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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Paul Rudnick (written by)
Release Date:
19 September 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
An out-and-out comedy.
Plot:
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards. full summary | add synopsis
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Teacher
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High School
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Gay
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Small Town
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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10 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Straight Actors Accepting More Gay Roles
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 July 2004)
Movie Fans Get Shafted On Internet Site
(From WENN. 21 June 2000)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 July 2004)
Movie Fans Get Shafted On Internet Site
(From WENN. 21 June 2000)
User Comments:
Yes, it is funny, but still a bait-and-switch
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kevin Kline | ... | Howard Brackett | |
| Joan Cusack | ... | Emily Montgomery | |
| Tom Selleck | ... | Peter Malloy | |
| Matt Dillon | ... | Cameron Drake | |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | Berniece Brackett | |
| Wilford Brimley | ... | Frank Brackett | |
| Bob Newhart | ... | Tom Halliwell | |
| Gregory Jbara | ... | Walter Brackett | |
| Shalom Harlow | ... | Sonya | |
| Shawn Hatosy | ... | Jack | |
| Zak Orth | ... | Mike | |
| Lauren Ambrose | ... | Vicky | |
| Alexandra Holden | ... | Meredith | |
| Lewis J. Stadlen | ... | Ed Kenrow | |
| Deborah Rush | ... | Ava Blazer |
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Also Known As:
In and Out (Australia) (cable TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language.
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Runtime:
90 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #34955) |
Peru:14 |
Canada:14+ |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:PG |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:14 |
Chile:14 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:7 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:R(A) |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:12
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Matt Dillon's outing of his teacher in his acceptance speech is based upon Tom Hanks' real-life acceptance speech at The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) for his Oscar for Philadelphia (1993), in which he thanked a gay teacher.
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Goofs:
Boom mic visible: The outdoor engagement party.
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Quotes:
Ava Blazer:
[after one of the girls announces that she's gay] You can't be gay! You're a tramp!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Friends: The One with the Free Porn (#4.17)" (1998)
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Soundtrack:
Everything's Coming Up Roses
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Without a doubt, much humor and good performances. The scene with the "Exploring Your Masculinity" tape (this is the one where Kline is told that real men don't dance) had me laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes.
Unfortunately, everything that I had seen and read about this movie before I went to see it indicated that it was a case of a man who was wrongly "outed"... period. When it became evident that he was going to end up being gay (notice his foot-lifting during the kiss with Selleck), I felt very let down.
I didn't want to go see an "it's okay to be gay" movie (there seem to be enough of that type already). I wanted to see the teacher who seems to fit the "gay profile", if you will, gets falsely outed, but nevertheless is "straight".
Making Peter Malloy (Selleck) gay shows that gay doesn't have to fit any preconceived profile (remember, this is the guy who played Magnum, P.I.). But by making Howard Brackett (Kline) gay, it supports the idea that sensitive, poetry-loving (etc.) men must be gay. The viewer would have been better served had the movie stuck with the premise that gay/straight doesn't have to fit a stereotype; let "manly" Sellect be gay and "sensitive" Kline be straight.
Don't interpret this as a gay-bashing/homophobe review; it is not. I sympathize with Kline's character inasmuch as I am a man in his early 30's who is still unmarried, and occasionally catches the "how come he isn't married" sort of thing from people.