Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Tommy O'Haver

Writer:

Tommy O'Haver (writer)

Release Date:

24 July 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Lights!... Camera!... Attraction!

Plot:

Billy is a gay fine-arts photographer who falls in love with straight coffee-shop waiter Gabriel.

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | Hollywood | Drugs | Twenty Something | Sex

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Sean Hayes	...	Billy Collier (as Sean P. Hayes)
Brad Rowe	...	Gabriel
Richard Ganoung	...	Perry
Meredith Scott Lynn	...	Georgiana
Matthew Ashford	...	Whitey
Armando Valdes-Kennedy	...	Fernando
Paul Bartel	...	Rex Webster
Carmine Giovinazzo	...	Gundy (as Carmine D. Giovinazzo)
Holly Woodlawn	...	Holly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Allen Anderson	...	Peter
Bonnie Biehl	...	Connie Rogers
Chad Boardman	...	Drag Chorus
Les Borsay	...	Les
Christopher Bradley	...	Andrew
Robbie Cain	...	Joshua
Kim Campoli	...	Natalie
Rodney Chester	...	DRag Chorus
Mark Conley	...	Raymond
Eric Davenport	...	Drag Chorus
Kimiko Gelman	...	Donna
Annabelle Gurwitch	...	Gallery Owner
Niles Jenson	...	Diedre
Michelle Karen	...	Billy's mom
Mr. Dan	...	Drag Queen
Shawn Nicholson	...	Young Billy
Shanti Reinhardt	...	Ju-Ju, the performance artist
Kiff Scholl	...	Rio, the performance artist
Jason-Shane Scott	...	Brad
Jamie Spencer	...	Kent Bartlett
Aaron Wilde	...	Chris Jungblut

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

92 min | UK:89 min (video)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | France:U | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Revolutionary Eye LLC

Goofs:

Continuity: When Billy and Gabriel are lying in bed and Billy gets up, the pillows change between shots.

Quotes:

Andrew: That drag queen is amazing, huh Billy? He totally looks like a woman.
Billy: [to Georgiana] Ok, I need to know that his penis is large enough to sustain this relationship.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

Soundtrack:

Border Ska

Wonderful, Oscar worthy

I thought this movie was a masterpiece. The movie is a delicate blend of stereotype and reality, allowing the audience to realize what's real and what's fake. It centers around a young man and his object of affection. The fact that this object of affection is another man throws an interesting twist that makes the audience realize that there is very little difference between gays and straights. Very thoughtful, the wisecracking Billy spends the entire movie trying to figure out if Gabriel (His love from afar) is gay or straight. It centers around relationships and how difficult they are no matter what sexual preference. Superbly done by all actors and actresses, but especially Sean P. Hayes.