Gregory invites seven friends to spend the summer at his large, secluded 19thcentury home in upstate new york. This film adaptation of terrence mcnallys tony award winning play focuses on eight gay men as they spend three summer holiday weekends together at a rural country house. Gregorys main struggles in the play are his love for bobby, bobbys betrayal, and his attempt to complete a major piece of choreography for a. The play opened offbroadway in 1994 and transferred to broadway in 1995. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex. I know some people cant get into reading plays the same way they do a book, and maybe its the writer in me, but i love it. If you liked the film, you will like the soundtrack. The two best and most familiar actors in the piece, jason alexander and john glover. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the. But instead of making an impact, so much of the film is trivial. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing love. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the love. This soundtrack from an excellent film is top notch. But its totally bril so it has to be included in this list.
Its an inside look at how friendship and relationships can strengthen when faced with hard core. At a beautiful dutchess county farmhouse, eight gay male friends hash out their passions, resentments, and fears over the course of three summer weekends. In 1997, a film adaptation written by mcnally reunited much of the original cast, with. Jason alexander, john glover, randy becker, stephen bogardus, john benjamin hickey, official content from new line home. Mcnally won two more tonys, each for best play, in 1995 and 1996 for writing love. The family reunion was almost complete but nathan lane was making the. A group of gay new yorkers including buzz hauser jason alexander, an hivpositive broadway musical enthusiast.
It won the tony award for best play and the drama desk award for outstanding play. Over time, the men meet at a picturesque lakeside country. Terrence mcnallys tony awardwinning play, a perceptive, often hilarious look and love and life in the aids era, is so. With jason alexander, stephen spinella, stephen bogardus, randy becker. It is about characters and dialogue, expressed through good. Compassion is a movie about a group of gay men spending the summer in a large, secluded country home. Feb 24, 2018 nathan lane as buzz, lover of broadway musicals, in terrence mcnallys 1995 broadway success love. What transpires is a tender, humorous and poignant story about love, valour and compassion among friends. Nathan lane as buzz, lover of broadway musicals, in terrence mcnallys 1995 broadway success love. John jeckyll john glover, a drywitted british composer. Terrence mcnallys tony awardwinning play, a perceptive, often hilarious look and love and life in the aids era, is so sharply written and.
John glover as twins and anthony heald are also seen here. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Original, play, broadway opened in new york city feb 14, 1995 and played through sep 17, 1995. Is the story of a group of eight male gay friends who spend the summer holidays together at one of the mens lakeside home, outside new york city. Jason alexander randy becker stephen bogardus 1997 based on terrence mcnallys play about eight gay friends experiences and revelations at ones country estate. It revolves around eight gay men who gather for three summer weekends at a lakeside house in dutchess county, new york, where they relax, reflect, and plan for survival in an era plagued by aids. Its an inside look at how friendship and relationships can strengthen when faced with hard core realities. I am enjoying the fine selection of music used in the film. However, it is impossible to evaluate good or bad before watch love. This bigscreen adaptation of playwright terrence mcnallys broadway hit revolves around the tender bonding of eight gay manhattanites. Directed by joe mantello, the film starred jason alexander, stephen spinella, stephen bogardus, randy becker, john benjamin hickey, justin kirk and john glover.
Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. This movie really brings home, in maximal and sometimes melodramatic fashion, something i think about a lot. The film is in some ways a real tearjerker but at the same time all the characters learn to cope in their own way. Art and perry, two yuppies who drive a volvo and who celebrate their 14th anniversary together that summer. I saw the original broadway production but unfortunately zee leetle gray cells mon ami are not what they used to be. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of love. It is so sharply written and entertaining that in its stagetoscreen transfer the material easily. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Its a pretty cool little film from the late 1990s 1997, featuring an allstar cast including jason alexander seinfeld, john glover in dual roles, and justin kirk. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Written by terence mcnally and adapted from his screenplay for film, love.
It takes place one summer between memorial day and labor day and as the story evolves we. Its a comedy and drama movie with a better than average rotten tomatoes critics. The film retains most of the broadway productions original cast. It is so sharply written and entertaining that in its. By terrence mcnally okayso its a play, not a novel or short story. Playwright terence mcnally and actor nathan lane talk about their longterm collaboration and their new play love.
Perhaps thats because women, as a gender, prefer to begin with a relationship and move on to sexuality, while men usually approach it the other way around. Dolby digital this perceptive drama written by terrence mcnally, adapted from his awardwinning broadway play starts out as a warmhearted examination of the lives and loves of eight middleclass gay men during three eventful weekends at the isolated country home of ageing dancer stephen bogardus and his blind. Unfortunately i have only a glimpse of a recollection of nathan lane bringing down the house with his famous butt baring scene and the final moonlight swim finale but without any memory of terrence mcnallys book, so it was imperative for me to buy the video and im so glad. After hearing it in the movie, it has become one of my alltime favorite vocals by a female artists.
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