Compilation/Packaged Set: Boys On Film 15: Time And Tied

Primary Entry
A series of nine short films dealing with the varied experiences of gay men. A night in a gay sauna turns into a fight for survival, two men sit on a park bench speaking Polari, a relationship becomes heated on a night out in London’s Soho streets,sexual adventures await two men in Sir John’s Trouser Bar, a teenager time travels into the future through his bedroom closet, London’s chemsex scene is put into perspective one night at a chill-out party and two outcasts find hope in the mornings sunrise.

  1. CLOSETS – Directed by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan | UK | 18 mins
  2. PUTTING ON THE DISH – Directed by Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston | UK | 6 mins
  3. G ’OCLOCK – Directed by Mitchell Marion | UK | 11 mins
  4. NIGHTSTAND – Directed by Charlier Parham | UK | 26 mins
  5. MORNING IS BROKEN – Directed by Simon Anderson | UK | 10 mins
  6. SAUNA THE DEAD – Directed by Tom Frederic | UK | 20 mins
  7. CROSSROAD – Directed by Leon Lopez | UK | 11 mins
  8. DAWN – Directed by Jake Graf | UK | 13 mins
  9. TROUSER BAR – Directed by Kristen Bjorn | UK | 18 mins
Trouser Bar
Peccadillo Pictures (10/17/2016)
Queer Themes/Interest, Short
In Collection
#897
6*
Seen It:  Yes
(6/17/2017)
IMDB   6.5
18 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 2
Craig Daniel Joe
Peter Benedict Man in Street
Ashley Ryder David
Denholm Spurr Bobby
Zac Renfree Larry
Dane Andersen Man in Street
Alan Blyton Man in Street
Doug Cooper Man in Street
Michael Darvell Man in Street
Anil Desai Man in Street
Stephen Fenerty Man in Street
Laurie Goode
Jan Manthey Man in Street
Amory Peart
Esteban Requejo
Brian Robinson Passer-by
Serden Salih
Paul Smith Man in Street
Rupert Smith Man in Street
Stephen Wischhusen Man in Street
Anthony Wise Man in Street
Hans Berlin Lee
Julian Clary 3rd Familiar Face
Barry Cryer 1st Familiar Face
Nigel Havers 2nd Familiar Face
Director/Choreographer
Kristen Bjorn
Producer David McGillivray
Writer/Composer John Gielgud
Cinematography Sam Hardy


Set in a London gentlemen’s outfitters c. 1976 and taking inspiration from the emotions aroused by a fetishistic love of corduroy, leather and tight trousers, two men enter Sir John’s Trouser Bar, little do they know the sexual adventure that await them inside. With cameos including Barry Cryer, Julian Clary, Miss Hope Springs, Nigel Havers and some other strangely familiar faces. According to producer David McGillivray, "John Gielgud was obsessed with trousers, loved corduroy and leather. And so he wrote a film set in a menswear shop." It is said the the screenplay was originally penned for the filmmaker Peter de Rome.
Edition Details
Edition Boys On Film 15: Time And Tied (2016)
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
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Notes
Trouser Bar is said to have been written by the actor John Gielgud for porn producer Peter de Rome in the mid 1970s· Gielgud and De Rome were friends· De Rome never made the film, and Gielgud remained closeted his entire life· Gielgud died in 2000 and De Rome in 2014· David McGillivray, playwright and screenwriter, decided to produce Trouser Bar in homage to De Rome and Gielgud, not without some controversy ensuing·
My first reaction to this film - there probably was a reason de Rome did not produce Trouser Bar himself· And a reason why this was Gielgud's one-and-only porn film script - his talent was clearly elsewhere·