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Dare

  • 20052005
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 16m
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Adam Fleming and Michael Cassidy in Dare (2005)
DramaShort
High school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After Ben gives Johnny a ride home one night, the boys end up in Johnny's swimming pool and have an encounter that break... Read allHigh school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After Ben gives Johnny a ride home one night, the boys end up in Johnny's swimming pool and have an encounter that breaks the rules and blows Ben's mind.High school senior Ben secretly lusts after bad boy classmate Johnny. After Ben gives Johnny a ride home one night, the boys end up in Johnny's swimming pool and have an encounter that breaks the rules and blows Ben's mind.
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2K
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    • Adam Salky
    • David Brind
  • Stars
    • Adam Fleming
    • Michael Cassidy
    • Marla Burkholder
    • Adam Salky
    • David Brind
  • Stars
    • Adam Fleming
    • Michael Cassidy
    • Marla Burkholder
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    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Dare (2005)
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    Adam Fleming and Michael Cassidy in Dare (2005)
    Adam Fleming and Michael Cassidy in Dare (2005)

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    Adam Fleming
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    • Ben 'Light Boy'
    Michael Cassidy
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    Marla Burkholder
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    Terry Guerin
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    Carly Haines
    • Alexa's Friend
    Matt Lundy
    • Jock
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      • Adam Salky
      • David Brind
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    • Quotes

      Johnny: I never got a blowjob.

      [Ben chuckles]

      Johnny: Never got kissed? Come here.

      [Ben joins him in the pool]

    • Crazy credits
      Produced in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MFA degree of the film division, School of The Arts, Columbia University.
    • Connections
      Edited into Boys Life 5 (2006)

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    Getting hit by the ambiguous nature of teenage desire
    "Light Boy" Ben admires Johnny, the star of the new school play ("A streetcar named desire"). Unbeknownst to Johnny, this admiration will soon turn into lust. What then? Can the two boys remain friends or after certain limits are crossed there is no turning back? When Johnny invites Ben to swim together after having a few drinks, the conversation will become more intimate.

    Both actors manage to convey a youthful spark, while at the same time expressing defined personalities in this brief story. It was especially interesting to see Michael Cassidy play a role only too familiar to his character in The OC or Hidden Palms, although here perhaps he is a most riveting seducer, full of sensuality.

    There is something very subtle in the way these two boys interact with each other. Not only because of the ambiguous source of desire that ignites a more contact physical exchange between them or Ben's suggestion of practicing a fellatio on Johnny. As they move swiftly in the swimming pool, it's easy to realize that, indeed, something lies beneath the surface.

    In the credits, director Adam Salky acknowledges filmmaker Tom Kalin; then it should be easy to understand why the fascination towards ambiguity and the subtlety are paramount guidelines in this short film.
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      • August 13, 2005 (United States)
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      • Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
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      • Adam Salky Films
      • BrindStar Productions
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