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Overview

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Director:
Dirk Shafer
Writers:
Gregory Hinton (writer)
Dirk Shafer (writer)
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Release Date:
8 May 2002 (France) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Party Hard!
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Non-judgmental examination of 'circuit party' scene more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jonathan Wade-Drahos ... John Webster
Andre Khabbazi ... Hector Ray

Brian Lane Green ... Gill

Kiersten Warren ... Nina
Daniel Kucan ... Tad

Jim J. Bullock ... Mark

Darryl Stephens ... Julian

Bruce Vilanch ... Theater Stage Manager

Randal Kleiser ... Bobby's Doctor
Paul Lekakis ... Bobby Ross
William Katt ... Gino
Nancy Allen ... Louise
Stanton Schnepp ... Andy French

Michael Bailey Smith ... Mike

Brian Beacock ... Suspect / Drag Queen
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong sexual and drug content, and for language.
Runtime:
130 min | USA:120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
France:-16 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud)

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Hector Ray: I don't like women - or ugly men. more
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Spoofed in Another Gay Movie (2006) more
Soundtrack:
White Rabbit more

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Non-judgmental examination of 'circuit party' scene, 28 May 2005
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Author: Libretio

CIRCUIT

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Sound format: Mono

A gay police officer (Jonathan Wade Drahos) is outed at work and subsequently relocates to LA where he becomes involved in the 'circuit party' lifestyle and is almost destroyed by its worst excesses...

Filmed in digital video format by director/co-writer (and former 'Playgirl' centerfold) Dirk Shafer, CIRCUIT casts an uncritical eye over the circuit party scene, exposing the highs and lows of a subculture driven by sexual excess. Drahos toplines a relatively unknown cast as the wide-eyed innocent torn asunder by corrupting influences, though he's upstaged by former soap actor Andre Khabazzi ("The Young and the Restless", "Sunset Beach") as a pumped-up party boy who refuses to have sex with anyone unless they pay for it, and is obsessed with growing old and losing his beauty (there are moments in the film when Shafer's camera lingers on Khabbazi's sculpted body, culminating in a memorable sequence where Khabazzi indulges his characters' narcissism in front of a full-length mirror). Equally impressive is Daniel Kucan as an aspiring filmmaker who records a series of video interviews with his circuit party friends (including Drahos, in a beautifully acted sequence where he's so spaced-out he can barely speak). Further down the cast list, veterans William Katt and Nancy Allen are reunited on-screen for the first time since CARRIE (1976), and while they both appear to enjoy playing against type, their roles seem pretty superfluous. Kiersten Warren and Brian Lane Green are solid as the only true friends in Drahos' life, and 80's pop sensation Paul Lekakis makes his screen debut as an erotic performance artist whose acts of self-mutilation will horrify all but the most hardened masochists. You have been warned!

Director Shafer revels in the beautiful gym-buffed bodies which form a crucial aspect of the circuit party scene, and he also includes a number of relatively chaste sexual encounters, mostly tender, sometimes dark and disturbing, always credible. The movie's production values are OK, and Shafer demonstrates a genuine cinematic awareness, helped by solid technical support all round. Look quickly for brief cameos by Craig Chester (SWOON), writer/comedian Bruce Vilanch (GET BRUCE) and director Randal Kleiser (THE BLUE LAGOON). Sensitive viewers are advised that the climactic party sequence contains prolonged flashing-light effects.

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