De-Lovely (2004)
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Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, (more)
Director(s):
Irwin Winkler
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PG13
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The public and private lives of famed songwriter Cole Porter are both explored in this musical drama, in which the aging Porter (played by Kevin Kline) looks back on his life while watching a rehearsal of a stage musical based on his story. As Porter compares notes on the play with director Gabe (Jonathan Pryce), he shares thoughts on his rise to fame in the mid-'20s, writing witty and sophisticated tunes for a string of successful Broadway musicals. Porter seemed to be living a charmed life when he met Linda Thomas (Ashley Judd), a beautiful American woman who, like Porter, was enjoying a sojourn in Paris following the collapse of her first marriage. Thomas is immediately taken with Porter, whose intelligence and charm is a welcome change after her brutal first husband, and the two discover they share a remarkable understanding of one another. Porter and Thomas marry, even though she's aware that her new husband is gay; Thomas is willing to forgive Porter's indiscretions with other men in favor of the emotional support he brings her. However, as the years wear on and the couple takes up residence in Hollywood as Porter begins writing tunes for motion pictures, Thomas finds Porter drifting away from her as his liaisons become more frequent and more serious. Then tragedy enters their life when Porter loses the use of his legs in a riding accident and Thomas is diagnosed with cancer. De-Lovely features a number of noted pop singers interpreting classic songs from Porter's catalog, including Diana Krall, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Elvis Costello, Robbie Williams, Mick Hucknall, and others. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
Kevin Kline - Cole Porter
Jonathan Pryce - Gabe
Alan Corduner - Monty Woolley
Keith Allen - Irving Berlin
Kevin McKidd - Bobby Reed
Edward Baker-Duly - Boris Kochno
Leopold Lemarchand - Musical Performer
Alanis Morissette - Musical Performer
Caroline O'Connor - Musical Performer
Mick Hucknall - Musical Performer
Vivian Green - Musical Performer
Mario Frangoulis - Musical Performer
Angie Hill - Ellin Berlin
Lemar Obika
Ashley Judd - Linda Lee Porter
Kevin McNally - Gerald Murphy
Sandra Nelson - Sara Murphy
James Wilby - Edward Thomas
Richard Dillane - Bill Wrather
Robbie Williams - Musical Performer
Elvis Costello - Musical Performer
John Barrowman - Musical Performer
Sheryl Crow - Musical Performer
Diana Krall - Musical Performer
Lara Fabian - Musical Performer
Natalie Cole - Musical Performer
Peter Polycarpou - Louis B. Mayer
Nicola Dawn
Director(s):
Irwin Winkler
Writer(s):
Jay Cocks
Producer(s):
Irwin Winkler, Charles Winkler, Rob Cowan
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Adult
DELOVELY
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
2nd Sunday movie for Sept 14 is "A Very Serious Person"
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A young boy with an obsessive enthusiasm for old-Hollywood forms a warm bond with his effeminate Danish mentor as Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die! director Charles Busch turns in his camp card to craft an uncharacteristically low-key and highly-personal rama about self-acceptance and personal perseverance. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
95 mins
Complete Cast:
Charles Busch - Jan
Polly Bergen - Mrs. A
Carl Andress
P.J. Verhoest - Gil
Dana Ivey - Betty
Julie Halston
Director(s):
Charles Busch
Writer(s):
Carl Andress, Charles Busch
Producer(s):
Daryl Roth, Richard Guay
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
2nd Sunday movie for Aug 10 is Naked Boys Singing
As the title suggests, naked boys do sing (and dance) in this campy big-screen adaptation of one of the longest-running and most lascivious off-Broadway musical revues ever produced. Filmed in Los Angeles, this is essentially a basic recording of the live stage show, spotlighting songs such as "Fight the Urge," "The Bliss of a Bris," "Muscle Addiction," "Nothing But the Radio On," "Members Only" and "Window to Window."
