---
title: 'Dream Boy (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Bolton'
released: '2008-10-24'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dream-boy-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889595/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dream Boy (2008)

2008 · 90 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Dream Boy is a 2008 American southern gothic romantic melodrama film written and directed by James Bolton, and based on Jim Grimsley's 1995 novel of the same name. It follows two gay teenagers falling in love in the rural South in the late 1970s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Bolton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bolton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Buckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-buckner)

## Cast

- [Diana Scarwid](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-scarwid)
- [Rickie Lee Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rickie-lee-jones)
- [Thomas Jay Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-jay-ryan)
- [Rooney Mara](https://cinepixo.com/people/rooney-mara)
- [Stephan Bender](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephan-bender)

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