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1 Citation Finally, the landmark film The Boys in the Band, based on the play of the same name by Mart Crowley, is released today for the first time on a special edition DVD. Originally release in 1970, the groundbreaking gay film is surprising less a cultural reference and more culturally relevant today that it may have been then, given the climate of the day. Brian Juergens from AfterElton has this evaluation. Vulgar mouthed Mickey Rourke ? once arrested in Miami for driving drunk on a Vespa - who let, technorati.com
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This Week on DVD: Hellboy II, The Clone Wars, The Boys in the Band 1 Citation NEW FEATURE FILMS ?Hellboy II: The Curse of the Golden Army? Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, David Hyde Pierce, and Jeffrey Tambor This was an odd sequel. Not odd in its plot, or story, or characters (though they are quite odd), odd in that it was made at all. Its predecessor didn?t even clear $100 million , technorati.com
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DVD Review: The Boys in the Band 1 Citation Written by Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band opened off Broadway on April 14, 1968 at Theater Four. The show played to many standing room only crowds during its 1000 performance run. In 1970, Crowley adapted his play for into a film directed by a young William Friedkin and produced by future Vanity Fair diarist, Dominick Dunne. The ensemble cast, all of whom also played the roles in the play's initial stage run in New York City, includes Kenneth Nelson as Michael, Peter White as Alan, Leonard, technorati.com
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Movie of the Week #14: Happy Homosexuals 1 Citation "There's one thing to be said about masturbation: you certainly don't have to look your best" - Michael "Your lips are turning blue. You look like you've been rimming a snowman" - Harold "Show me a happy homosexual and I'll show you a gay corpse" - Michael With gay men and women all across the country protesting this weekend for the legal right to marry, it seems only fitting that the 1970 film version of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking play, The Boys in the Band, was released on DVD earlier, technorati.com
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1 Citation The rest of the line-up of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival has been released ? that is, the Encounters, Spotlight, Showcase, Restored/Rediscovered and Midnight sections. As expected, Steven Soderbergh ?s The Girlfriend Experience is there, as are quite a few Sundance holdovers, and the Oscar Winner That No One Has Seen, Departures . Earlier this week, I summed up the competitions ; my picks for the most-promising-looking of the rest, with descriptions provided by the festival, follow after t, technorati.com
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William Friedkin Has No Sense of Social Obligation 1 Citation On the occasion of the DVD release of 1970's The Boys In The Band, Andrew O'Hehir has interviewed William Friedkin. Friedkin is best known to the general public as the man who engineered the back-to-back successes of The French Connection and The Exorcist, then flopped forever more. For hardcore film nerds and auteurists, he's either a constant failure or an underrated master. Aside from small cult affairs like 2003's The Hunted ? a fairly brilliant pared-down continuous chase film derided, technorati.com
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