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A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.

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Tom Bade ...
Tanny
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Clint (as David Baker)
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Kenny
Gary Campbell ...
Terry Nabour
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Miss Untouchable
Robert Christian ...
Eric (as Rob Christian)
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Karen Richards / Harry
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Leo
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Pete Thomas
Nick De Noia ...
Phil Drew (as Nick DeNoia)
Dan Drake ...
Lloyd
David Drew ...
Howard Wilkins
Jim Enzel ...
Gable
Thomas Fiorello ...
Ernie (as Tommy Fiorello)
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Helen (Mildred Pierce)
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Al Pulaski
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Scott
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Michel Mireaux
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Lita Joyce
Hector Martinez ...
Jose
Peg Murray ...
Mary Nabour
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Tim Holland
Larry Reed ...
Louis Barone
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Jim Paine
Lou Steele ...
Barrett Hartman
Clifton Steere ...
Giggling Gertie
Sylvia Syms ...
Sadie Holzer
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Ben Yaffee ...
Marvin Hocker
Rita Bennett
Bob Bonds
Mona Crawford
Cornelius Frizell
Fritzi Goldstein
Sally Hammer
Jack Kasabian
Mary Love
Harvey Noel
Dan Quinn
Alisson Russo
Karolyn Russo
Kathy Stritch ...
(as Cathy Strich)
Bill Tarman
Seymour Weinstein
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Bluegrass ...
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(uncredited)
John Hartnett ...
Disco Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mervyn Nelson

Written by

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Mervyn Nelson ... (written by)
 
Barbara Rhodes ... (story consultant)

Produced by

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John Lauricella ... producer
Joseph Rhodes ... executive producer
Martin Richards ... producer (as Marty Richards)
Tom Ward ... associate producer

Music by

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Gordon Rose

Cinematography by

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Tony Mitchell

Editing by

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Richard Cadenas
Angelo Ross

Editorial Department

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Christopher Ross ... second assistant editor
Peter A. Sabino ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Mimi Kelly
Clifton Steere

Art Direction by

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Ray Menard

Set Decoration by

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Nino Novellino
Frank Schoen

Costume Design by

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Andy Greenhut

Makeup Department

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Ronald Deman ... hair designer
Gudron Holt ... makeup artist
Alex Witt ... hair design assistant

Production Management

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Harry Bjorkstrom ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Steve Marshall ... assistant director
Elliot Tuckerman ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Robert Colbert ... boom operator
W. Grieve-Smith ... sound
Joseph Lesko ... sound editor (as Joe Lesko)
John Lewis ... sound mixer
Walter Nolan ... sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Dick Carballo ... lighting director
Jim Crispi ... electrician (as Jimmy Crispi)
Ron Pitts ... assistant camera
Chuck Portz ... electrician
Joe Sainsbury ... grip
Al Sentesy ... grip (as Al Santesy)

Casting Department

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Ira Gerard ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Beverly Crawford ... wardrobe assistant
Lillian Schwartz ... wardrobe assistant

Music Department

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Dave Grover ... music arrangement
Joe Miller ... music arrangement
Phil Moore ... composer: piano music
Gordon Rose ... music arrangement
Don Sebesky ... music arrangement
Gordon Rose ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Susanna Preston ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Bill Beautyman ... special assistant
Thomas Fiorello ... production assistant (as Tom Fiorello)
Norma Harris ... production staff
Joan Kostroff ... production staff (as Gail Kostroff)
David Macmackin ... dialogue director
Gail Milbourne ... production staff
Anne Mooney ... production staff
Dan Quinn ... special assistant
Barbara Rhodes ... story consultant

Thanks

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Mary Imperato ... acknowledgment and thanks
Allen Lithe ... acknowledgment and thanks
Lt. Periwig ... acknowledgment and thanks
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

It's Christmas Eve at the Blue Jay, a Greenwich Village gay bar, a place where patrons believe they can feel free to be themselves as opposed to the straight charade many portray in their outside lives. To be more accurate, they can portray what they truly want to portray, talk to others in as open an manner as they want about their struggles in being gay, and can strive toward, or at least fantasize openly about, their dreams. As stated by Sadie Holzer, the bar's cook who just returned to work after a medical issue, those at the Blue Jay are like one big family of one's own choosing. She is only partially correct: they have all chosen the Blue Jay as their home, but there are some family members who some wish would just go away. One of those is Lita Joyce, who is outwardly a fag hag, but is really just a ball-buster who wants to prove to herself that she has what attracting the opposite sex takes. She brought Scott, a pilot, into the bar one evening, and Scott immediately fell for regular Terry, a graphic artist, and Lita seems determined to destroy their happiness. Another is Jim Paine, whom middle-aged Marvin Hocker tries unsuccessfully to pass off as his nephew; the two are planning to travel to Rome for the holidays, with everyone knowing Jim is a gay-for-pay hustler and Marvin his latest sugar daddy. As many men hope that tonight will be a special night in achieving their dreams--or at least one dream within many--they must face the reality that there will be an end to the evening and an outside world to which they will return. Written by Huggo

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Taglines This is the place that separates the men from the "boys". See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Bar (United States)
  • Algunos de mis mejores amigos son... (Spain)
  • Gay Bar (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 110 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia This film was way ahead of its time. One of the characters referred to J. Edgar Hoover as "....a drag queen." In 1971, Hoover was still Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and viewed as a traditional American hero by the majority of his fellow Americans. See more »
Goofs When the hustler (Gary Sandy) rips off the drag queen's (Candy Darling) wig, her hair ribbon somehow stays attached to her real hair underneath. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Homo Promo (1991). See more »
Soundtracks The Bar See more »
Quotes Barrett Hartman: Forgive me for not getting up. It's a bit awkward.
Lita Joyce: Don't apologize. I abhor men in a vertical position.
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