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Stonewall (1995)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. Director:Nigel Finch |
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La Miranda
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Matty Dean
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Brendan Corbalis | ... |
Ethan
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| Duane Boutte | ... |
Bostonia
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Vinnie
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Peter Ratray | ... |
Burt
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Helen Wheels
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Mizz Moxie
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Michael McElroy | ... |
Princess Ernestine
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| Luis Guzmán | ... |
Vito
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Angelo
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Tim Artz | ... |
Plainclothes Cop
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Uniformed Cop
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Diva
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David Drumgold | ... |
Diva
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Who could have guessed that a bunch of men in dresses would breath life into the movement to win equal rights for gay men and lesbians? Certainly not the police who raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular "drag" bar in Greenwich Village. After a long history of police raids, extortion, and brutality, a gaggle of drag queens at the Stonewall decide they have had enough and begin to riot when the police try to load them into a paddy wagon. Told by "La Miranda" (Hector), a regular customer at the Stonewall Inn, the film is a recounting of events that led up to that fateful day in 1969. "Matty Dean" is the handsome angry young man that La Miranda meets at the Stonewall one day and with whom she/he quickly falls in love. "Bostonia" is the self-styled Queen Mother of the drag queens and guides each initiate gently "into the life." Her lover, Vinnie, is the closeted proprietor of the Stonewall. His tragic response to the suffocation he feels bearing down on him from a homophobic world -- perhaps... Written by Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
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The fight for the right to love [USA theatrical] See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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3 September 1996 (USA) See more »Box Office
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$74,052 (USA) (26 July 1996)Gross:
$616,248 (USA) (27 September 1996)Company Credits
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Uniformed Cop: Awww, she ain't in the mood. Ain't we in the mood? Are we on the rag, dearie? And what if my little buddy here is in the mood?
[pushes Bostonia]
Uniformed Cop: Poor little faggot don't know whether to kill me or kiss me.
Bostonia: [Hits the cop] Guess I made up my mind.
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(as Ooh Pah Pah Doo)
Written by Jessie Hill
Performed by The Shirelles
Courtesy of Highland Music, Inc.
By arrangement with Celebrity Licensing Inc.
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Several film clips are seen and sound clips are heard of Judy Garland, who died June 22, 1969, just six days before the Stonewall Riots started on June 28, 1969. See more »Goofs
The picket at Independence Hall was a yearly event called the Annual Reminder. It took place every July 4 from 1965 to 1969. The Stonewall riots began June 28, earlier in the summer than the Annual Reminder. See more »Quotes
Bostonia: Don't push me, Mary. I am not in the mood.Uniformed Cop: Awww, she ain't in the mood. Ain't we in the mood? Are we on the rag, dearie? And what if my little buddy here is in the mood?
[pushes Bostonia]
Uniformed Cop: Poor little faggot don't know whether to kill me or kiss me.
Bostonia: [Hits the cop] Guess I made up my mind.
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Soundtracks
"Ooh Poo Pah Doo"(as Ooh Pah Pah Doo)
Written by Jessie Hill
Performed by The Shirelles
Courtesy of Highland Music, Inc.
By arrangement with Celebrity Licensing Inc.
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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.