--- title: 'Homeboy (1988)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Seresin' released: '1988-01-01' runtime_minutes: 115 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/homeboy-1988' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095316/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Homeboy (1988) 1988 · 115 min · Drama, Crime · United States ## Synopsis Homeboy is a 1988 drama film, directed by Michael Seresin. It was written by and stars Mickey Rourke in the role of self-destructive cowboy/boxer Johnny Walker. Christopher Walken also stars as Walker's slightly corrupt promoter who encourages him to fight while hiding from him the fact that one more punch in the wrong place would kill him. The film was briefly released in some theatres in 1988 by TriStar through their distribution deal with Carolco, but was more widely seen on home video shortly after. Lionsgate reissued it on DVD on September 1, 2009. Shout Factory released the film on Blu-ray in 2020. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke) - **Director:** [Michael Seresin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-seresin) - **Original Music Composer:** [Eric Clapton](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-clapton) - **Producer:** [Elliott Kastner](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-kastner) - **Director of Photography:** [Gale Tattersall](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-tattersall) - **Editor:** [Ray Lovejoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-lovejoy) ## Cast - [Willy DeVille](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-deville) - [Kevin Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-conway) - [Jon Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-polito) - [Debra Feuer](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-feuer) - [Rubén Blades](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-blades) - [Mickey Rourke](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rourke) - [Christopher Walken](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-walken) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/homeboy-1988 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1625964); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.