“A Boy’s Life 2”
This DVD is a collection of four short films. Although most were produced in the early 1990s, they are still quite relevant to the gay situation today.
Must Be The Music – A group of four teens make their early excursions into the gay bar scene, dealing with feelings of awkwardness, love, and jealousy. You’ll recognize the main character as a very young Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) from the TV show Heroes!
Nunzio’s Second Cousin – “Sometimes fags bash back,” says actor Vincent D’Onofrio as he turns the table on a group of fag bashers in an alley behind a gay bar. The character is an off-duty cop, and draws his pistol on the gang of young assailants (actor Seth Green among them). At his mercy, the cop IDs the kids, but instead of arresting them he makes them recite a pledge, ending in what has to be the funniest surprise line ever! Having humiliated them enough, the cop lets most of them go, but has special plans for the one boy in whom he sees a bit of himself.
Alkali, Iowa – Young farmer Jack Gudmanson lives with his sister, mother, and grandfather on a small farm in America’s heartland. By accident he comes across a buried lunchbox that reveals a secret about his father that his elders have kept hidden from him for shame. Little do they know, Jack is already following in his father’s footsteps, and discovers that one man they call “blondie” may be the only one willing and able to tell him the truth about his father.
The Dadshuttle – Many people will find familiarity in this film. After a holiday meal, the father drives his son to the train station, and though they try to have a conversation with one another, their trains of thought seem to be on divergent tracks. While the son tries to share small tidbits from his life, the father seems to glaze over them and what they hint at.
“Breakfast with Scot”
We sponsored this film in conjunction with Fairytales, in last year’s Calgary International Film Festival!
At the peak of his career, Eric McNally (Tom Cavanagh) was a ruthless hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but a shoulder injury takes him out of the game for good. Now he works as a TV sportscaster, and continues to keep compartmentalized his comfortable home life with his partner Sam (Ben Shenkman).
But when Sam breaks the news that they are to become temporary guardians for a child that was entrusted to Sam’s irresponsible brother – at least until he gets back from mucking around in Brazil – Eric’s life is turned upside down. With his sports career, Eric has spent most of his life trying to hide the fact that he is gay. But the 11 year old boy Scot (Noah Bernett) although too young for sexuality to even be a blip on the radar, seems to scream it. He arrives wrapped in his deceased mother’s clothes, jewelry and makeup, only liking musicals, and singing Christmas carols in the middle of October.
After Eric works through the initial embarrassment of being associated with the child, he begins to worry for Scot’s survival as he attends school. After much concern from Scot’s teachers, and much advice from Eric and Sam, the boy seems to develop an interest in ice hockey which Eric is glad to nurture. Unfortunately this attempt to fit in has Scot losing sight of who he really is, and he begins turning his back on his loyal friends in favor of the group that had once bullied him.
Breakfast with Scot is a hilarious but touching look at childhood (and parenthood) that will undoubtedly have you saying “I did that too when I was a kid!”
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