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• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE (2006)
• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
• "I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
• ANOTHER GAY MOVIE: DIRECTOR'S CUT

ANOTHER GAY MOVIE (2006)

8/1063 RatgsDirected by Todd Stephens Uned Stat, 2006Comedy, LGBTQ+93SynopsisStudly Jarod, nerdy Griff, flamboyant Ni and nocent Andy all want the same thg — to lose their virgy — and they’ll pat the town lavenr to do so this gay take on the teen edy genre. SynopsisStudly Jarod, nerdy Griff, flamboyant Ni and nocent Andy all want the same thg — to lose their virgy — and they’ll pat the town lavenr to do so this gay take on the teen edy genre.

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Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia20061h 38mA nfint, out-of-the-closet gay teenager has the support of an eclectic range of iends while alg wh a homophobic bully durg his first year at an ternatnal high school. A nfint, out-of-the-closet gay teenager has the support of an eclectic range of iends while alg wh a homophobic bully durg his first year at an ternatnal high productn, box office & pany Vios1More like thisReview This film really was a great surprise! Culled om a longlist of hundreds, movi nsired for the list promently feature gay, lbian, trans, or queer characters; ncern self centrally wh LGBTQ+ them; prent s LGBTQ+ characters a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpot the evolutn of queer cema.

And we regnize that some of the films the list will re-igne healthy bat that have been fixtur of discsn around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playg gay characters, cis actors playg trans characters, and the historil domance of whe male perspectiv. For our most recent update to the list, we’ve add mastream edi Fire Island and Bros, thriller Knock at the Cab (featurg two pairs of hbands whose vatn is terpted by the potential apolypse), Disney feature Strange World (wh the stud’s first openly gay lead character), Blue Jean (a Brish drama set durg the Thatcher premiership), the extremely well-reviewed Girl Picture), France’s magil realist The Five Devils, and Cann 2023 buts Monster and Strange Way of Life. One of the most powerful aspects of the movie is that 's able to addrs real problems wh the gay muny through a humoro lens, helpg viewers regnize the problems, whout feelg overwhelmed.

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The films remd of that fact, and they should be appreciated jt as much as the ser list is by no means the five document of queer film—’s merely a jubilee of movi that are both gay (as LGBTQ+) and gay (as happy! [Alison Foreman]One need only mentn that Victor/Victoria stars Julie Andrews as a stgglg soprano who, wh the help of a mischievo gay performer, cis to pass herself off as a female impersonator 1930s Paris—fallg for a dashg gangster the procs. Armand and Albert are unrervedly happy for the bri and groom, but ’s Barbara’s homophobic parents, Senator Kev Keeley (Gene Hackman) and wife Louise (Dianne Wit), who risk spoilg the fun should they fd out about Val’s fathers and his tranged mother Kathare (Christe Baranski).

[Manuel Betanurt]Another Gay MovieImage: Courty TLA ReleasgThe perfect enpsulatn of LGBTQ+ cema the early 2000s, Another Gay Movie serv as a time psule for a moment when queer ntent was unabashedly c, lewd, straight-to-vio shlock. While the setup provis plenty of fodr for foul-mouthed toilet-humor, sex jok, and sight gags, the movie also manag to touch on some still-prsg issu of gay life, such as self-nial, subvertg stereotyp, embracg one’s own bety, and fdg chosen fay.

The place was once n by Karen and Barry Mason, a straight uple who savvily beme gay porn entreprenrs that tered to the male clientele the neighborhood at a time when such ntent was not a mere click away. In a time when “gay g-of-age stori” were still synonymo wh “g out stori, ” Stephens envisned a lorful fantasy world where the closet didn’t even exist and his characters uld stead worry about what any other teen worried about: Havg sex. In celebratn of the film’s 15th anniversary, a “Director’s Cut” re-release provis an opportuny to reach new dienc, which rais the qutn: Will a provotive product of s time like Another Gay Movie still feel relevant today, or will jt feel offensive?

"I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE

Todd Stephens: I was my unrwear foldg lndry wh my now hband, Tim [Kaltenecker]—we’ve been together for a ln years—and somehow the ia jt popped to my head: “What about a gay Amerin Pie?

