National Coming Out Week Movies

Lost and Delirious

Art/Foreign, 100 min. The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS explores the love affair between two of the girls (Jessica Pare and Piper Perabo) which isolates the third (Mischa Barton). The film is the first English-language film from director Lea Pool, based on the novel THE WIVES OF BATH by Susan Swan.

MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content involving teens, and language.

Release Date: July 20, 2001

The Laramie Project

Documentation, 77 min. The brutal attack on Matthew Shepard was the kind of wakeup call a society doesn't get very often. It triggered an avalanche of media, a kind of national deathwatch until Shepard died five days later. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is the response of one man, playwright Moisés Kaufman, and his colleagues at the Tectonic Theater Project, who went to Laramie, Wyoming, and conducted more than 200 interviews with townspeople and officials. The result is this inquiry into hate and the thoughts and feelings of an American community. As one local states, Laramie became instantly notorious, "like Waco or Jasper." But The Laramie Project is not an exercise in self-righteous condemnation. It merely attempts to come to terms with what happened. It's a film, based on the play by the troupe, that presents the details of the slaying as revealed by those closest to it, and the truth lies in the details. It's a film about homophobia across the nation, but as one woman deftly points out, "Honey, it's still about Laramie."

MPAA Rating: Not Rated.

Release Date: January 10, Sundance '02.

The Broken Hearts Club

Romance and Comedy, 94 min. Focusing in on a close group of single gay pals living in Hollywood, California, THE BROKEN HEART'S CLUB is a poignant film about the ways that these friends both support each other and annoy each other, guiding each other through trials and tribulations with relationships, careers, getting older, and life in general. The film was written and directed by Greg Berlanti who previously wrote episodes of the popular television show DAWSON'S CREEK. THE BROKEN HEART'S CLUB is a timeless comedy that really tells it like it is.

MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and some sexual content.

Release Date: September 29, 2000

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Home About eQ Agenda Board Constitution FAQ Contact Us News NCOW 2002 Forums Resources	National Coming Out Week Movies Lost and Delirious Art/Foreign, 100 min. The story of three roommates at a private school for girls, LOST AND DELIRIOUS explores the love affair between two of the girls (Jessica Pare and Piper Perabo) which isolates the third (Mischa Barton). The film is the first English-language film from director Lea Pool, based on the novel THE WIVES OF BATH by Susan Swan. MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content involving teens, and language. Release Date: July 20, 2001 The Laramie Project Documentation, 77 min. The brutal attack on Matthew Shepard was the kind of wakeup call a society doesn't get very often. It triggered an avalanche of media, a kind of national deathwatch until Shepard died five days later. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is the response of one man, playwright Moisés Kaufman, and his colleagues at the Tectonic Theater Project, who went to Laramie, Wyoming, and conducted more than 200 interviews with townspeople and officials. The result is this inquiry into hate and the thoughts and feelings of an American community. As one local states, Laramie became instantly notorious, "like Waco or Jasper." But The Laramie Project is not an exercise in self-righteous condemnation. It merely attempts to come to terms with what happened. It's a film, based on the play by the troupe, that presents the details of the slaying as revealed by those closest to it, and the truth lies in the details. It's a film about homophobia across the nation, but as one woman deftly points out, "Honey, it's still about Laramie." MPAA Rating: Not Rated. Release Date: January 10, Sundance '02. The Broken Hearts Club Romance and Comedy, 94 min. Focusing in on a close group of single gay pals living in Hollywood, California, THE BROKEN HEART'S CLUB is a poignant film about the ways that these friends both support each other and annoy each other, guiding each other through trials and tribulations with relationships, careers, getting older, and life in general. The film was written and directed by Greg Berlanti who previously wrote episodes of the popular television show DAWSON'S CREEK. THE BROKEN HEART'S CLUB is a timeless comedy that really tells it like it is. MPAA Rating: R for language, drug use and some sexual content. Release Date: September 29, 2000 -- all reviews courtesy of Yahoo! Movies
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