Movies TOO Gay Reviews [G]


Gacy
(aka: The Crawl Space)

Director: Clive Saunders:
USA: 2003:87 mins:
With: Mark Holton as John Wayne Gacy, Charlie Weber, Adam Baldwin

OH my! . Another story of a well respected person John Wayne Gacy who appeared to be a perfect member of the community but deep down he was a monster. He killed and hid the bodies of over 30 men in his home. A true story but not a nice one to watch.

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Game of Life

Director: David Jones
USA: 1998: 89 mins: gay minor character:
With: Stockard Channing, Stephen Collins, Christine Ebersole, Noah Fleiss, Chelsea Russo, Jenny O'Hara, Jenifer Lewis, S. Epatha Merkerson, RuPaul, Elaine Stritch, Ken Pogue, Benjamin Ratner, Sarah Strange, Kevin McNulty, Anna Hagan, Don Mackay, Marilyn Norry.

This is the story of two NYC artists who become parents overnight. The realize that in order to bring up the children they must move to a quiet small town, which they do. This is their story of how they adjust to parenthood and the country side. Through a friend of theirs RuPaul (who plays a drag / hairdresser from NYC - surprise surprise) RuPual helps with make-up and hair and even gets to sing amongst the cows - a must see for RuPaul fans !

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Garbo Talks

Director: Sidney Lumet
USA : 1984 : Comedy Drama
With: Anne Bancroft as Estelle Rolfe, Harvey Fierstein as Bernie Whitlock and Carrie Fisher as Lisa Rolfe:

A son wants to make the last wish (to meet Greta Garbo) of his mother ( Anne Bancroft), who is dying of a brain tumor, come true so he takes off through New York and Fire Island looking for Ms. Garbo. On the Island he meets Harvey Fierstein (Bernie) who is a gay and has the time to try and help the son find Ms. Garbo. Does he find the - I want to be alone - woman - see the film.

Note: Yes your eyes are OK - Harvey Fierstein and Anne Bancroft did play in another gay film together: Torch Song Trilogy.

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Garden, The

Director: Derek Jarman
UK : 1990 : 92 Mins : Filmed in both B/S and color : Drama : Gay
With: Dawn Archibald, Kevin Collins, Roger Cook, Michael Gough, Jody Graber, Pete Lee-Wilson, Spencer Leigh, Philip MacDonald, Jessica Martin, Stephen McBride, Johnny Mills and Tilda Swinton:

If you are a Fan of Derek Jarman´s films - I probably won't have to convince you to see this film but if you are not then let me say the following about this film: It is basically the story of Jarman sleeping in his garden and having beautiful / strange dreams of gay men being lovers, making love and also being harassed the same way as Jesus was but by homophobia. After all is said and done, at the end of the film, what I understand is that Jarman wanted peace happiness and understanding for gays.

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Gay Adventure

1936

There are gay men listed but i am not sure if this is what they mean in this 1936 film: : Robert Houle (II) (Gay man #1) and Edgar Avalos as Gay man #2). Will let you know when i get a chance to see this film !

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Gay Cops: Pride Behind the Badge

Director: Charley Lang
USA: 2003: 27 mins: short

In this documentary about gay cops in the USA there are interviews with cops across the the USA and looks at their concerns about being both a cop and gay. Their problems are real. So see this film to find out what they face each and every day.

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Gay Cuba

Director / Writer: Sonja De Vries:
USA / Cuba: 1996: 57 mins:

This is one hour of seeing what it is like to be in Cuba and gay now and for the last 30 years. It is a very rare look into Cuba and the gays. A Must see !!!

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Gay Dads - Wenn Schwule Kinder wollen
(Rough translation : Gay Dads - when gays want children):

Tony and Barrie are in love and have lived together for the past 11 years.They want nothing better than to have a real family which includes children.This film tells their story of how they search for a way to do that. They try adoption but to no luck so they decide to find a woman who will bear their child. They finally find one who is willing and after some tries which do not work they finally get twins Saffron and Aspen. see the film to see how their lives change with this birth.

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Gay Days
Isreal: 2009:
In 1985 three gays are out of the closet in Israel.

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Gay Deceivers, The

Director: Bruce Kessler
1969 : USA : 91 minutes (video is 86 minutes) : Gay Comedy
with Kevin Coughlin, Larry Casey and Michael Greer:

Picture that it is the 1960´s - a time when all American men had to serve in the military. Two straight ffriends decide to avoid the draft by pretending to be gay lovers. The recruiting officer does not believe them and tells them he is going to keep an eye on them. In panic they decide to move into a gay apartment building as "lovers". What follows is that their campy "Landlady" decided to help out the new lovers including throwing a gay party for them. Meanwhile the situation gets funnier as the families and girlfriends keep dropping by.
Note: There are definitely the 60´s stereotypes in this film but fun to watch especially the gay landlady.

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Gay for a Day

Director: Tom Palazzolo
1976: 45 mins: Gay Main Characters:

This short film contains two documentaries which are both by Tom Palazzolo:
1. Gay for a Day tells the story of the 1976 Gay Pride Parade.
2. Costumes on Review is a full of fun documentary about a gay Halloween party.
Note: I am always amazed at how directors can film such good short films with such a short time to tell the story ! I only wish there would be more showings of short films.

