The Event (2003)

Director:

Thom Fitzgerald

Writers:

Thom Fitzgerald (writer)
Steven Hillyer (written by)

Release Date:

13 February 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Go in style.

Plot:

An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of...

Plot Keywords:

Death | New York | Gay Interest | Trail | Ashes

Awards:

9 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Brent Carver	...	Brian
Olympia Dukakis	...	Lila
Jane Leeves	...	Mona
Parker Posey	...	Nick
Don McKellar	...	Matt
Sarah Polley	...	Dana
Rejean Cournoyer	...	Rory (as Rejean Joseph Cournoyer)
Cynthia Preston	...	Amy
Joanna Adler	...	Gaby (as Joanna P. Adler)
Dick Latessa	...	Uncle Leo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Borden
Lucy Decoutere	...	Matt's Upstairs Neighbor
Travis Ferris	...	NYPD Officer
Thom Fitzgerald	...	Vagimar Commecial Director
Glen Grant	...	Andy (as Glen Michael Grant)
Gianna Marciante	...	Lilian
Jaclyn Markowitz	...	Amelia
Vicky McCarty	...	Plate Dancer
Ruth Moore	...	Dr. Fisher
Joan Orenstein	...	Angela DeVivo
Chaz Thorne	...	Chris Devivo
Lawrence Willett	...	Lola
Christina Zorich	...	Judy

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

Canada:114 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:110 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Australia:MA (TV rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:R | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Arkanjel

Movie Connections:

References The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) (TV)

Both the film and the event it portrays qualify as "events."

I came to this film via Thom Fitzgerald's earlier work, the mostly comic pseudo-documentary "Beefcake," so I was unprepared for the many-layered drama of "The Event." There have been a lot of films about gay men with AIDS, most of which are earnest and predictable, but "The Event" is definitely surprising in its story. It is easy to identify with the various points of view in the film, and that raises the viewer's stakes considerably. And what an indie dream of a cast! I viewed this DVD via NETFLIX which inexplicably -- considering their trove of Grade Z films about gay people -- doesn't stock "Beefcake." Thom Fitzgerald doesn't do the same old same old -- for which, hats off and Thanks!