TY - ADVS AU - Linson,Art AU - Getchell,Robert AU - Caton-Jones,Michael AU - De Niro,Robert AU - Barkin,Ellen AU - DiCaprio,Leonardo AU - Blechman,Jonah AU - Dushku,Eliza AU - Cooper,Chris AU - Gugino,Carla AU - Kinney,Kathy AU - Maguire,Tobey AU - Watkin,David AU - Clark,James AU - Burwell,Carter AU - Hornung,Richard AU - Lineweaver,Steve AU - Wolff,Tobias ED - Warner Bros. ED - Kinckerbocker Films (Firm) ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - This boy's life SN - 0790777738 PY - 2003///], c1993 CY - Burbank, CA PB - Warner Home Video KW - Mothers and sons KW - Drama KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Psychological child abuse KW - Child abuse KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - lcsh N1 - Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: May 13, 2003; Originally released as a motion picture in 1993; Based on the book by Tobias Wolff; Special features: widescreen (16x9) and full screen (2.35: 1) presentations; Director of photography, David Watkin ; editor, Jim Clark ; original music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, Richard Hornung ; production designer, Stephen J. Lineweaver; Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Blechman, Eliza Dushku, Chris Cooper, Carla Gugino, Kathy Kinney, Tobey Maguire; MPAA rating: R N2 - Caroline just wants to settle down in one place, find a decent guy, and provide a better home for her handful of a son, Toby. When she moves to Seattle and meets Dwight, she thinks she's got it made. Toby, however, feels differently after spending time with Dwight while away from Caroline. Dwight seems to want to mold Toby into a better person, but to do so he emotionally, verbally, and physically abuses the kid ER -