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Gay Republicans

USA: 2004: Made for TV:
Director and writer: Wash Westmoreland

OH my god just when I thought I saw all the documentaries in the world comes this one.They are gay and know they are not welcome in the party but they still joined and support these people – I do not get it.
It is almost impossible to understand how there are Gay Republicans were faced with a difficult challenge in the election of 2004, when the intolerance of the Republican incumbent George W. Bush placed them in direct opposition to their party loyalty. Log Cabin, the gay Republican club which has been in operation since 1977, was put under the spotlight during the days leading up to the election, as Bush's well-established position on the issue of gay marriage denies them their civil rights. Faced with a difficult decision between their politics and their personal lives, various members of the community took diverging paths in their attempts to follow what they thought was right. This documentary follows a group of Log Cabin members as they attempt to parse their own path on the way to "Decision 2004," in a process by turns moving, humorous, and politically prescient.

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Gayniggers from Outer Space
(very sorry about this title but this is really what the title is)

Director: Morten Lindberg
Denmark: 199: 26 mins: filmed in Black and White & Color

With: Coco C.P. Dalbert as ArmInAss, Sammy Salomon as Capt. B. Dick, Gbatokai Dakinah as Sgt.Shaved Balls, Konrad Fields as Mr. Schwul, Johnny Conny Tony Thomas as The Gay Ambassador, Anne Busacker as the Ukranian, Verner Mollerup Christensen as the Ukranian,Torben Zenth as the Ukranian, Tove Kristensen as the Ukranian, Heidrun von Wildenraut as the German, Heintz Heinrick von Grundstead as the German , Maiksen Thorssonas the Hooker , Nina N. Rosenmeier as the Hooker , Yon Hee Kim as the Asian, Ehi Yeon Kim as Asian
This is a Sci-Fi comedys short with one of the worst names for a movie I have even seen. They come from a future universe and they are black and gay. (The blacks all use the “N” word about each other. The voice track seems to be out of sync but it has been filmed that way. They know nothing about the female race and come from a planet with only men. . They land on earth and they get shocked when they have close encounters with women The film has a real feeling of a serious Sci-Fi film although it is not. To add to the special effects they did most of the film in Black & White but the ending scenes are in color. Oh almost forgot no matter which country they travel to they simply zap women to get rid of them and leave only men behind. I guess you will have to see the film to see what it is like and if you will enjoy it. Note: I suspect that this film will have lots of problems due to the title..

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Gay Life for Beginners
(Original title: Schwules Leben fur Anfanger)

Director; Annabelle Wick
Germany: 2002: 2 mins

Have not seen this but most shorts are worth a peak !

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Gay USA

Director: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
USA : 1978 : 70 Mins : Documentary gay:

This film is a documentary which includes footage of demonstrations which the gay liberation movement organized. The interviews include both positive and negative reactions. It is interesting to see how things were handled by gay liberation as opposed to now.

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Gay Vicars

UK: 2006:

Two gay members of the clergy and their story.

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Gay Voices, Gay Legends

USA : 1988 : 58 Mins : Famous Gay Men Interviewed
With: Charles Pierce (Female Impersonator), Al Parker (Porno Star), Leonard Matlovich, Michael Murray, Norris Knight, Michael Hardwich plus others

This is a compilation video featuring many famous gay men (Lesbians seem left out of this). It is mainly made up of conversations rather than the normal type of interviews.

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Gay Voices, Gay Legends 2

USA : 1989 : 60 Mins : Famous Gay Men Interviewed
Featuring: Michael Kearns (gay actor), Rev. Troy Perry, Paul Monette (gay writer) plus others:

This is a compilation video featuring many famous gay men (Lesbians seem left out of this) It is mainly made up of conversations rather than the normal type of interviews.

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Gay Weddings - Season One

USA: 2004: 480 mins (originally shown on Bravo network and now out on DVD)

This is the true story of 4 couples (two men and two women) who decide to get married.
It follows them from the beginning of the thought to marry till it happens. You will see pro and against their marriages and the interesting way that families react. All and all a great eight part documentary which will let you decide if a Gay Wedding is for you !!!

Note: The DVD contains a follow-up called : "Where Are They Now?"

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Gazon maudit
(Rough translation: One Woman for two)

Director: Josiane Balasko
France: 1994: 103 mins:
With: Loli Victoria as Abril, Marijo Josiane Balasko as Marijo and Alain Chabat as Laurent:

It is bad enough that Laurent wife has been having an affair but with another woman – this makes his macho life unbearable. He has no time for her and the kids so when the other woman gives her the attention she needs all hell breaks lose (although Laurent has been having affairs too). See the film to see how the triangle works out.

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Geierwally

Director: Walter Bockmayer
Germany: 1987: 91 Mins:

This is a new filming of Geierwally. It takes places in the Bayern mountains and is almost impossible to explain the story line except to say that is stars Ralph Morgenstern who is, of course, in drag. If you want to see a totally crazy film with totally crazy characters in a Bayern setting – see this film..

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Gender me

Norway 2008
Director: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Gender me is a documentary road-movie about Mansour's voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal voyage in a world of taboos, full of contradictory images. He searches the question of faith and gender in Islam and he wants to collect the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refuge and pharmacist; he has been living in Oslo for 18 years. In this film he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived two years before he got asylum in Norway.
The movie was released simultaneously in the cinema and on Norwegian TV (in a short version).

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General, The

1998

Contains gay character: Ned Dennehy (Gay).

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Genesis

2001

Contains gay character: Joseph Mifsud (Gay Lover).

