slums", Archers of Loaf
"Universe", Eric's Trip
"Failed You", The Pasties
"Old Enough", Crash Vegas
"Devil", Drugstore
"Disease", Sister Machine Gun
"Coconut Cream", The Tragically Hip
"Jesus", Vowel Movement
"Misogyny", Rusty
"Too Easy", Wagbeard
"Gun Pointed", Taste of Joy
"Monkeysucker", The Killjoys
"Everything", The Killjoys
"Morphine", Moist
"You Shine Bright", Crash Vegas
"My Favorite Martian", The Doughboys
"The Letter", Bif Naked
"Over Your Shoulder", Motörhead
"Moment", Crawl
"Neighborhood Villains", The Doughboys
"The Secret", 54-40

Release

The Boys Club was released on VHS in Canada by Alliance Video.

Awards and nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996: