Scrum
 (2015)
Documentary, Queer Themes/Interest, Sports
Not In Collection
#1541
6*
Seen ItYes
(2/8/2019 Amazon Prime)
IMDB   6.6
54 mins Australia / English
VoD 
Brennan Bastyovanszky Self
Sydney Convicts Themselves
Pearse Egan Self
Aki Mizutani Self
Charlie Winn Self
Director/Choreographer
Poppy Stockell
Producer Poppy Stockell
Writer/Composer Poppy Stockell
Cinematography Jody Muston
Music Colin Stetson

"Scrum might technically refer to restarting a play in order to gain control of the ball, but it’s really about a group of guys packing close together in one place—in this case, gay rugby’s 7th Annual Bingham Cup in Sydney, with 1,000 participants from 15 countries. The documentary zeroes in on three determined gay athletes vying for a spot on the elite Sydney Convicts team: Aki, the Japanese outsider who worked tirelessly for two years so he could travel to Sydney; Brennan, a hunky Canadian jock who was built for contact sports but rejected by his former, straight teammates after they discovered he was gay; and Pearse, the Irish backpacker bullied in school, tired of being continually put down." - Brian Bromberger
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Streaming, VoD Amazon Prime
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
Pretty much a movie about a bunch of guys getting muddy smashing into each other. Very light on interpersona; relationships. You won't learn much about the sport of Rugby from this film.