A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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- 32 wins & 26 nominations total
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I saw Transamerica last night at the Tribeca Film Festival and absolutely loved it. I was concerned beforehand that I would not be able to relate to the characters, but that turned out not to be a problem. The acting of Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers is done with so much sincerity that I quickly came to care about their characters. Ms. Huffman's performance is one of the best I have seen. Having not seen any of her television or movies, I did not know anything about her. In fact, I thought that she was truly a man playing the part of the transsexual woman. The script was always believable and allowed Ms. Huffman to show some wry humor. The writer/director Duncan Tucker was there to make a few comments answer questions. The only problem is that the film has not yet been picked up by a distributor so if you want to see it (and you should) you may have to find a film festival somewhere.
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- TriviaFelicity Huffman had to stay in character all day while shooting. This included having to keep Bree's voice on so that she wouldn't lose it. If she turned it "off" she would lose the voice.
- GoofsBree'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.
- Quotes
Bree Osbourne: My body may be a work-in-progress, but there is nothing wrong with my soul.
- Crazy creditsFor all people of trans experience, For all people of any experience, and For my family.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 (2006)
- SoundtracksMeditation
from "Thaïs"
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Jenõ Jandó (piano) & Takako Nishizaki (violin)
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,015,303
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $46,908
- Dec 4, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $15,151,744
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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