Broadway Damage (1997)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Victor Mignatti

Writer:

Victor Mignatti (writer)

Release Date:

19 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

Greetings from Greenwich Village.

Plot:

A quirky, romantic comedy about the complexity and frustration of finding a true love in the gay community...

Plot Keywords:

Homosexual | Independent Film

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Mara Hobel	...	Cynthia
Michael Lucas	...	Marc
Hugh Panaro	...	David
Aaron Williams	...	Robert
Gary Janetti	...	Zola
Gerry McIntyre	...	Jerry
Tyagi Schwartz	...	Carl
Alan Filderman	...	Casting Director
James Lecesne	...	Cruise Ship Actor
Barbara Winters Pinto	...	Temp Agent
Benim Foster	...	The Super
Jean Loup	...	Punk
Jonathan Walker	...	Chuck
Richard Davidson	...	The John
Michael Jefferson	...	Drag Queen

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Village Art

Quotes:

Cynthia: This place is FABULOUS! And I don't use the "F" word loosely.

A Gay Valentine!

This is a sweet movie, yes, sweet movie about gay love, gay friendships, gay life and finding the right guy in your life. It took me back to the days when I went through this, myself, while living on the West Side in New York. I, too, had a girl-friend, a bit overweight by the name of Cass Elliot [Mama Cass before success]. Mara Hobel reminded me of Cass, except Cass didn't go back to Baltimore, where she was from. Hobel had some wonderful moments [funny and sad]. The boys did well for themselves. The gorgeous Michael Shawn Lucas [Marc] and his romantic tryst with Hugh Panaro [David] seemed doomed from the beginning. It was the key case that gave him his walking papers in my diary. Yet Panaro gave the role lots of depth without making him just a sleeze-ball. Some tenderness in him and such a body, oh my. I'd ask him in to share my bed. But the line, "Let's be lovers for just one night" went out in the 60s. When was this movie filmed? Then there was dear sweet Robert [Aaron Williams] who without those glasses looked really cute. Sort of a good looking Gilligan [from Gilligan's Island]. That book store clerk was crazy to turn him down. His scene where he wrote the song for Marc [and by the way, it was a gorgeous song and I'd love to have a recording of it] but then denied it when discovering Marc with David was touching. Yet, when he finally sang the song for him, my heart went out to him. And still he was denied. Ugh! But, love wins out in this and thanks for that goes to writer/director Victor Mignatti. Mignatti is a romantic, thank heavens, and gives us this special Valentine of love. Victor, if you ever read this critique, where can I get a copy of that song that Robert sang?