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George Michael : a different story

UK: 2005
Directed by Southan Morris
With: George Michael, Andrew Ridgley, Elton John, Simon Cowell

Well-made documentary about the famous gay singer, with some great surprises thrown into the mix. We get to know some interesting bits about his childhood and early Wham years, (including a tete-a-tete with Andrew Ridgley, and HELLO! has THAT guy aged well!! Yummy...) A tongue-in-cheek Japanese promo for the band is hilarious!
The mega-success of Michael?s first solo-album FAITH is prodigiously covered, (lots and lots of MTV video clips) and it becomes clear how the singer later tried hard to live down the image of that album.
The tragedy of his AIDS-stricken lover Anselmo is retold in heartbreaking fashion, also the loss of his mother to cancer. The struggle to hide his sexuality from the press is told from different viewpoints, leading up to his ?shocking ? arrest in a public toilet in 1997.
All in all, this is a very personal movie, not always kind to the subject himself. Simon Cowell, Noel Gallagher, Boy George and Elton the Man throw in some really bitchy remarks about him! (Simon Cowell is downright spiteful..)
Still, George Michael is portrayed as a likeab le, if rather naive and self-conscious man. About the LA public toilet arrest he says:
Well, I would say it´s not dysfunctional to cruise as a gay man , but cruising as George Michael is sliiiiiightly dysfunctional!!? Bottoms up, George.
You?ll be very entertained by this film, even if you don?t buy it as the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

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Get on the bus

USA: 1995
Directed by Spike Lee
Gay central characters

The "Million men march" in Washington was a major event in recent afro-American history.
In this unusual movie we follow a dozen men going by bus from California to Washington to join the march. Each one of them represents some aspect of being black, male and living in the US. Two of the guys are gay, they have recently split up after being a couple for some years. I wasn't expecting much from this, but I was wrong. It's a fascinating Spike Lee experiment with great, atmospheric photography and a thoughtful script. Lee treats his characters with the usual aplomb, and the gays come off as quite sympathetic.

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Get Your Stuff

Director: Max Mitchell
With: Blain Barbuda and Jason Bough
87 Mins:

Here goes the story a a young gay couple who have great jobs and a great house in Beverly Hills but seem to be missing something. They decide they want a baby but are set-up by a social worker with two boys. One night with the boys turn into a longer time. See the film to find out if they keep the boys.

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Gendernauts

Director: Monika Treut
Germany: 1999: 87 mins:
With: Annie Sprinkle and Susan Stryker among others:

This is a documentary which is filmed on a small budget but is big on info. It is about trans gendered people who live in the San Francisco area. Very interesting documentary. Short on money but big on content !

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Gentlemen Prefer Blonds

With Jane Russell. and Marilyn Monroe:

This film is listed here at there is a fun musical number in the film where sex bomb sings : Ain´t There Anyone Here for Love? The number is sung at a gym with a bunch of hunky muscle men who have no interest in her !!

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Gemini Affair
Director: Matt Cimber
USA : 1974 : 98 Mins : lesbian main characters
With: Marta Kristen as Julie and Anne Seymour as Agnes Wilson:

This is basically a 1974 film which shows lesbians in a very positive light even thought they do not say the word. It is the story of Jessica who is an actress who moves to LA to find her fame and fortune. She stays with her best friend from High School. Her name is Julie and she work as a high class prostitute. Even though the house is quite large they end up sharing the same bed. There is a scene when a Lesbian talent agent tries to seduce her without luck. Later on in the film Jessica says : I am hungry but I do not know what I want and then Jessica and Jule make love. Afterwards Jessica is shocked and repulsed. They finally discuss what has happened (still no mention of the Lesbian word) and acknowledge that there is a physical attraction and possibly love but they also say that there will be a rough time ahead.

Note: you will hear dialog like:
Julie saying about the Lesbian talent agent: She is a snotty bitchy cunt Jessica replies: I knew a woman like her in New York City, she smoked cigars and had hands like a teamster (a rough man).

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Girrl

USA: 2007:

Film has a gay best friend but this time he is in a wheel chair.

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Gorgeous
(original title: Bor lei jun)
1999

With: Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Albert and Shu Qi as Ah Bu:
A girl from a fishing village in Taiwan finds a bottle with a romantic message in it. She decides the guy who wrote it is her prince charming so she sets out for Hong Kong to finds him but she is surprised to find out that he is called Albert and likes Jackie Chan better than her.

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Georgia, Georgia
Director: Stig Björkman
USA : 1972 : 91 Mins : Drama
With: Dirk Benedict as Michael Winters, Roger Furman as Herbert and Diana Sands as Georgia Martin:

The story is this: Georgia Martin is a black American singer who is on tour in Sweden. She falls in love with Michael Winters who is a white photographer and a deserter from Vietnam. So where's the gay you ask - well, Roger Furman plays Herbert who is both gay and Dianna´s road manager (WOW, I am surprised that he can be both in a 1972 film !)

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Germany, Year Zero
Italy : 1947 : 75 Mins. Drama : Pederast/Gay
Director: Roberto Rossellini

I was not sure if I should include this film in the reviews but even though I do not like the subject matter it is a stepping stone in our history in films. So I have decided to include it. Basically it is the story which shows that Germany is destroyed and it is just after the war ( the settings are real and the city is just as it was right after the war) It is the story of Edmund who is a young boy of 12. He lives in a destroyed apartment shared with many other people. Edmund has to go around searching the city to find food, money and coal. He runs into his old school teacher Mr. Ennig who was a Nazi during the war. The man starts to feel and to touch the boy all over. He then brings him to his apartment which he shares with another man. He puts Edmund on his lap and plays with the boys back and neck. The other man calls Edmund sweet ! and at this point you know what they are up to. The two men are Nazi's who now sell records of Hitler's speeches to the Americans soldiers. They learn from Edmund that his father is sick and convince him that it is for the better if his father dies. The boy believes them and poisons his father. Edmund then tells Mr. Ennig, who says he is shocked and send the boy away. So all alone the boy jumps to his death.

