Revealing mistake: The morning after Brandon is killed Lana wakes up with her head resting on Brandon's waist and you can clearly see his hip heaving as he breathes.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank, Chloƫ Sevigny, Brendan Sexton III
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Lana: Shut up, that's your business. I don't care if you are half monkey or half ape, I'm gettin' you out of here!
Trivia: In the film, Brandon escapes from John and Tom after being run roughshod by them. In actual life, John and Tom let her go after the beating, but with a stern warning not to go to the police. Brandon nevertheless went and reported the crime.
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Answer: Brandon's birth name is Teena Tenae Brandon. When Teena decided to become a man, he reversed his first and last name to become Brandon Teena. Lana may have continued to call him Teena as a form of "I know the real you" familiarity "pet name".
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