This Boy's Life is a 1993 film adaptation of the memoir of the same name by Tobias Wolff. It is directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias Wolff, Robert De Niro as stepfather Dwight Hansen, and Ellen Barkin as Toby's mother, Caroline. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, and Eliza Dushku, as well as Tobey Maguire in a small role, his first feature film role. Nomadic, flaky Caroline Wolff just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent man, and provide a better home for her and her son, Toby . When she moves to Seattle and meets the seemingly... respectable Dwight Hansen , she thinks she has got it made. Toby, however, feels differently after Dwight's true personality is revealed after spending a few months with Dwight and his children away from Caroline. The boy's stepfather-to-be seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but his method includes emotionally, verbally, and physically abusing the boy.
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| Release date: | April 9, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Michael Caton-Jones |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Fitch Cady, Art Linson, Jon Peters |
| Editor: | Jim Clark |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | David Watkin |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Getchell |
| Adapted from: | This Boy's Life: A Memoir |