Note: I have a real problem with this film as so many homosexuals lost their lives by the Nazi hands and yet one of the early pictures after the war again shows that homosexuals are strange plus pederasts and on top of that Nazi's. For these reasons this film leaves a nasty taste in my mouth but I guess showing us in earlier films even a negative light was a beginning for us to finally get to the image we have now.

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Get Real
Director: Simon Shore
1998: 108 mins: Gay Teenage / In the Closet teenage - main characters/ Coming Out
Starring: Ben Silverstone and Brad Gorton amongst other.

This film has it all. It tells the story of a young boy and his looking for love in all the wrong places (such as the local cruising toilette) and then he finds it in with a school mate who is a closet track star. He sees that being in the closet is not the place for him so he writes an article in the school newspaper about being gay and all hell breaks lose. His coming out is preprogrammed and then it happens. When his coming out is over he no longer needs the relationship with the closet case lover and he leaves for bigger and better things ! A romantic well filmed film and took over my thoughts and emotions all during the film... I liked it a lot ! Don't miss it !!

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Ghosts of Mars
Director: John Carpenter
USA: 2001
With:Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier:

Pam Grier plays an aggressive, gun-wielding lesbian in this science-fiction flop. Pam is great, the film is not. The entire boring spectacle takes place on the surface of Mars, where buried ghosts turn humans into ugly vampires.

The planet is ruled by a matriarchy, which is a nice idea for a science-fiction movie. Unfortunately, this means the guys in it don’t register at all. Pity, because Jason Statham is my kind of guy, in a Bruce Willis kind of way. Loved him in “Lock, stock and two smoking barrels”! Am I the only who fancies him? Surely not.

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Gia
Director: Michael Cristofer
USA: 1998: 120 mins: Bisexual Main Character / true story)
With: Angelina Jolie, Faye Dunaway amongst others:

This is a made for cable film and is about the rise and fall of Gia Carangi. She was a top model in the 1980´s but all that comes to an end with her sexual encounters and drugs !

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GIORNI
(French title UN JOUR COMME UN AUTRE )
Director: Laura MUSCARDIN
Producer: Francesco MONTINI
Italy: 2001: 78 mins:
With: Thomas TRABACCHI , Monica RAMETTA , Riccardo SALERNO , Davide BECHINI , Riccardo DE FILIPPIS and Paolo GASSMAN

Claudio lives with Dario and is HIV Positive. He live revolves around taking pill and visits to the hospital. Trying to find an escape to all this he goes out one night and hooks up with Andrea who is young and totally ignorant about his sickness. He can forget all the sickness with this young guy. Does he leave Dario for Andrea to start a new life - see the film to find out if this happens !

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Gift, The
Director: Louise Hogarth
USA: 2002: on vídeo, 62 min

Controversial documentary that looks at the chilling phenomenon of “Bug Chasing” – the practice of deliberately contracting the AIDS virus – and “Gift Giving”– the practice of deliberately passing it on to others. The film also exposes a little-discussed topic: the ways in which HIV and AIDS Controversial documentary that looks at the chilling phenomenon of “Bug Chasing” – the practice of deliberately contracting the AIDS virus – and “Gift Giving”– the practice of deliberately passing it on to others. The film also exposes a little-discussed topic: the ways in which HIV and AIDS have been glamorized and trivialized by anti-AIDS campaigning have been glamorized and trivialized by anti-AIDS campaigning.

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Gilda
Director: Charles Vidor
USA : 1946 : 110 Mins : Filmed in B/W : Film-Noir : hidden gay relationship
With: Glenn Ford as Johnny Farrell George Macready as Ballin Mundson and Rita Hayworth as Gilda Mundson:

This is a Hollywood read between the lines film. It is the story of Ballin Mundson who meets and picks up Johnny Farrell and then makes him his number two man at the Buenos Aires casino. The are long - loving glances between the two of them and you will understand the gay story when you see this then Gilda Mundson comes into the picture - which is the usual for Hollywood films of this time. The minutes the males get too close they bring in a female. Worth seeing the closet lovers.

Note: Glen Ford once said he and he and George Macready played their parts as gay lovers would.
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Girl
Germany: 2001:
Director: Piers Ashworth:
With: Oliver Petszokat (Chris), Oliver K. Wnuk (Mike), Katja Riemann (Melody), Dietrich Mattausch (Dr. Fahlmann), Alexander Mazza (Jürgen Fahlmann), Martin Semmelrogge (Transvestite 1)

OH boy how to explain this German film.... Well a young man who is a macho goes into the hospital for a knee operation and there is a very bad mistake made. He gets a sex-operation by mistake. The doctors can only offer him that he live his life as a girl.

The poor boy must learn to dress as a girl and live as one. This is extremely difficult for him and so a person who has been through all this takes him into hand and trys to help. Oh the boy is played by the pop star German star Oli P.

