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| Queer Themes/Interest, Short | |||||
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In Collection
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| Release Date | 1993 |
Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood.
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| Dennis Christopher | Mr. Reese | |
| Wendy Brokaw | Nadia | |
| BoJesse Christopher | Bryan | |
| Gwen Welles | Melissa | |
| Steve Rally | Dance Instructer | |
| Matt Nolan | Tom | |
| Russell Scott Lewis | Matt | |
| Robb Willoughby | Teddie | |
| Robin Stapler | Denise | |
| Steve Rally | Dance Instructor | |
| Carl Albert | Self - Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| John Briggs | Self | |
| Warren Burger | Self - Chief Justice of the United States | |
| Jimmy Carter | Self - President of the United States | |
| David Eisenhower | Self | |
| Julie Nixon Eisenhower | Self | |
| Betty Ford | Self - Second Lady of the United States | |
| Gerald Ford | Self - Vice President of the United States | |
| Harvey Milk | Self | |
| Richard Nixon | Self - President of the United States |
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| Producer |
Richard Hoffman
John Peter James |
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| Writer/Composer |
Robert Lee King
Mike Werb |
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| Cinematography |
Greg Gardiner
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| Music |
Wendall J. Yuponce
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Tom Peters looks back to 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet. Tom's mom is both sweet and intrusive, urging him to take out girls. She also drags him to her disco-dancing lessons. His friendship with Matt becomes his first love, and then Matt turns on Tom with homophobic venom. Later, Matt and Matt's new girlfriend trash the classroom of an effeminate teacher with more vicious homophobia. At first, Tom joins in heaping scorn on the teacher, then he has to decide if it isn't time to open the closet door. A crisis of sorts ensues with his mom, and disco proves to be a balm. - Written by jhailey@hotmail.com |
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