Torch Song Trilogy
New Line Home Entertainment (1988)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
Not In Collection
#2081
8*
Seen ItYes
(Movie Uncertain/Stage Greenwich Village)
794043494727
IMDB   7.7
121 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R (Restricted)
Matthew Broderick Alan Simon
Anne Bancroft Ma Beckoff
Karen Young Laurel
Brian Kerwin Ed Reese
Harvey Fierstein Arnold Beckoff
Ken Page Murray
Bob Minor Gregory
Robert Neary Chorus Boy #2
Eddie Castrodad David
Kim Clark Female Bar Patron #1
Benji Schulman Young Arnold Beckoff
Axel Vera Marina Del Rey
Lorry Goldman Phil Beckoff
Charles Pierce Bertha Venation
Edgar Small Jacob Beckoff
John Beckman Cab Driver #1
Michael Bond Bar Patron
Alva Chinn Photographer
Byron Deen Roz
Gregory Gilbert Hustler
Geoffrey Harding Man with Lighter
Paul Joynt Club Heckler #1
Harriet C. Leider Maitre D'
Nick Montgomery Chorus Boy #1
Stephanie Penn Female Bar Patron #2
Phil Sky Man in Back Room
Elliott T. Spar Rabbi
Michael Warga Bartender
Mitch David Carter Club Heckler #2
Director
Paul Bogart
Producer Howard Gottfried
Marie Cantin
Writer Harvey Fierstein
Cinematography Mikael Salomon


A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.

Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him. From Arnold's hilarious steps toward domestic bliss with a reluctant school teacher, to his first truly promising love affair with a young fashion model, Arnold's greatest challenge remains his complicated relationship with his mother. But armed with a keenly developed sense of humor and oftentimes piercing wit, Arnold continues to test the commonly accepted terms of endearment--and endurance--in a universally affecting story that confirms that happiness is well worth carrying a torch for. Written by Michael Braem
Edition Details
Distributor New Line Home Video
Release Date 05/04/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Widescreen (1.85:1)
Widescreen (16:9)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 05/04/2013
Location Duplicate - Gifted
Owner Deitz
Purchase Price $6.49
Quantity 2
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Notes
It is hard to compare the stage production with the film. The quality of stage performances fade with time; but the movie is enduring, and therefore has greater influence on ones perceptions. Stage productions of the individual acts were produced off-broadway in 1978 and 1979. We saw the stage production before it moved to Broadway. The Broadway production opened on June 10, 1982 at the Little Theatre, where it ran for 1,222 performances. It received two Emmy awards. Both the stage and film productions were breakthrough events, helping to bring gay themed theater into the mainstream. (Prometheus-2013)