The Boys Next Door (1996 film)

The Boys Next Door
Genre Comedy
Drama
Written by Tom Griffin (play)
William Blinn (teleplay)
Directed by John Erman
Starring Tony Goldwyn
Nathan Lane
Robert Sean Leonard
Tony Goldwyn
Michael Jeter
Courtney B. Vance
Mare Winningham
Theme music composer John Kander
Country of origin USA
Original language English
Production
Executive producers Richard Welsh
Brent Shields (co-executive producer)
Producers John Erman
Christopher Cook
Production location Toronto
Cinematography Frank Tidy
Editor John W. Wheeler
Running time 100 minutes
Production company Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Original release
Network CBS
Release February 4, 1996

The Boys Next Door is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film based on a play by Tom Griffin which was published in 1983 under the title Damaged Hearts, Broken Flowers and again in 1988 under the title The Boys Next Door. The movie was produced by Hallmark Entertainment as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film.

Plot

Four intellectually disabled men share a house and are looked after by Jack (Tony Goldwyn), their social worker. The four men try to make sense of a mixed-up world, dealing with everything from runaway rodents to helping Norman (Nathan Lane), who has a new girlfriend (Mare Winningham). Jack's life with his wife is put on hold, and he feels it's time to let them go.

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