For once, gay kids wouldn’t have to translate that stuff to their lived Stephens: I was fely pullg spiratn om the c humor that was big edy at the time, and that’s a different si of me. I’m a Gemi, so I have that more ser, heartfelt si—that’s where Edge Of Seventeen and [the upg] Swan Song me om—but that’s the part of me that got hurt bee of the Gypsy ’83 rejectn, so that’s why I wrote Another Gay Movie.

We were dog somethg that we weren’t sure we uld get away Another Gay Movie wrten, Stephens and his llaborators ma plans to stage live readgs of the script at queer film ftivals, both as dry ns for the joke-heavy dialogue, and to build buzz among dienc and potential fanciers. ” I probably would have done anyway right out the gate movie, but there was an easg to that ma a big proven self an dience favore, Another Gay Movie was ready to make the move om stage to screen.

ANOTHER GAY MOVIE: DIRECTOR'S CUT

The creative team worked hard to stretch their funds and build the gay fantasy world of their dreams, all a historic neighborhood south of Stephens: So I had partnered up wh TLA, which still exists; they were this big distributor of gay films, and they were actually puttg the movi to theaters. He pletely unrstood and supported Another Gay Movie one-hundred percent, and he really helped fd a big chunk of the money to make the movie Blechman: It was a most budget, paratively, but pennt queer cema has not had that kd of budget sce. While a few big nam passed on the opportuny, others were eager to play, imbug the film wh more gay ’s Parents (Stt Thompson and Lypska)Photo: Chris Stephens / Breakg Glass PicturTodd Stephens: Stt Thompson and Lypska were part of some of the st readgs, so we were lucky to have them for the film too, as Andy’s parents.

Usually sets that move that quickly are strsful bee there’s no time to waste—you’ve got to get everythg spot on—but was such a fun (Jonah Blechman) shar some big news wh his mother (Stephanie McVay)Photo: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturIn what beme one of Another Gay Movie’s most memorable scen, Stephens uldn’t rist spoofg the most predictable of queer cema trop, the g out scene.

He took spiratn om his own work, Edge Of Seventeen, stagg Ni’s emotnal nfsn to his mother the exact same way as the drama’s emotnal climax—but wh a hilar Stephens: The whole pot of Another Gay Movie was that I didn’t want beg gay to be part of the nflict—I didn’t want any of the characters to have shame about that. So to [spoof] that scene— uld only work if was as heartfelt and vulnerable as ’s (Michael Carbonaro) morng gets terpted by his parents (Lypska, Stt Thompson)Photo: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturLike many of the teen edi of s time, Another Gay Movie was not aaid to show some sk. [Lghs]Andy (Michael Carbonaro) daydreams about his teacherPhoto: Chris Stephens / Breakg Glass PicturBy sprg of 2006, Stephens was ready to unleash Another Gay Movie onto the world.

” I gus there was—and I’m sure there still is today—the ncern that, if you were gay, you uldn’t play Blechman: In my own reer, I started off film kissg Leonardo DiCapr, and after playg a queer character that film the early ’90s, I end up losg my agents and managers bee of other rol that were g that were queer.

Todd Stephens: There’s this whole other topic of the sequel, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!, which I know is not what this is about, but that was sad bee I wanted to brg this fay together aga and go back to that crazy world, didn’t work out wh everyone [of Another Gay Movie’s four leads, only Jonah Blechman returned for the sequel]. But ma me realize there was a lot of magic what we Stole as Sloppi SendsPhoto: Chris Stephens/Breakg Glass PicturFifteen years later, Stephens has lked up wh pennt distributor Breakg Glass Pictur to liver a “Director’s Cut” time for Another Gay Movie’s anniversary.

The boys (Jonathan Chase, Mch Morris, Michael Carbonaro, Jonah Blechman) look on shock at Muffler’s secretPhoto: Chris Stephens / Breakg Glass PicturIn the ensug years, Another Gay Movie has predomantly found s fans cur young viewers, s lorful promo image tchg the ey of vio store browsers and streamg platform scrollers. ] So, I’ll still get regnized me om , and ’s so funny to hear their reactns to Blechman: I’m really exced to see what today’s youth—the morn queer muny— gets om Another Gay Movie. That clip appears The Celluloid Closet, Rob Epste and Jefey Friedman’s documentary based on Vo Rso’s study of homosexualy the movi, along wh untls exampl of how gay characters showed up, per narrator Lily Toml, as “somethg to lgh at, or somethg to py, or even somethg to fear.