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GIRL INTERRUPTED
Director: James Mangold
USA, 1999 : 127 mins
With: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Vanessa Redgrave:

Lisa (Angelina Jolie) plays a woman who is in an institutation for the mentally ill also in this institutation is a girl caled Susanna (played by Winona Ryder). Susanna wants to get close to Lisa and certainjly wants to have a lesbian affair with her which is shown by a long kiss scene. Will Susanna get Lisa ? see this well made film !
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Girl Play
Director: Lee Friedlander
USA: 2004: 80 mins: Lesbian, Comedy
With: Lacie Harmon, Robin Greenspan, Dom Deluise, Mink Stole:

Girl Play is based on a theatre piece written by the lead actresses Harmon & Greenspan, who are also a couple in real-life. The story begins with the women’s first meeting at an audition in L.A. They are chosen as the play’s leads, but there is one catch: they must act as lovers.

The director (amusingly played by Dom Deluise) demands that they invest their time in some “method acting”, which does not impress their existing partners.

Apart from a few flashbacks that allow the women to convey their “coming out experiences” – the movies rolls along to its likely conclusion….this is a romantic comedy after all. Girl Play will be most enjoyed by those who appreciate the genre.

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Girl, The
2000: 84 mins
From: Sande Zeig
With: Claire Keim & Agathe De La Boulaye

A romance starts in Paris between an artist and a nightclub singer but there is one problem the man still has another man in his life.

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Girlfriends
1996: 80 mins: Lesbian Main Characters:

This film contains four award winning shorts about lesbian life:

1."Watching Her Sleep" involves using imagination when shopping ;-)

2."Little Women in Transit" is the story of a family and their car tip and how it effect the young girl.

3. "Playing the Part" is a good story about a young college student who want to tell her parents that she is a lesbian.

4. and a day in the life of a performance artist named "Carmelita Tropicana" is a day with performance artist of the same name.
Note: these are excellent examples of Lesbian short films - which leave you wanting more !!!

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A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Director: Agnieszka Holland
USA: 2006
With: J.D. Pardo as Eddie "Gwen" Araujo: and Mercedes Ruehl as her mother:

This is the life story of Eddie who is a transgender teen and get killed when it is discovered her true sex.

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Glen or Glenda
(AKA :He or She)
(AKA :I Changed My Sex)
(AKA :I Led 2 Lives)
(AKA :Transvestite, The)
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
USA : 1953 68 Mins : Filmed in B/W : Drama sex-change transsexual transvestitism
With: Bela Lugosi as Scientist, Lyle Talbot as Inspector, Timothy Farrell as Psychiatrist, Dolores Fuller as Barbara, Edward D. Wood Jr., Daniel Davis as Glen/Glenda, Tommy' Haynes as Alan/Ann, Charles Crafts as Johnny, Mr. Walter as Patrick/Patricia and Evelyn Wood as Sheila/Glen's Sister (although she was not credited for the part):

This one will take some explaining : It starts off with the suicide of a known transvestite (suicide was the only way to be accepted as a woman for this poor person). The police inspector is looking for clues as to why this happened. They seek help from a Psychiatrist who explains that Glen is to be to a girl called Barbara, but before that happens he must find a way to tell her of his desire to wear her angora sweater, and that he has cross dressing needs. I told you this would be difficult to explain - let's continue . The Psychiatrist then tell the police another story which is the story of Alan, who decides become a woman via surgery (this was based on the story of Christine Jorgensen - which was news at the time). These stories are supposed to make the police more aware of cross dressing and transvestites. Then for no know reason there is a scientist who rambles on and on about life and death with thunder effects from another movie (what this has to do with the story I have never discovered - except the Ed Woods Jr. has a contract to use Bela Lugosi and by God he would use him even if he didn't fit the story- line.

The drag is terrible and the story is weak but this 1953 film took very risky chances to make this film and Ed Woods Jr. was often brought to court due to this film. - That is why the film has 5 different titles - by changing the title they thought the police would not know that the film was Glen or Glenda.. We now see this film and laugh but it was a brave try at showing people what cross dressing and transvestites were all about.

Note: Watch also the 1994 film Ed Wood with Johnny Depp (also reviewed in this site under the E´s)

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Glitter
Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
USA: 2001, 104 mins:
With: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard, Dorian Harewood, Eric Benét, Ann Magnuson, Shawntae Harris:

Yep this is the one you heard about where Mariah Carey makes her starring debut (maybe she should have asked the ghost of Marilyn if she should have made this flop !! The only person who is worth seeing in this film is a little cutie playing sissy DJ (Max Beesley) It is hard to believe his is struck by the Mariah Carey character hum…except for his performance I would have forgotten this film !

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Glowing eyes
(Original French title: la Chatte à deux têtes)
France: 2002
Directed by Jacques Nolot
With: Jacques Nolot and Vittoria Scognamiglio

This unconventional and daring movie takes place in a Parisian porn cinema. The audience are lonely, sometimes married men seeking respite from their inner frustrations by taking part in game of sex and secret desires. There’s only one location, but a lot goes on. Transvestites roam the seats, servicing their customers. Orgies in the toilet. A middle aged gay man philosophizes with the female cashier. The police does a razzia and there’s gay bashing.If you dislike explicit sexual content, pass on this. Nolot’s critically acclaimed movie is about male sexuality and contains a lot of erotically charged scenes. The sex is probably fake, but looks very real.

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Go
Director: Doug Liman
USA: 1999: 103 mins: Closet gays as main characters:
With: Jay Mohr as Zack and Scott Wolf as Adam

This move is about a group of youths who are in Las Vegas to party /sex / drugs and is listed here as there are a pair of closet gay men who work as actors on soap operas and take part in a drug bust with the police.

Note: there are gay characters in this film and they are two TV Soap stars who are gay.

