Were the World Mine (2008)

A bullied and demoralized gay student at an all-boys school uses a magical flower derived from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream' to turn many in his community gay, including a comely rugby player for himself.

Director:

Tom Gustafson

Writers:

Cory Krueckeberg (as Cory James Krueckeberg), Tom Gustafson

Stars:

Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane

18 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tanner Cohen	...	Timothy
Wendy Robie	...	Ms. Tebbit
Judy McLane	...	Donna
Zelda Williams	...	Frankie
Jill Larson	...	Nora Bellinger
Ricky Goldman	...	Max
Nathaniel David Becker	...	Jonathon
Christian Stolte	...	Coach Driskill
David Darlow	...	Dr. Lawrence Bellinger
Parker Croft	...	Cooper
Brad Bukauskas	...	Cole
Reid Dawson	...	Russ
Alexander Aguilar	...	Taylor
Yoni Solomon	...	Bradley
Colleen Skemp	...	Becky

Storyline

Gay high schooler Timothy receives confusing signals from his rugby player crush. In the way of their love: a homophobic rugby team. But when the rugby team is all cast in the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, supporting Timothy as the lead, Timothy discovers magic in the pages that allows him to make people fall in love with others of the same sex - and the town is never the same.

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Plot Keywords:

bust sculpture | high school | guitar | audition | ballet | 

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Taglines:

A musical dream come true.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scene from All Things Shall Be Peace, as the characters and Ms. Tebbit are under the tree, Cole (in the gray shirt) is standing behind Ms. Tebbit and Donna. In the next shot, Cole is kneeling in front of them. In the next shot Cole is standing behind them again.

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Quotes

Timothy: If you could make someone love you, would you?

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Connections

Remake of Fairies (2003)

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Soundtracks

Relax (Take It Easy)
Written and Performed by Mika

User Reviews

Shakespeare plus singing dancing rugby players, and magically it all works!

Were the World Mine is set in an all male private school where the entire senior class is required to participate in the senior play, a production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream"---even the members of the rugby team.

But the events in the town start to take on a surreal gay twist, as the interactions of all the folks in the town start to mirror those in Shakespeare's original script.

As you may know---the comedy of the Shakespeare play centers around a device where a fairy named Puck can sprinkle a magic elixir into someone's eyes, causing that person to fall madly in love with the first person they lay eyes on.

Timothy, who is picked on by all the members of rugby team, and is playing Puck in the play, manages to get his hands on the elixir for real. But as in Shakepeare's version, not everything goes as planned.

Along the way, there are lots of shirtless hot rugby players, and amazing singing.

I saw this at the Santa Barbara GLBTQ film-festival and was captivated. After seeing the film, now when I play the clips of the trailer I get goose-bumps. During the film I was so transported into the world of the characters that I didn't even notice all the amazing cinematography that I see now in the trailer. The film seems to move effortlessly between realistic scenes and those that are surreal and fantastic---in all senses of that word.

The cast is terrific---and the music is transcendent. I highly recommend this film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 May 2009 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Fairies: A Musical Dream Come True

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$864, 2 November 2008

Gross USA:

$123,789

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$123,789

Company Credits

Production Co:

SPEAK Productions, The Group Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color