Transamerica (film)

Transamerica
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDuncan Tucker
Written byDuncan Tucker
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen Kazmierski
Edited byPam Wise
Music byDavid Mansfield
Production
company
Belladonna Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14) (Berlinale)
  • December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million
Box office$15.2 million

Transamerica is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Duncan Tucker, and starring Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers. Released by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company,[3] the film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2005, and to theaters in the United States on December 2, 2005.

The screenplay, inspired in part by conversations between Tucker and his then-roommate Katherine Connella,[4][5] tells the story of Bree (Huffman), a trans woman, who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Zegers).

The film received positive reviews and won multiple awards, including Huffman winning a Golden Globe and a nomination for an Academy Award.

  1. ^ "ContentFilm picks up Transamerica".
  2. ^ "Transamerica (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 16, 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Scott, A. O. (December 2, 2005). "A Complex Metamorphosis of the Most Fundamental Sort". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Connella, Katherine (February 28, 2006). "Transamerica and Me". The Advocate: 50. via Google Books
  5. ^ Chester, Craig (April 1, 2004). Why the Long Face?: The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor. Macmillan. p. PT107. ISBN 9781429971980. via Google Books