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God Has a Rap Sheet

2003
Contains gay character: Rick Li as the Gay guy.
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God Made Man

2000
Contains gay character: Emmy Collins as Gay Jesus.

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Gods and Monsters
USA: 105 mins.
With: Ian McKellan and Brendan Fraser:

I loved this film which is about the last days of James Whale´s life. You might ask who is James Whale and I only have to answer - the director of Frankenstein and Frankenstein´s Bride.These two horror classics are in a category of their own and you only have to watch them to know that someone special made these films and that someone was James Whale. He was out of the closet and in Hollywood when most people had to hid the fact that they were gay. He "left" Hollywood and had another life but the fact that he made these film always came back to haunt him though out the rest of his life. Now back to the movie which traces the last days of his life. His last days were filled with a new friendship between himself and a handsome lawn-boy (who was heterosexual - much to James regret. None the less they formed a relationship (non sexual) and the lawn-boy was at his side till the end and gets to hear the whole story of James life .

The acting is excellent although I had to watch it twice as during the first viewing my eyes were on Brendan Fraser who is a hunk... A well filmed Oscar winning film about a real gay man - see it and enjoy !!!

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Go Fish
Director: Rose Troche
USA : 1994 : 89 Mins : Filmed in B/W : Romance gay lesbian women
With: Guinevere Turner as Max, V.S. Brodie as Ely, T. Wendy McMillan as Kia and Anastasia Sharp as Daria:

This is a real Lesbian film - with no beating around the bush ! It deals with Lesbians and their lifestyles and their search for love. Made on a very low budget and filmed in Black & White, it is about Max who is a pretty young Lesbian who is looking for love and having trouble in finding it. A good friend decides to take matters in her hands and introduces Max to Ely who is a not so pretty and a much older Lesbian who wears out of date clothes and isn't at all trendy as Max is. They seem to have very little in common besides! If you want to see if Max can look past all this and fall in love you will have to see the film.

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Gohy theu gay

Thailand): 2007:

Udd and Yai are gay and a couple. They love the film Brokeback Mountain and decide to move to a small remote town which matches their favorite film.

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Golden Threads
Director: Lucy Winer
USA: 60 Minws: lesbian main characters:

This documentary is about the life of a 93 year old Lesbian whose name is Christine Burton. At the age of 80 she founded a network of help for Lesbians over 50 called Golden Threads. The film will lead you to think about many subjects which we tend to try not to think about such as getting older. Very interesting and good
documentary !

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Goldfish memory

Ireland: 2003
Directed by Elizabeth Gill
With: Sean Campion and Flora Montgomery:

You don't see many domestic Irish movies in cinemas, but this is a pleasant diversion about modern Dublin city-life.
A story about a college professor, a newscaster and their respective friends who seem to fall in
and out of love with each other, both gay and straight. The "Goldfish memory" in the title is referred to as lasting 3 seconds, after which goldfish experiences everything new again. A bit like people thinking every new love affair will be better than the last one! It's a jolly little movie and Dublin, one of my favorite cities, has never looked so good. (All about Adam, another Dublin movie, is also recommended).
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Director / Writer: Michael D. Akersw
USA: 2003: 90 mins
With: Aaron Orr, Matthew Montgomery, Ariadne Shaffer, Brenda Lasker, Bryna Weissand and Joel Bryant:

This is the story of Drew Parker (played by Aaron Orr). He is a forest ranger in a very small town. His life takes a 100 degree change when he finds a hiker called Mark (played by Matthew Montgomery). Mark has had an accident and has lost his memory.

The two men come closer together and they fall in love – what happens when Mark starts to remember his past life – see the film to find out.

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Goodbye Lover
Director: Roland Joffe.
USA 1998, 97 Min.
With: Patricia Arquette as Sandra, Dermot Mulroney as Jake, Mary-Louise Parker as Peggy, Ellen Degeneres, Ray McKinnon, Alex Rocco, Don Johnson as Ben, Andre Gregory, John Neville. :

Sandra is married to Jake. She has recently had an affair with her husbands brother. She also takes under her protection the naive Peggy – will this end up as an affair and what will her husband do when he finds out about his wifes sex life? See the film.

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Good Son, A
USA: 11:52 mins:
Director: Robert Little
With: Principal Cast: Jay Michael Ferguson, Eddie Ebell, Ben Martin, Drew Bell:

This is a short film but quite interesting ! Joseph is a young guy who is visiting a diving contest with his parents. While there he meets Tim who is a little older than himself. Tim has small talk with Joesph and they seem to hit it off. They decided visit a place which Tim knows. It turns out to be a roof-top and as they talk Tim gives Joseph a quick kiss. Joseph is shocked and although he seems to like Tim he leaves. Could it be that Joseph is coming to terms with his sexuality ? Tim asks if they can meet again but what happens next to them only the film maker has in his head. A well made short film... see it !

Note: this film has been shown at many film festivals and has won a number of film awards.

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Good Will Hunting
Director: Gus Van Sant
Drama: USA: 1997: 122 Mins:
With; Matt Damon and George Plimpton:

Is listed here as Matt Damon plays a boy with problems which relate to his being an undiscovered Genius. When the truth is discovered his has many problems with it and ends up talking with a psychologist (played by George Plimpton). Matt´s character tries to turn the table and plays up that the psychologist is gay.

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Gossip
Director: Colin Nutley
Sweden 2001
With the entire fleet of Swedish female stars and some famous guys as well!

Greta Garbo’s famous “Queen Christina” from 1933 is being remade by Hollywood and 10 Swedish actresses are auditioned for the part. There is serious competition, as all the women are beautiful, talented and dying to get the part. There are 2 lesbians among them, and they are also lovers. Gay actor Richard Wolff is also in the cast.

