Compilation/Packaged Set: Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation
Release Date 1993

Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood.

Principal Entry

  1. Pool Days
  2. A Friend of Dorothy
  3. The Disco Years

Boys Life - Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation
Image (1994)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Short
In Collection
#964
6*
Seen ItYes
(6/12/2017)
IMDB   6.9
91 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
James Andrews Waiter
Mary Beth Aylesworth Kissing Couple
Mike Barbour Weightlifter
Steve Bilich Shower Guy
Wendy Brokaw Nadia
BoJesse Christopher Bryan
Dennis Christopher Mr. Reese
Adrian Davey Steamroom Guy
Kimberly Flynn Vicky
Richard Foster Dad
Raoul O'Connell
Will Gorgess
Gwen Welles
Anne Zupa
Josh Weinstein
Russell Scott Lewis
Matt Nolan
Nick Poletti
Boys Life
Director
Robert Lee King
Brian Sloan
Raoul O'Connell

Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters
Edition Details
Edition Boys Life 1 (2004)
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library - Boys Life
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon - Used - Seattlegoodwill
Purchase Price $7.91
Links ± Review: NY Times (1994)
Boys Life at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
Streaming, VoD YouTube
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
A mixed bag of shorts· Watchable, but not memorable.