Starring: Kevin Alexander Stea, Joe SouzaDirector: Robert SchrockGenre: Music & MusicalsFormat: Widescreen ...Language: English
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Starring: Kevin Alexander Stea, Joe SouzaDirector: Robert SchrockGenre: Music & MusicalsFormat: Widescreen ...Language: English
Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
2nd Sunday movie for July 13 is "Sordid Lives"
Writer-director Del Shores serves up a heaping helping of Southern-fried comic melodrama in this adaptation of his own play about infidelity, country & western music, and Airstream trailers. When their sister dies, Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia), LaVonda (Ann Walker), and Sissy (Beth Grant) plan her funeral -- an unenviable task, considering that they must carefully hide the deceased's affair with amputee G.W. (Beau Bridges) from his wife, the vindictive Noleta (Delta Burke). Meanwhile, the trio has to come to terms with two cases of sexual orientation: Latrelle's openly gay soap-opera star son Ty (Kirk Geiger), whose sexuality she continues to deny; and their only brother, Boy (Leslie Jordan), who's serving a sentence in a mental ward for his adamant belief that he is actually country & western legend Tammy Wynette. Playing an aspiring singer-songwriter, Olivia Newton-John turns up to provide the film with the occasional musical interlude. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
111 mins
Complete Cast:
Newell Alexander - Wardell Owens
Bonnie Bedelia - Latrelle Williamson
Earl Bullock - Ty Williamson
Kirk Geiger - Ty Williamson
Sarah Hunley - Juanita Bartlett
Olivia Newton-John - Bitsy Mae Harling
Terry Brannon
Mary Margaret Lewis
Rosemary Alexander - Dr. Eve Bollinger
Beau Bridges - G. W. Nethercott
Delta Burke - Noleta Nethercott
Bethy 13 is "Sordid Lives"
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
111 mins
Complete Cast:
Newell Alexander - Wardell Owens
Bonnie Bedelia - Latrelle Williamson
Earl Bullock - Ty Williamson
Kirk Geiger - Ty Williamson
Sarah Hunley - Juanita Bartlett
Olivia Newton-John - Bitsy Mae Harling
Terry Brannon
Mary Margaret Lewis
Rosemary Alexander - Dr. Eve Bollinger
Beau Bridges - G. W. Nethercott
Delta Burke - Noleta Nethercott
Bethy 13 is "Sordid Lives"
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
2nd Sunday Movie fro June 8 is "Fat Girls"
Two misfits struggle to make their way through the living hell that is high school in this independent comedy drama. Rodney (Ash Christian) lives in a small Texas town where most folks don't have much use for musical theater or much understanding of the gay lifestyle. Since the barely closeted Rodney wants little else besides a boyfriend and the leading role in a Broadway show, this doesn't make life easy for him, and he has only one close friend -- Sabrina (Ashley Fink), a smart and funny girl who happens to weigh nearly three hundred pounds. Sabrina encourages Rodney to embrace his inner "fat girl," and he finds someone who understands his dreams when he strikes up a friendship with Mr. Cox (Jonathan Caouette), the school's drama coach, who also does a mean Liza Minnelli impersonation in his spare time. Written and directed by leading man Ash Christian when he was only 20 years old, Fat Girls was screened in competition at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Sunday, May 4, 2008
2nd Sunday OUUT Movie "An Angel Named Billy" May 11
2nd Sunday OUUT movie May 11
Filmmaker Greg Osborne directs this gay romantic drama concerning a young homosexual looking for love and another who is running from hate. Loving father Mark has recently suffered a stroke, yet even in his frail state he recognizes that his gay son James is in desperate need of a companion. When Mark and his best friend Thomas launch a search to find James a suitable mate, they soon make the acquaintance of troubled teen Billy. Having been recently kicked out of his home for kissing another man, Billy responds to a help wanted ad posted in a gay neighborhood café. It was Mark who placed that ad, and soon after meeting Mark introduces Billy to his lonely son James. While it remains to be seen whether Billy and James' relationship will blossom unto true love, the companionship that they provide for one another will help both to come to terms with their true sexuality and finally understand what it means to meet someone who is truly accepting. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
Dustin Belt - Billy
Hank Fields - James
Allison Fleming - Donna
Kadyr Gutierrez - Guy
Brent Battles - Todd
Richard Lewis Warren - Mark
Buddy Daniels Friedman - James
Amy Lyndon - Nancy
