Weekend
Glendale Picture Company / Sundance Selects (2011)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#2080
8*
Seen ItYes
(4/14/2016 NetFlix)
715515097819
IMDB   7.6
96 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Martin Arrowsmith
Kieran Hardcastle
Jonathan Wright
Steve Blackman
Laura Freeman
Tom Cullen Russell
Chris New Glen
Sarah Churm
Vauxhall Jermaine
Jonathan Race
Director
Andrew Haigh
Producer Tristan Goligher
Writer/Composer Andrew Haigh


On a Friday night after a drunken house party with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a gay club, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen but what's expected to be just a one-night stand becomes something else, something special. That weekend, in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex, the two men get to know each other. It is a brief encounter that will resonate throughout their lives. Weekend is both an honest and unapologetic love story between two guys and a film about the universal struggle for an authentic life in all its forms. It is about the search for identity and the importance of making a passionate commitment to your life. IMDb review written by Andrew Haigh
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 8/21/2012
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 5/4/2013
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $24.85
Condition New
Quantity 2
Links + Review: QueerGuru
+ Review: New Times (A.O. Scott 2011)
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Features
A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Dennis Lim; "Cahuenga Blvd." (2003) & Five Miles Out (2009), two short films by Haigh; Interviews with Haigh, Pontikos, producer Tristan Goligher, and actors Tom Cullen & Chris New; trailer; and more.

Notes
A pleasure to view a gay themed film about 20 somethings serious about their lives and relationships.