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AKA

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  • 2h 3m
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AKA (2002)
  • Drama
  • Romance
AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class backgr... Read allAKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family, which includes a sexually abusive father. In order to make somethi... Read allAKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family, which includes a sexually abusive father. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navi... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.2K
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  • Director
    • Duncan Roy
  • Writer
    • Duncan Roy
  • Stars
    • Matthew Leitch
    • Diana Quick
    • George Asprey
Top credits
  • Director
    • Duncan Roy
  • Writer
    • Duncan Roy
  • Stars
    • Matthew Leitch
    • Diana Quick
    • George Asprey
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    • 38User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Matthew Leitch
    Matthew Leitch
    • Dean Pageas Dean Page
    Diana Quick
    Diana Quick
    • Lady Gryffoynas Lady Gryffoyn
    George Asprey
    George Asprey
    • Davidas David
    Lindsey Coulson
    • Georgieas Georgie
    Blake Ritson
    Blake Ritson
    • Alexander Gryffoynas Alexander Gryffoyn
    Peter Youngblood Hills
    Peter Youngblood Hills
    • Benjaminas Benjamin
    Geoff Bell
    Geoff Bell
    • Brian Pageas Brian Page
    Hannah Yelland
    Hannah Yelland
    • Camille Sturtonas Camille Sturton
    Daniel Lee
    • Jamie Pageas Jamie Page
    Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy
    • Uncle Louis Gryffoynas Uncle Louis Gryffoyn
    Fenella Woolgar
    Fenella Woolgar
    • Sarahas Sarah
    Sean Gilder
    Sean Gilder
    • Tim Lyttletonas Tim Lyttleton
    Robin Soans
    Robin Soans
    • Neil Frostas Neil Frost
    Stephen Boxer
    Stephen Boxer
    • Dermotas Dermot
    Neil Maskell
    Neil Maskell
    • Marcusas Marcus
    Reginald S. Bundy
    • Jeremyas Jeremy
    Kathryn Pogson
    Kathryn Pogson
    • Freddy Furnishas Freddy Furnish
    Sue Douglas
    • Shop assistantas Shop assistant
    • Director
      • Duncan Roy
    • Writer
      • Duncan Roy
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    AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family, which includes a sexually abusive father. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
    • talking through a door
    • male objectification
    • aristocracy
    • texas
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      • Based on the remarkable true story.
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for sexuality, nudity, language and drug use
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Last cinema film of Faith Brook.
    • Goofs
      In the scenes within the VISA investigator's office, there are IBM Personal Computers on the desks. The story is set in 1978, however, the IBM PC was not introduced until August 12, 1981.

    User reviews38

    Review
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    Great story in a fascinating new film with idiosyncratic technical device
    "AKA" is a compelling new film from the U.K. by Duncan Roy. It's making the rounds of the American queer film festivals this year and was shown three times here in New York at the New Festival.

    It's one of those dramatic experiences that hangs around long after you have left the theater. Extremely well acted and directed, with a brilliant eye behind the camera, it's really the story which finally knocks you out. Is it a documentary? Actually, it feels like you are being taken along on a real anthropological expedition, but without the accompanying mess of cables and microphones and improvised scenes. The director hints at an autobiographical source for his work, but even without that suggestion the film moves in a real world of fantasy, fantasy here for both the nobs and the snobs.

    Oh, I almost forgot, an (almost?) innovation incorporated in the film is the projection of three side-by-side frames of nearly simultaneous action and sound rather than the single frame and single sound track which has limited our experience of movies for about a hundred years. This eccentricity was disconcerting at the beginning of the film but while its distractions were eventually replaced by the arguable pleasures of a sort of cinematic cubism, I think the verdict may still be out on this subject.
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    • Oct 27, 2002

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    • Release date
      • October 11, 2002 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Так называемый
    • Filming locations
      • Isle of Man
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $49,988
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,553
      • Dec 14, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $49,988
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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