Steve Houston - Allen Poe
Shawn Richardson - Rick
May 11
Filmmaker Greg Osborne directs this gay romantic drama concerning a young homosexual looking for love and another who is running from hate. Loving father Mark has recently suffered a stroke, yet even in his frail state he recognizes that his gay son James is in desperate need of a companion. When Mark and his best friend Thomas launch a search to find James a suitable mate, they soon make the acquaintance of troubled teen Billy. Having been recently kicked out of his home for kissing another man, Billy responds to a help wanted ad posted in a gay neighborhood café. It was Mark who placed that ad, and soon after meeting Mark introduces Billy to his lonely son James. While it remains to be seen whether Billy and James' relationship will blossom unto true love, the companionship that they provide for one another will help both to come to terms with their true sexuality and finally understand what it means to meet someone who is truly accepting. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
Dustin Belt - Billy
Hank Fields - James
Allison Fleming - Donna
Kadyr Gutierrez - Guy
Brent Battles - Todd
Richard Lewis Warren - Mark
Buddy Daniels Friedman - James
Amy Lyndon - Nancy
Steve Houston - Allen Poe
Shawn Richardson - Rick
May 11
Sunday, April 6, 2008
2nd Sunday movie for 4/13 is 3rd Man Out
Third Man Out tells the story of homosexual detective Donald Strachey. He takes on the responsibility of protecting John Rutka, a controversial gay activist who outs prominent homosexual citizens. After Strachey feels Rutka may be planning to out him, he quits the job. However, after Rutka is killed, Strachey takes it on himself to solve the murder. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Running Time:
99 mins
Running Time:
99 mins
Sunday, February 17, 2008
OUUT MOVIE FOR MARCH 9 @ 2ND UU 6:00 P.M.
> Second Unitarian Church of Omaha presents> For the Bible Tells Me So> An award winning film by Daniel Karslake (2007, 99 minutes)>>>> Welcoming Congregation & Social Justice Potluck and Movie Night (free)> When: Sunday, March 9th, Potluck at 5:30 P.M., movie starts at 6:00 P.M.>> Where: Second Unitarian Church of Omaha 3012 S. 119 St, Omaha (just SE of> 120th & Center off Westwood Lane)>> Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm> separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the> Bible an excuse to hate?>>> Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle> International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative, entertaining> documentary brilliantly reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, and> in the process reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost> solely upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the> Bible. As the film notes, most Christians live their lives today without> feeling obliged to kill anyone who works on the Sabbath or eats shrimp (as a> literal reading of scripture dictates).>> Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American> families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt> and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people> of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such> respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox> Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO> offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the crosshairs> of scripture and sexual identity.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
OUUT Movie for Feb 10 is Cruising
New York City detective Steve Burns Al Pacino receives orders from Captain Edelson Paul Sorvino to solve a series of brutal murders in the gay community. Steve scours the gay bars that caters to same-sex sadomasochism in a desperate attempt to solve the crime. As he infiltrates the scene, he slowly comes loose from the moorings of his own reality, and an innocent victim is tortured by the cops in an effort to exact a confession. The story is based on actual murders that took place between 1962 and 1979. The film gained considerable publicity because of the controversial subject matter while censor argued between an X and R rating for the feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
Running Time:
102 mins
Complete Cast:
Al Pacino - Steve Burns
Karen Allen - Nancy
Don Scardino - Ted Bailey
James Sutorius - Jack
Randy Jurgensen - Detective Lefransky
Running Time:
102 mins
Complete Cast:
Al Pacino - Steve Burns
Karen Allen - Nancy
Don Scardino - Ted Bailey
James Sutorius - Jack
Randy Jurgensen - Detective Lefransky
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