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Overview
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Writers:
Rikki Beadle Blair (writer)
Martin Duberman (novel)
Release Date:
3 September 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
The fight for the right to love [USA theatrical] more
Plot:
A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (September 25, 2009)
(From AfterElton.com. 25 September 2009, 5:00 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
As American as apple pie more (16 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Guillermo Díaz | ... | La Miranda |
| Fred Weller | ... | Matty Dean |
| Brendan Corbalis | ... | Ethan |
 | Duane Boutte | ... | Bostonia |
 | Bruce MacVittie | ... | Vinnie |
| Peter Ratray | ... | Burt |
 | Dwight Ewell | ... | Helen Wheels |
| Matthew Faber | ... | Mizz Moxie |
| Michael McElroy | ... | Princess Ernestine |
 | Luis Guzmán | ... | Vito |
| Joey Dedio | ... | Angelo |
| Tim Artz | ... | Plainclothes Cop |
 | Isaiah Washington | ... | Uniformed Cop |
 | Candis Cayne | ... | Diva |
| David Drumgold | ... | Diva |
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Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Spain:13 | USA:R
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Director Nigel Finch died of AIDS shortly after completing this, his last film. more
Quotes:
La Miranda:
Chicka. Chicka, I love that outfit more every time I see it.
Mizz Moxie:
Which is a lot of love, honey.
Helen Wheels:
And a lot of nerve too, girl.
La Miranda:
Tramp!
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Frederick Weller is the perfect embodiment of the frustrated gay male who is ready for a change, and a revolution to boot. He arrives in NYC, somewhat naive, and is befriended by a drag queen who introduces him to the city and its many characters. He is discouraged almost immediately but it starts a feeling in him that makes him uneasy about the way things are. At the time bars were getting raided constantly and there were other ridiculous laws, too, none of which sit well with him. He befriends another man who enlightens him about rallies, a peaceful march to Philadelphia, and takes him to Fire Island. But its all still bad, since he knows he's being treated badly because of who he is.
Climax of the movie is the riot at the end, which wasn't much of one as far as I'm concerned, but the police finally found they were being stood up to, and they didn't like it.
All the actors are excellent, especially Weller, who's inexplicably not a major star, and Guillermo Diaz as La Miranda, a not-as-tough-as-she-pretends-to-be drag queen. Its La Miranda's version of things, and when she says 'we're American as apple pie' as the last line of the movie, you can't help but believe her.
Kudos to all involved. 9/10.