Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

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:

Drugs | Homosexual | Sex | Twenty Something | Gay Kiss

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:

Gundy: [playing the guitar and singing] Life's been so empty without one like you. You're gay friend caused some friction, but you don't condem my drug addiction. I want to eat you, I want to taste you, I want to swallow you. She calls herself Georgina.
Georgiana: Georgiana.
Gundy: [cont. singing] Oh I need her, oh I do. She calls herself Georgina.
Georgiana: Georgiana, with an 'A'.
Gundy: [cont. singing] I need her, I do. I wish I would have met you just a week ago because I smoked something and what it was I just don't know. And now I'm hearing voices and who they are I haven't found and now that you're hear babe you're the voice I want around. I want to eat you, I want to taste you, I want to swallow you.
[...]

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Jim's Dog

Journey to the Territory of Unrequited Affection

One of the very few movies I saw twice this year, and not just because newcomer Brad Rowe is so terribly easy on the eyes. Whether you're gay or straight (although, I suspect, particularly if you're a gay man), you're bound to see yourself on the screen more than once. Billy (Sean P. Hayes) rushes headlong to a place where we've all gone before, a place where angels fear to tread: the Territory of Unrequited Affection. We've all been there; we've all done it. The desire and need for emotional as well as physical intimacy is a great and terrible thing, and Billy's struggle is one we can identify with while still seeing the humor inherent in our own all-too-human endeavors. Bright, cheerful cinematography makes the most of the distinctly L.A. locations (West Hollywood, Catalina Island). Gentle, tender, funny, for the most part honest, and not a diatribe--which meant that I could recommend it to my straight friends, too.