Continuity mistake: When Brandon goes back to Lincoln for his court date, when his arrest reports are flashing on the screen while he is sitting in court, his DOB changes from one report to the next. In the first one it shows his DOB as 1970 and his arrest year 1990 yet showing him only 18 years old on the police form. In the second one it shows his DOB being 1971 with the arrest year being 1991 and his age being 19. (00:53:05)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
1 mistake since 18 Aug '17, 00:00
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Brendan Sexton III
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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