gay characters in non-LGBT films

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I remember, when I was 11, seeing the movie adaptation of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". By the end of it, I was absolutely AMAZED. I had sat through the entire movie with my parents and I kept looking over at them throught the film wondering how they couldn't SEE what I was seeing!
It lead me to obsessively read through all of Tennessee Williams' plays, and later (when I was 17) to a huge argument with my parents. I still remember my mother telling me "Paul Newman would never have taken the role if it was about a gay man!"! LOL
What is really funny, I think, is that if you go to IMDB and look up the film, there is a comments section where people are STILL arguing that Brick wasn't gay! Please, I knew he was gay when I was 11!
~Beaux

Haha, how clever of you... Ah, but then, your parents didn't have your special skills.... that's the rub.

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Judy Garland's father made TEA and SYMPATHY, a great film about being more sensitive, and possibly gay, although the film never mentions the word or dares to hint at more than that. Lovely, very discreet film with splendid roles for Deborah Kerr and the young man.


In the gay in rough films section there's also the great performance of Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game. (minute 3:39 in the next post's video inclusion)

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OK so here's a test, how many films can you name from this compilation?
There's a lot!!!


For one thing, I know I've not seen that first film, the excerpt of which features Shirley McLaine and Meryl Streep. What film is that?

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0:23 .... ?
0:31 Brokeback Mountain
0:33 .... ?
0:42 .... ? Charlie Chaplin in what?
0:45 .... ?
0:48 Queen Christina with Greta Garbo
0:49 Ben Hur with Charlton Heston
0:51 ... ? Alfred Hitchcock's Rope ???
0:52 The Boys In The Band (1970)
0:54 ... ???
0:55 ... Next Stop Greenwich Village???
1:00 Cabaret with Liza Minnelli & a fascinated Michael York
1:03 Making Love with Harry Hamlin ???
1:06 Sal Mineo & James Dean, probably in Rebel Without A Cause
1:10 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Jane Russell in the Gym scene
1:14 Barbara Streisand and Elliott Gould in .... ?
1:16 Rio Bravo ??? with Montgomery Clift and ...?
1:22 Henry Winkler ("The Fonz") in .... ?
1:30 Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in The Hunger (Ridley Scott, or his brother Tony?)
1:32 Midnight Express with Brad Davis (Alan Parker)
1:38 ... is that the actress from Weeds?
1:40 Philadelphia with Tom Hanks & Antonio Banderas
1:43 ... ?
1:45 Bent with Clive Owen
1:49 ... ?
1:51 Keanu Reeves & River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho ?? Gus Van Zandt (1991)
1:52 hehehe! Rocky Horror Picture Show
1:53 Silkwood with Meryl Streep & Cher
1:57 probably Annie, Get Your Gun ???
1:59 Johnny Guitar (1954) with Joan Crawford

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Never heard of this film... Has anyone seen it?

[trekkiejim]

Simon in as good as it gets
Signo wiethers helper in copycat

[Beaux]

OK so here's a test, how many films can you name from this compilation?
There's a lot!!!


For one thing, I know I've not seen that first film, the excerpt of which features Shirley McLaine and Meryl Streep. What film is that?

The very first film, with Meryl and Shirley, is "Postcards form the Edge" (got great reviews, but honestly not my fav McLaine film, but pretty funny)

The one with the actress who plays in "Weeds" is "Fried Green Tomatos" (FANTASTIC FILM!)

@ 1:43 is "Torch Song Trilogy" (I would say one of the MOST iconic gay movies ever!)
@ 1:49 is "The Living End" (considered by some to be THE seminal gay movie of the AIDS era; very radical-farie)
~Beaux

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@Beaux and @trekkiejim, thank you both... except trekkiejim I'm not sure which films you're pointing at, do you have the timing?
Beaux, of course Torch Song Trilogy, the snippet was dark and not long enough, I might otherwise have recognised it.
Not sufficiently familiar with The Living End yet... got it, not really watched yet. And oh, yes, Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café, very nice film but I saw it such a long time ago, I'd forgotten about it.
The rest still needs to be found, and I'll edit a list for the second part. Thanks for your help, all.


