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At age 8, Neil and Brian played on the same baseball team in their small Kansas hometown. Now 10 years later, Neil is a hustler and Brian a nervous introvert who believes he has been abducted by aliens. As their lives intersect, they discover a shared past shrouded in mystery.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mysterious skin (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Fortissimo Films, Antidote Films (Firm), Desperate Pictures (Firm), Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Araki, Gregg (Screenwriter, Director, Producer), Skalski, Mary Jane (Producer), Levy-Hinte, Jeff (Producer), Gordon-Levitt, Joseph, 1981- (Actor), Corbet, Brady, 1988- (Actor), Shue, Elisabeth (Actor), Trachtenberg, Michelle (Actor), Budd, Harold, Guthrie, Robin, 1962-, Heim, Scott
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English. Closed-captioned.
Published: [Culver City, Calif.] : Strand Releasing Home Video, [2014]
Edition:Director's special Blu-ray ed.
Subjects:
Young men > Kansas > Drama.
Gay teenagers > Kansas > Drama.
Sexually abused children > Drama.
Male prostitutes > Drama.
Feature films.
Teen films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:At age 8, Neil and Brian played on the same baseball team in their small Kansas hometown. Now 10 years later, Neil is a hustler and Brian a nervous introvert who believes he has been abducted by aliens. As their lives intersect, they discover a shared past shrouded in mystery.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
Based on the novel by Scott Heim.
Special features: commentary track with Gregg Araki, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Brady Corbet; international trailer; Mysterious skin book reading; actors' audition tape; deleted scenes; international and other trailers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc; 1080pHD; 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio or PCM 2.0 soundtracks; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:Unrated (contains adult subject matter).
Awards:Seattle International Film Festival 2005: Golden Space Needle Award in Best Director (Gregg Araki), Best Actor (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Rotterdam International Film Festival 2005: MovieZone Award in Best Director (Gregg Araki). Brisbane International Film Festival 2005: Interfaith Award (Gregg Araki). Bergen International Film Festival 2004: Jury Award (Gregg Araki).
Production Credits:Director of photography, Steve Gainer ; original music, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie ; editor, Gregg Araki.