Updated on Mon, Oct 27, 1997
A lot of gay films appear only in select theaters in Manhattan, but often they have
short runs in local Long Island theaters. The best resource for locations and times of shows is MovieLink
Bent
MGM/UA, 1997, Opens Late
December
Bent, based on Martin Sherman's award-winning play of the same name, takes place in Berlin
in the early 1930s. The Third Reich has come to power when debonair gay playboy Max (Clive Owen) and his lover,
Rudy (Brian Webber) fear being discovered by the Nazis--fearing that they they will be removed along with other
"undesireables." Mick Jagger plays an androgynous, bi-sexual club-owner named Greta in harrowing
In & Out
Comedy, 1997
Based on Tom Hank's Oscar acceptance speech in which he mentions his gay HS drama teacher,
this film takes it one step further: What if no one knew he was gay? Matt Dillon is the actor who outs Kevin
Kline to the whole world on the eve of Kline's wedding. Tom Selleck is the reporter out to get the story. It's
reported that there is a VERY passionate kiss between Kline and Selleck.
Kiss Me Guido
Comedy, 1997
An example of when two stereotypes collide: they annihilate each other with one liners. An
italian guy answers an ad for an apartment share ("seeks GWM") except he thinks it means Guy With
Money.
Love, Valour, Compassion!
Comedy, 1997
Based on the Terence McNally play of the same name, it follows the lives of several gay
men who vacation together over several weekends one summer.
Twilight of the Golds, the
Drama, 1997, Opens Late
Fall
What if you could test your unborn child to find out if he or she will turn out gay?
Jeniffer Beals is the mom-to-be about to take this test. It's salt on a open wound as her parents opt for
aborting if the test is positive while her gay brother (Brendan Fraser) tries to convince her to have the child
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