Boy Culture (2006)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Q. Allan Brocka

Writers:

Q. Allan Brocka (writer)
Philip Pierce (writer)

Release Date:

31 January 2007 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

sex pays. love costs.

Plot:

A successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client. |

Plot Keywords:

Roommate | Confession | Male Prostitute | Vulnerable | Intergenerational Friendship

Awards:

9 wins

Cast

Derek Magyar	...	X
George Jonson	...	Blondie
Patrick Bauchau	...	Gregory Talbot
Darryl Stephens	...	Andrew
Peyton Hinson	...	Jill
Jonathon Trent	...	Joey
Kyle Santler	...	Scooter
Emily Brooke Hands	...	Lucy
Matt Riedy	...	Frank
Clifford Harrington	...	Renaldo
Molly Manago	...	Cheyenne
Demene E. Hall	...	Zelma (as Demene Hall)
William Hall Jr.	...	Oren
Joël René	...	Candace
Kibibi Monie	...	Phyllis (as Kibibi Monié)

Runtime:

USA:88 min | France:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

France:-12 | Australia:MA (2007) | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Boy Culture LLC

Trivia:

X's rental car is a 2004 Jaguar XKR.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When X and Andrew are heading to Portland for the wedding, the scenery of Seattle going by is heading north. Portland is south of Seattle.

Quotes:

X: The orgasm's a trap, but masturbation is bliss.

Movie Connections:

References "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)

Soundtrack:

Making The Grade

Loved it.

It is rare to see gay cinema that is thoughtful, witty, romantic and sexy all at once. Boy Culture is all that. The actors are great! The photography is rich and evocative. The setting (Seattle) is believable and supports the particular urban attitudes embodied by the characters. The story took me into a world different from my own. I laughed and was moved. It resonates in a larger sense with gay life (or male life) in contemporary society: What are the emotional risks needed in order to live a connected life? Our hard-won freedoms bring up questions -- about choice, and how we limit ourselves to guard our emotional wounds... This story is funny (rare in so-called "romantic comedies"!!) as well as touching and good-looking and sexy and smart! I loved it.