A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.
James Murdock
- Clint
- (as David Baker)
Robert Christian
- Eric
- (as Rob Christian)
Nick De Noia
- Phil Drew
- (as Nick DeNoia)
Thomas Fiorello
- Ernie
- (as Tommy Fiorello)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis film was way ahead of its time. One of the characters referred to J. Edgar Hoover as "....a drag queen." In 1971, Hoover was still Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and viewed as a traditional American hero by the majority of his fellow Americans.
- GoofsWhen the hustler (Gary Sandy) rips off the drag queen's (Candy Darling) wig, her hair ribbon somehow stays attached to her real hair underneath.
- Quotes
Barrett Hartman: Forgive me for not getting up. It's a bit awkward.
Lita Joyce: Don't apologize. I abhor men in a vertical position.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Homo Promo (1991)
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A Time Capsule and cinema study of gay life in the 70's
This is an important piece of cinema. Why? Because it exposes the overall gay experience in its different facets - in this film it is represented through the characters at a bar. They spectrum of characters is like the rainbow flag even if it may not be identifiable or labeled as it is nowadays it does not mean it did not exist, it just means it was all under a few banners of the rainbow at the time. The situations are real, the pain in overwhelming and what makes this masterpiece so poignant is that this may not all be happening at one bar during one night but the film is set up as such.
These are the events lgbt people experienced on a daily basis everywhere from unrequited love only answered in the dark to family troubles to straight identified men having their side lovers. It's all there as it it today all converged beautifully and cinematically in one bar for us all to remember and never forget how times have changed and how far we've come as a society.
A brilliant piece of cinema and case study of how life was for lgbt+ back in 1971. A fine and highly recommended film.
These are the events lgbt people experienced on a daily basis everywhere from unrequited love only answered in the dark to family troubles to straight identified men having their side lovers. It's all there as it it today all converged beautifully and cinematically in one bar for us all to remember and never forget how times have changed and how far we've come as a society.
A brilliant piece of cinema and case study of how life was for lgbt+ back in 1971. A fine and highly recommended film.
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- The Bar
- Filming locations
- Zodiac Bar - 835 Washington Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(used for Blue Jay bar)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $117,169
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By what name was Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971) officially released in Canada in English?
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