Revealing mistake: Candace's eyes are moving and she is breathing after allegedly having been shot and killed.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Brendan Sexton III
Revealing mistake: The morning after Brandon is killed Lana wakes up with her head resting on Brandon's waist and you can clearly see his hip heaving as he breathes.
Continuity mistake: During the birthday party, the cigarette over Brandon's ear switches from right ear to left ear.
Trivia: In actual life, Lana states that Brandon never proposed to her. In fact, when she found out that Brandon was actually Teena, she ended the relationship then and there.
Trivia: Though most of the characters depicted existed, there was another young lady, Mich, who, at the time, was Lana's good friend. She also knew Brandon. However, in the events following the tragedy, Mich moved out of Nebraska to avoid the attention.
Trivia: In the film, Brandon escapes from John and Tom after being run roughshod by them. In actual life, John and Tom let her go after the beating, but with a stern warning not to go to the police. Brandon nevertheless went and reported the crime.
Brandon: Lana, you are one cranky girl.
Lana: Shut up, that's your business. I don't care if you are half monkey or half ape, I'm gettin' you out of here!
Lana: I hate my life.
Brandon: I hate your life, too.
Question: Why does Lana at the end of the movie call Brandon "Teena"?
Question: What is the name of the song playing during the very last scene with Lana driving and who sings it?
Answer: Bluest Eyes in Texas, remade by Sheryl Crow, originally by Little Texas.
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Answer: Brandon's birth name is Teena Tenae Brandon. When Teena decided to become a man, he reversed his first and last name to become Brandon Teena. Lana may have continued to call him Teena as a form of "I know the real you" familiarity "pet name".
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