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Torch Song Trilogy

  • 19881988
  • 13+13+
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
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Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.Arnold is a gay man working as drag queen in 1971 NYC. He meets a handsome bisexual man.
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    • Paul Bogart
    • Harvey Fierstein(play)
  • Stars
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Matthew Broderick
    • Harvey Fierstein
    • Paul Bogart
    • Harvey Fierstein(play)
  • Stars
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Matthew Broderick
    • Harvey Fierstein
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    • 69User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
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    Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Fierstein, and Brian Kerwin in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick and Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Anne Bancroft and Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick and Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick and Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
    Matthew Broderick and Harvey Fierstein in Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

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    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Ma Beckoff
    Matthew Broderick
    Matthew Broderick
    • Alan Simon
    Harvey Fierstein
    Harvey Fierstein
    • Arnold Beckoff
    Brian Kerwin
    Brian Kerwin
    • Ed Reese
    Karen Young
    Karen Young
    • Laurel
    Eddie Castrodad
    • David
    Ken Page
    Ken Page
    • Murray
    Charles Pierce
    • Bertha Venation
    Axel Vera
    • Marina Del Rey
    Benji Schulman
    • Young Arnold Beckoff
    Nick Montgomery
    • Chorus Boy #1
    Robert Neary
    Robert Neary
    • Chorus Boy #2
    Kim Clark
    • Female Bar Patron #1
    Stephanie Penn
    • Female Bar Patron #2
    Geoffrey Harding
    • Man with Lighter
    Michael Bond
    • Bar Patron
    Michael Warga
    • Bartender
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    • Man in Back Room
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      • Harvey Fierstein(play) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Estelle Getty originated the role of Ma Beckoff on Broadway. She was unavailable filming The Golden Girls (1985) as Sophia, Dorothy's mother, to reprise the part for the movie so Anne Bancroft was cast instead.
    • Goofs
      Arnold hires a car service to take him and Ma to the cemetery, and the car is seen waiting for them. But when Ma storms off and leaves in the car, it's not the same driver that brought them to the cemetery.
    • Quotes

      Arnold: It's easier to love someone who's dead. They make so few mistakes.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Working Girl/I'm Gonna Git You Sucka/Rain Man/Torch Song Trilogy/Haunted Summer (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Dames
      Music by Harry Warren
      Lyrics by Al Dubin

    User reviews69

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    9/10
    Preaching to the Converted, but How Sweet it Is
    TST is like Harvey Fierstein himself: you love it or you loathe it; I love it. Preachy and heavy-handed as "Torch" is at times, it's also a brilliant, hilarious, and truly heartfelt look at how gay men love each other and their families. Arnold Beckoff, like Harvey, apologizes to no one for who and what he his, and his pride is infectious. And Matthew Broderick, as Arnold's model lover, has never been more appealing.
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    • Phatima
    • Sep 20, 1998

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1989 (Canada)
      • United States
      • English
      • Hebrew
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    • Filming locations
      • Denville, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Howard Gottfried/Ronald K. Fierstein Production
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    • 2 hours
      • Color
      • Dolby

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