Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin (2005)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2005-03-30

Country

United States, Netherlands

Production

Desperate Pictures, Fortissimo Films, Antidote Films, Next Wednesday Productions

Genre

Drama

Budget

$3 000 000

Revenue

$1 524 966

Website

https://strandreleasing.com/films/mysterious-skin

Director

Gregg Araki

Actors

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Licon, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Long, Bill Sage, Chase Ellison, George Webster
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Scenario

Producer

Gregg Araki, Mary Jane Skalski, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Wouter Barendrecht, Michael J. Werner

Operator

Steve Gainer

Composer

Harold Budd

Artist

Audition

Shannon Makhanian

Editing

Gregg Araki, Lisa Looney
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• The film is based on Scott Heim’s novel “Mysterious Skin” (1996).
• In one of the scenes of "Mysterious Skin," Brian and Eric watch the horror film "Dead Man Next Door."
• In the US, the film received the most restrictive rating of NC-17. A similar R+ rating received by the film in Australia was contested by the country's Attorney General, who sought a complete ban on the screening of "Mysterious Skin." The resulting scandal was resolved with a compromise – the film was released in Australian cinemas, but its screenings were prefaced with the commentary: "Adult themes, scenes of sexual violence." There were no problems with screening the film in Russia. It had a limited release on May 26, 2005. Less than a month later, on June 15, the DVD was released. The film premiered on Russian television on May 25, 2007, on the TV-3 channel as part of the "Other Cinema" program.
• In the spring of 2007, the film took first place in the popularity ranking compiled by the gay.ru website, based on a survey of over 6,000 Russian homosexuals.
• Director Gregg Araki personally edited the film on his Macintosh computer.
• To prepare for the role, Joseph Gordon-Levitt spent about a week visiting cities in Kansas led by writer Scott Heim, who showed him places and people whose characters formed the basis of the book.
• The film is based on Scott Heim's novel "Mysterious Skin" (1996).