Who will be Queen Christina? Watch this entertaining and well directed film and find out. If you like beautiful Nordic women, this is something for you. Director Colin Nutley also made House of angels.

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Go West
Director: Ahmed Imamovic Bosnia-Herzegovina: 2005: 96 mins: Language: Serbo-Croatian
With: Mario Drmac as Kenan & Tarik Filipovic as Milan:

This is a very rare look at a gay couple in Sarajevo. It is the story of Milan (who is a Serbian student) and Kenan (who is a Muslim cellist) they are a homosexual couple. Their lives suddenly take a turn for the worse as the Serb forces are storming Sarajevo: The couple manage to get out and arrive at Milan´s home town. The ask Milan's father Ljubo to help them escape to the Netherlands. The couple needs to survive and given that one is Serbian and one is Muslim and together they are a homosexual couple they are definitely in danger. Milan dresses Kenan as a woman and introduced him as his wife to everyone but once again their luck runs out and Milan has to go into the army. Kenan is left alone is taken for a woman. The only person he has as a friend is Ranka who most of the towns people are afraid of. Will they both survive and will their love for each other hold up ? This is a unique and a must see film !

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Graffiti Artist, The

USA - 2003 - 80 mins:
Director: Jimmy Bolton
With: Ruben Bansie-Snellman, Pepper Fajans

The Graffiti Artist is a tender, almost wordless tale of a young, yet complicated love. To 17 year-old Nick, spray painting is a way of life: he programs his days to terrorize the white walls of Seattle and Portland. Leading a solitary life, the boy needs to steal food and paint to sustain his art, but he is no longer alone when he meets Jesse, another graffiti artist, they start hanging out and their growing friendship and appreciation for one another’s art leads to an act of intimacy. The two start spraying together but political, emotional and ethical questions gradually come between them and end the friendship.
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Grande École

Director: Robert Salis
France: 2004:110 mins
With: Jocelyn Quivrin, Alice Taglioni, Grégori Baquet, Elodie Navarre, Arthur Jugnot

Group of youths is admitted to one of France’s grandes écoles where the country’s leaders are formed and the doors to power are opened. If everything goes as planned, they will be the elite of the future. But things do not always turn out as expected in life. Their convictions are rocked by a combination of feelings and intrigue, and they must face themselves and the conditions for success. All of a sudden, they realize that the grande école is not exactly what they were expecting. The film is set at an elite French Business School, where very-rich kids learn to become tycoons. The action revolves around Paul (Gregori Baquet), who, in one of many parallels to Maurice, is not quite to the manor born. As the film begins Paul is straight and dating a woman. To his surprise, he finds himself emotionally and sexually drawn to his rich, powerful and gorgeous roommate Louis (Jocelyn Quivrin). He finds relief and eventually romance when Mécir, a working-class Arab young man (Salim Kechiouche) comes on to him. Adapted from the play Best School by Jean-Marie Besset. Participated in the 2004 Rotterdam Film Festival. A very nice movie with plenty of high drama, lots of naked guys (full frontal), hot sex and a budding gay romance.

Alternative Review:

Paul prefers to live with his room mates rather than with his girlfriend, Agnes. As soon as he meets his new roommate, Louis-Arnault, Paul's behaviour changes and he feels attracted to Louis without Louis consenting to this attraction.

Agnes, on the other hand, is terribly jealous and offer Paul a deal: the first one who get Louis wins. If she does, Paul will quit exploring their homosexual instincts and if he does she will leave him. In the meanwhile Paul meets Mecir, a young Moroccan worker who will show him what real life is.

Some of the dialogs are too deep and boring to be followed by a non-French speaker, but is a good movie anyway. You can't miss seeing the swimming pool's shower scenes (Louis is a water polo player). I could have had a happier ending.

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Grindhouse

Director: Stephen Tramontana
USA: 2003: 106 mins:
This horror films lists a gay character Gay Cowboy.(played by Adrian Kose).

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Groomsmen, The

Director/ Writer: Edward Burns
USA: 2006, 98 mins:
With: Edward Burns, Donal Logue, John Leguizamo, Jay Mohr, Matthew Lillard, Brittany Murphy:

In this “I’m getting married and need to be sure its the right thing to do” film Paulie is about to marry Sue and invites his old friends to come and share this time. The film is listed as one of his old friends is gay and called T.C. (played by John Leguizamo). To see how he fits into the group of friends - have a peek at the film.

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Grosse jiddische liebe; Die
Germany: 2002: Short: 12 mins:
Director: Diane Nerwen

Hey, what a great way to re-use old movie footage! Scenes from gay icons Marlene Dietrich and Zarah Leander’s movies are spliced together to resemble a lesbian love-story. Leander’s scenes are mostly from wartime film “Die Grosse liebe”(1942) Dietrich’s from “Blonde Venus” and “Dishonored”. The dialogue is lifted from 1930ies Jewish movies. Simply a great idea. Let’s have more, and may I suggest a Rock Hudson – James Dean mix next??

