A movie about beg gay and Mormon might have seemed unique before "Angels Ameri" and Tasha Oldham's docu "The Smh Fay." Unfortunately, wrer-director C. Jay Cox's "Latter Days" falls back on broad characterizatns and stereotypil suatns. Pic seems unlikely to branch out beyond niche gay ds upsle markets.
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Latter Days is a 2003 Amerin romantic edy-drama film about a gay relatnship between a closeted Mormon missnary and his openly gay neighbour. The film was wrten and directed by C. Jay Cox and stars Steve Sandvoss as the missnary, Aaron, and W Ramsey as the neighbour, Christian. Joseph * latter days gay scene *
Latter Days is a 2003 Amerin romantic edy-drama film about a gay relatnship between a closeted Mormon missnary and his openly gay neighbour. Latter Days premiered at the Philalphia Internatnal Gay & Lbian Film Ftival on July 10, 2003 and was released var stat of USA over the next 12 months.
Later the film was released a few other untri and shown at several gay film ftivals.
Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss), a young Mormon, arriv Los Angel wh three fellow missnari to evangelize. The group's promiscuo gay neighbor, Christian (W Ramsey), mak a bet he n sce and sleep wh one of them, and his flirtat ways help Aaron realize he is actually gay. Returng home to small-town Idaho shame, Aaron is sent to a fah-based center to be cured of his homosexualy -- while Christian, who's fallen love wh him, sperately tri to fd him. * latter days gay scene *
It was the first film to portray openly the clash between the prcipl of the Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats and homosexualy, and s exhibn some U. They move to an apartment next to openly gay party boy Christian Markelli and his roommate Julie, an aspirg sger.
Christian mak a bet wh his -workers that he n sce one of the Mormons, and soon realiz that Aaron, the least experienced missnary, is a closeted homosexual. When Aaron suggts that he might be gay, his mother slaps him.
A movie about beg gay and Mormon might have seemed unique before "Angels Ameri" and Tasha Oldham's docu "The Smh Fay." Unfortunately, wrer-director C. Jay Cox's "Latter Days" falls back on broad characterizatns and stereotypil suatns. Pic seems unlikely to branch out beyond niche gay ds upsle markets. * latter days gay scene *
He is subsequently sent by his parents to a treatment facily to be cured of his homosexualy.
Joseph Gordon-Levt as Elr Pl Ryr, a prickly, judgmental young missnary assigned as Aaron’s partner, Ryr is not enthiastic about beg LA and even ls so about livg next door to a homosexual. Erik Pallado as Keh Griff, a gay man dyg of AIDS, drowng his own bterns and spair until beiend by Christian.
Latter Days was a romantic edy starrg Steve Sandvoss and W Ramsey, which explored the gay relatnship between closeted Mormon missnary and his gay neighbour. * latter days gay scene *
Mary Kay Place as Sister Gladys Davis, Aaron’s eply relig mother, who, spe showg unndnal love and affectn toward Aaron before he leav for Los Angel, nnot accept the fact that her son is gay.
Jim Ortlieb as Elr Farron Davis, Aaron’s father, who serv as a Latter-day Sat Stake Print Potello, exmunit Aaron om the church upon learng that he is gay.
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Lda Pe as San Davis, the only Davis who accepts her brother’s homosexualy. In a leted scene, she tells Aaron that his homosexualy has changed nothg between them.
The Inceptn star rells Myster Sk, reliv his landmark gay kiss on That '70s Show and reasons wh mors about his own sexual orientatn. * latter days gay scene *
There is also an exploratn of relig attus towards homosexualy, and the dilemma of relig homosexuals, torn between who they are and what they believe. Cox has also said that there is a massive irony, both the film and real life, that a relign so foced on the fay and s importance is rippg fai apart through s teachg on homosexualy. In fact, Cox believ one nnot be Mormon and gay.
He was raised as a Mormon and served a missn before g out as gay and had wonred what the two halv of himself would have said to each other if they had ever met. It was distributed through TLA Releasg, an pennt film distributor, who picked up through s partnership wh productn pany Funny Boy Films, which specializ gay-themed media. In a behd-the-scen mentary, Steve Sandvoss explas that he did not want to play his character as a gay character, and W Ramsey emphasiz that the love story aspect of the film to him was tached om the character’s genr.
Latter Days premiered at the Philalphia Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival on July 10, 2003. Later the film was released several other untri and shown at numero gay film ftivals, namely Barcelona and Madrid (where was also a popular pick) and Mexi Cy. Frank Scheck, reviewer for The Hollywood Reporter, wrote: “Cox’s screenplay, while ocsnally lapsg to the sort of clichés enmic to so many gay-themed films, generally treats s unual subject matter wh digny and plexy.