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wo men discover a shy, rat-like boy living in a cave under the city dump, planning to exhibit him for money.
They leave a note at the site of the Ratboy's kidnapping, which catches the eye of out-of-work window dresser Nikki Morrison (Sondra Locke) who is combing the dump in seach of window props.
Posing as a reporter, Nikki steals the Ratboy back to her apartment, leaving him in the care of her two oafish brothers.
The Ratboy, who is capable of limited speech, informs them that his name is Eugene. Nikki takes Eugene to parties and on television, showing him off as a curiosity - unaware, of course, that she is the first woman Eugene has ever seen, and as a result, he has fallen in love with her.
While fleeing from his captors, Eugene encounters a gangster (Robert Townsend) who takes him home and offers to act as his bodyguard. After being hurt by the woman he loves, Eugene is determined to escape for good, and his bodyguard decides to help him.
Ratboy is a movie often panned by the critics and cynics. However, it represents a style of movie peculiar to the early to mid 80's. During this time, many of the less commercial movies were akin to their punk music cousins of the pop world with angry social statements to make. Ratboy is, of course, an attack on the crass commercialism of modern American society, with special emphasis on the media.
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I like rats. I like boys. Why wouldn't I like this film? I can't rank it as high as "Return to Oz" or "The Neverending Story" or any of the delightfully twisted cinematic acid-trips of my childhood, but it has its charm as a modern, urban fairy-tale. One of few "family films" that actually doesn't make me want to wretch!
Not one of the best movies ever made, but an interesting and different one.
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Sondra Locke, who directed the film as her directorial debut, also stars as "Nikki Morrison", who initially hopes to benefit from her friendship with Ratboy. Previously, she had starred as "Jennifer Spencer" in the Dirty Harry sequel "Sudden Impact". At this time she was living with Clint Eastwood. 
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Sydney Lassick, who plays one of Eugene's original captors, has an impressive film resume, including the Oscar-winning film version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
Ratboy was the nickname for the fictional character, 'J.R.Lubbock', on the '80's ABC sitcom, "Just the Ten of Us". He even spray-painted the slogan "Ratboy Lives" on the side of a brick wall! -Thanks to Amy Green
Courtney Gains is in an early role as 'Kid in Car'.
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During the drive through Hollywood, shots from the driver's side of the car show Hollywood Blvd., but shots from the passenger's side show Sunset Blvd.
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There was a bar called the "Crossroads" or something like that in Novato, Marin County, CA. I watched them film a scene there for the movie when I was about 5 years old. I believe there now is an office building where the bar was?
[Thanks to Josh]
Can you help? Do you know any of the N. California filming locations used for Ratboy? [Please send them in]
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