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Grasshopper, The
Director: Jerry Paris
[AKA :Passing of Evil]
[Video title : Passions]

Director: Jerry Paris
USA : 1970 : 96 Mins : Dramas with a gay character and a Lesbian scene
With: Jacqueline Bisset as Christine Adams, Roger Garrett as Buck Brown, John David Wilder as The Ice Pack, Jim Smith as The Ice Pack, John Aprea as The Ice Pack, Jay Laskay as The Ice Pack, Wendy Farrington as Vegas Show Girl, Maria Gambotti .as Vegas S how Girl, Janice Jones as Vegas Show Girl, Pat Gil as Vegas Show Girl and Jill Hrushowy as Vegas Show Girl:

This film stars Jacqueline Bisset as a young girl coming to the city to make it big as a Las Vegas showgirl. She goes through many men in this film but only one stays and that is Buck Brown. He is her best friend and gay (but not a stereotype gay as usually seen in films around this time). He sticks with her through thick and thin and is always there to give her support. There is a great scene when both of them date two members of a rock band called - The Ice Pack. For Lesbian viewers there is a very quick scene with a Lesbian show girl who likes to hit girl's ass.

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Green Plaid Shirt
Director: Richard Natale
1996: 87 mins: Gay Main Characters:
With: : Tony Campisi and Richard Israel amongst others:

You might think that this is just another film about a gay couple who find each other, live together and then break-up but this small-budget film is quite good although the ton and picture quality are not up to normal standards. Still see it !!!

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Grief
Director: Richard Glatzer
USA : 1993 : 90 Mins : Comedy gay / transvestite main character
With: Craig Chester as Mark, Alexis Arquette as Bill, Carlton Wilborn as Jeremy and last but not least : Jackie Beat as Jo:

This film is by the director of Parting Glances so you can expect that it will be good but I bet you won't expect that it is quite funny. It is the story of an agency who is responsible for the filming of the daily series called : Divorce Court. Mark is a gay and a write for the series. He lost his lover one year before to AIDS and since then has been alone. He works well with his co-workers until Bill breaks up with his girlfriend and suddenly become an attraction for Mark. When Bill asks to go on vacation with Mark, Mark assumes that he is in the start of a new relationship but things go wrong and Bill ends up with Jeremy (who is Mark's best friend). This relationship comes out into the open and causes a lot of trouble. At the head of the agency is Jo who is overweight woman who runs the agency with a tough and sometimes gentle hand. Jo is played by Jackie Beat. The part is a sort of a part for Divine and we are often reminded of Divine in the way Jackie Beat plays the part. It is just like a Divine movie where they never say she/he is a transvestite but you just know (and see it). I liked this movie very much and the gay men are likable, the Transvestite is likable, the heterosexuals are likable - even if the agency is a bit strange. See it - you'll like it !

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Grossstadtträume
(rough translation: Big City Dreams)

Director: Ulrike Hamacher
Germany: 2000: TV Series

Drama series about photographers and mode with Laurent Daniel as Philip Krüger (he´s the gay in the series). What this guy has to go through to get his photos.

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Group, The

Director: Sidney Lumet
USA : 1966 : Drama
With: Candice Bergen as Lakey Eastlake, Lidia Prochnicka as The Baroness, Larry Hagman as Harald Peterson, James Broderick as Dr. Ridgely, Hal Holbrook as Gus Leroy and Richard Mulligan as Dick Brown:

This is a film about 8 Vaster women in the 1930´s. It features the debut of Conduce Bergen who plays a character called Lackey. She returns from Europe with a mannish female lover called the Baroness much to the surprise of her friends. Very daring for the early 60´s.

Note: You will hear Larry Hagman (of J.R. - Dallas fame) group of friends say: I never pegged you for a Sapphie (lesbian). The cast is too big to mention but you will see a lot of people who became famous later in life. I have listed a few of them.

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Groove Tube, The

Director: Ken Shapiro
USA: 1974
With: Ken Shapiro, Chevy Chase

In the seventies, freewheeling comedy-sketch movies were popular. Born out of the Saturday Night Live-TV show, they pleased the marihuana-smoking college crowd with liberal, uncensored humor. This almost forgotten movie is worth a look, if only for the complete absence of prejudice and homophobic jokes. One of the sketches features two paranoid drug-dealers, one of them gay, the other straight.

There is a very off-beat seduction scene where the conversation goes something like this:
- You know, man, I really like you.
- I like you too, man.
- No...I mean..I reeeeeaaaaallllly like you, man!
- Hey, the same here, man. You're my best friend.
- No...what I mean is...ohhh...(sighs)..Let's go to bed, man!!
- Hey, it's only 8 o clock, man. I'm not sleepy..
Yup! Getting a stupid guy into bed can be a hopeless struggle
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Growing Pains
(Aka Titles: Bad Manners)

Director: Robert Houston
Canada / USA 1984:

In this drama about two young kids running away from the orphanage there is one gay character: Steve Lalande as the gay guy.
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Guys Next Door

USA: 2006: 96 mins

A voyeurs fascination with his male neighbors brings about imaginative fantasies as they all appear working in their daily tasks (such as car washing) first clothed, than suddenly totally stark naked! This DVD contains highlights from Campfire's Hunkiest Home Video series.

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Guys Next Door 2

Director: Steve Malis
USA: 2007: 90 mins

This is the second of Guys NextDoor and continues the look and lust after your next store neighbor! And has a cast of 12 hot men !
From the Studio: Campfire Video.

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Guys Next Door 3

USA: 2007, 90 min

This is really rare for a second sequel of a gay movie but here it is. The next store neighbors are gone but new ones take tehir place and are as hot as the 2nd film. This time with 10 new ones.
Again from Studio: Campfire Video.

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Gypsy Boys

This is a film about the San Francisco gay nightlife with its alcohol, love, sex and broken hearts.It is a quite fun film and shows the inside story of singles who are looking in every corner to find love and a mate.

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