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Generic Thriller

  • 20092009
  • 1h 21m
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Generic Thriller (2009)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
The writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic t... Read allThe writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic thriller - only to discover that his characters prefer a character study - and want it to b... Read allThe writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic thriller - only to discover that his characters prefer a character study - and want it to be a movie, not a play. At least Steven can create the man of his dreams, right? But that c... Read all
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  • Director
    • Scott Sublett
  • Writer
    • Scott Sublett
  • Stars
    • Chloe Bronzan
    • Daniel Hart Donoghue
    • Lance Gardner
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    • Lance Gardner
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    Chloe Bronzan
    • Saraas Sara
    Daniel Hart Donoghue
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    • Stevenas Steven
    Lance Gardner
    • Audience Guyas Audience Guy
    Rosemary Griggs
    Rosemary Griggs
    • TV Reporteras TV Reporter
    Daniel Hawkey
    • Stage Handas Stage Hand
    David Hawkey
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    Lauren Plaxco
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    Charlie Queary
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    Cecily Ann Ryan
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    Tori Truss
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    The writer can do anything he wants, right? Or maybe not...as Steven, a handsome young theater history professor discovers when he sets out to write a stage thriller - a plain, old generic thriller - only to discover that his characters prefer a character study - and want it to be a movie, not a play. At least Steven can create the man of his dreams, right? But that character - Vertigo - named after Steven's sixth grade teacher Mr. Vertigo (Steven always dates men named Vertigo) - isn't really cooperating. Will Steven ever finish his play? Will Vertigo behave (or rather, misbehave) as Steven wishes? And what about the friends on whom Steven is basing his other characters - will they still be his friends when it's all over? —Anonymous
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      • A Gay Comedy about a Writer and His Crazy Characters
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      References The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

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    2/10
    There are no words...
    I love gay cinema. I can be forgiving for low budget. I can be forgiving for mediocre acting. This parody of a movie about a play of a thriller is the worst movie of the gay cinema genre I have ever watched...and I've seen hundreds. I know it's supposed to be a comedy but they treat everything like it's a joke that their even trying to make a movie. It's hard to describe and I would normally say just watch it to understand but I cannot recommend it for ANY reason. Even the "hot" guys are like warm. The 1 redeeming quality that makes this movie 2 stars is that it's original. Not for me, but it's different.
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    • May 10, 2017

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      • March 4, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • San Jose, California, USA
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      • Spartan Film Studios
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      1 hour 21 minutes
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      • Mono
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      • 1.85 : 1

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