Prison for Children (1987 TV Movie)

Josh Brolin: Boise

Quotes 

• John Parsons : Where'd you grow up?

  Boise : Fosters. My mom had all these guys... it was a sex thing, you know? Couple of them with me. So the school found out about it and they put me in homes.

  John Parsons : What was that like?

  Boise : I think it was OK, I guess. Unless you didn't like something, then they get kind of weird. This one guy threw me down a flight of stairs, so I ran. They put me somewhere else, then they finally ran out of places.

• Chaser : [in the auto shop about John]  What have you got?

  Boise : He was in jail, New Mexico. Burned down a house and stole a horse.

  [laughs] 

  Chaser : How'd you get that?

  Boise : From Tom Lewis, the one counselor guy.

  Chaser : Tom looks out for nobody but himself. You know that.

• Boise : [to Chaser about John]  He almost put Oliver through his mirror.

  Chaser : The barb.

  Hermit : Take the needle out of your arm! You're dreamin'!

  Boise : Okay, he was really coming at him! I mean, Oliver's lucky he's not dead!