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title: 'The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Care'
released: '2002-01-18'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dangerous-lives-of-altar-boys-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238924/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)

2002 · 104 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Care and written by Jeff Stockwell and Michael Petroni based on Chris Fuhrman's 1994 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel of the same name. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Jena Malone, Jodie Foster and Vincent D'Onofrio.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Care](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-care)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Petroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-petroni)
- **Producer:** [Jodie Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-foster), [Todd McFarlane](https://cinepixo.com/people/todd-mcfarlane)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marco Beltrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-beltrami)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lance Acord](https://cinepixo.com/people/lance-acord)

## Cast

- [Jodie Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodie-foster)
- [Kieran Culkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kieran-culkin)
- [Vincent D'Onofrio](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-d-onofrio)
- [Jena Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/jena-malone)
- [Melissa McBride](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mcbride)
- [Emile Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-hirsch)
- [Jake Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-richardson)

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