Postcards From The Edge (Thanks, Beaux)
0:23 .... ?
0:31 Brokeback Mountain
0:33 .... ?
0:42 .... ? Charlie Chaplin in what?
0:45 .... ?
0:48 Queen Christina with Greta Garbo
0:49 Ben Hur with Charlton Heston
0:51 ... ? Alfred Hitchcock's Rope ???
0:52 The Boys In The Band (1970)
0:54 ... ???
0:55 ... Next Stop Greenwich Village???
1:00 Cabaret with Liza Minnelli & a fascinated Michael York
1:03 Making Love with Harry Hamlin ???
1:06 Sal Mineo & James Dean, probably in Rebel Without A Cause
1:10 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Jane Russell in the Gym scene
1:14 Barbara Streisand and Elliott Gould in .... ?
1:16 Rio Bravo ??? with Montgomery Clift and ...?
1:22 Henry Winkler ("The Fonz") in .... ?
1:30 Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in The Hunger (Ridley Scott, or his brother Tony?)
1:32 Midnight Express with Brad Davis (Alan Parker)
1:38 Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Café (Thanks, Beaux)
1:40 Philadelphia with Tom Hanks & Antonio Banderas
1:43 Torch Song Trilogy (Thanks, Beaux)
1:45 Bent with Clive Owen
1:49 The Living End (Thanks, Beaux)
1:51 Keanu Reeves & River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho ?? Gus Van Zandt (1991)
1:52 hehehe! Rocky Horror Picture Show
1:53 Silkwood with Meryl Streep & Cher
1:57 probably Annie, Get Your Gun ???
1:59 Johnny Guitar (1954) with Joan Crawford

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2:05 Steve Buscemi in … ? (know I've seen this, the title escapes me)
2:07 Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert
2:09 … ?
2:11 … ? Is that Joe Dalessandro?
2:15 Long Time Companion
2:17 La Cage Aux Folles (Michel Serrault)
2:19 Hairspray with Divine?
2:21 … ? Harvey Feinstein but in what ? Another Gay Sequel?
2:23 Another Country with Rupert Everett & Cary Elwes
2:26 Carwash ????
2:30 Il Decamerone (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
2:32 … ? Some unknown film with a bit of benchwork
2:37 … ?
2:41 … ?
2:42 Some Like It Hot with Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon
2:44 A Chorus Line (number : One)
2:49 Angels In America
2:53 … ?
3:00 Querelle de Brest (Reiner Werner Fassbinder) with Brad Davis
3:04 … ? I do know this film and it's a rather old one but … A Farewell To Arms???
3:07 … ? Perry King in … ?
3:08 Women in Love (Ken Russell with Alan Bates & Oliver Reed)??
3:12 Sunday, Bloody Sunday (with Peter Finch & )
3:16 The Color Purple with Whoopi Goldberg
3:19 … ? Glenn Ford in ???
3:20 … ? with Lauren Bacall & …?
3:22 … ?
3:25 Cruising with Al Pacino (1980) William Friedkin
3:28 Transamerica with Kevin Zegers & Felicity Huffman
3:31 Midnight Cowboy with Jon Voight (
3:35 A Dog Day Afternoon with Al Pacino
3:36 The Crying Game with Jaye Davidson (Neil Jordan - 1992)
3:40 … ?
3:44 … ?
3:46 … ?
3:49 Can't Stop The Music (1980) with the Village People & Valerie Perrine
3:52 … ?
3:53 … ?
3:58 … ? Looks like Dennis Quaid in the mirror
4:00 back to Brokeback Mountain ??
Still quite a few unknowns

[meridannight]

3:58 … ? Looks like Dennis Quaid in the mirror

that film is Far from Heaven. Quaid plays a gay man in a traditional marriage and family setting of the 1950s Connecticut. i've mentioned this film before, it's one of my favorite gay movies (although it's not entirely on a gay theme). Quaid's performance is beautiful, and i highly recommend seeing it. very healthy film, with high quality acting and plot.

and, Dennis Quaid is damn hot. i believe i've mentioned that before too.