Gypsy 83 (2001)

Director:

Todd Stephens

Writers:

Tim Kaltenecker (story)
Todd Stephens (screenplay)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Some of us were never meant to fit in.

Plot:

Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies...

Plot Keywords:

Karaoke | Gay Teenager | Coming Of Age | Father Daughter Relationship | Homosexual Teenager

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sara Rue	...	Gypsy Vale
Kett Turton	...	Clive Webb
Karen Black	...	Bambi LeBleau
John Doe	...	Ray Vale
Anson Scoville	...	Zechariah Peachey
Paulo Costanzo	...	Troy
Carolyn Baeumler	...	Lois
Stephanie McVay	...	Polly Pearl
Amanda Talbot	...	Connie
Vera Beren	...	Empress Chi Chi Valenti
Eileen Letchworth	...	Mrs. Larson
Andersen Gabrych	...	Banning
Michael Cavadias	...	Hazleton
Heather Litteer	...	Kitty Boots
Matthew Faust	...	Fraternity Pledge

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Luna Pictures

Quotes:

Clive: I don't think I ever want to have sex.
Gypsy: Mm-hmm
Clive: I'm serious.
Gypsy: Ok.
Clive: I just want someone to kiss, with big, soft, delicious lips. He'd have to smother me in old-school romance. I mean, candles and incense, Moët and Chandon, but only in a deserted castle in the south of France.
Gypsy: [releases pent-up laughter] Oh my god. You are so much more of a girl than I am.

Movie Connections:

References Carrie (1976)

Soundtrack:

Eccentricity

Not since Sherwood Anderson made Winesburg, Ohio THE place to be FROM, has Ohio seemed such an exotic backdrop!

Who knew that Sandusky was another Oz? Not since Sherwood Anderson made Winesburg, Ohio THE place to be FROM, has Ohio seemed such an exotic backdrop! Todd Stephens once again shows us that being different in Sandusky may be the crucible out of which our most solid character values are forged. Sara Rue and Kett Turton--with a little help from Karen Black, John Doe, and Anson Scoville ( as the sexiest Amish man since Harrison Ford)--make being different ( Goth, fat, gay, whatever)seem like redemption.

A little road picture becomes, with good writing, direction, and superb performances, a modern-day Canterbury Tales, where the "Night of a 1000 Stevies" is as important a destination as St Thomas Becket's grave.

The journey is itself the important part of the story, and each character that Gypsy ( Rue) and Clive (Turton) meet helps to change them as they, in turn, alter the lives of those they meet.

Do not expect true love and happy endings because like all journeys of self discovery, nothing is perfect and believing, opposite from the adage, is finally seeing.

Rent this DVD; see this movie. Todd Stephens gets better and better. EDGE OF SEVENTEEN was far from being just another teen movie, just another GAY teen movie; so GYPSY 83, too, is far from being another coming of age film. I think it says that we are all essential: frat boys, rednecks, broken-down karaoke singers, Stevie Nicks impersonators, fat girls, hunky Amish farmers, Mary Kay sales queens, and Foto Hut booth girls.

Sandusky, Ohio IS Oz. Todd Stephens knows it.

Oh, and don't miss Karen Black's incredible sultry jazz singing. Why the hell isn't she on Broadway?