This Boy's Life genre coming-of-age fiction
This Boy's Life is a 1993 American biographical coming-of-age drama film based on the memoir of the same name by author Tobias Wolff. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Tobias "Toby" Wolff, Robert De Niro as Toby's stepfather Dwight Hansen, and Ellen Barkin as Toby's mother, Caroline. The movie marked the first time Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro ever collaborated. The film also features Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Eliza Dushku and Tobey Maguire's first credited appearance in a feature-length movie.
It was the first collaboration on-screen between Maguire and DiCaprio, who both later worked in Don's Plum and The Great Gatsby, and also the first collaboration on-screen between DiCaprio and De Niro, who both later worked in Marvin's Room, short film The Audition, and the upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon.
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