Chlapci z partie

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Director:William Friedkin
Length:118 minutes
Genre:Drama

Chlapci z partie

The Boys in the Band ; William Friedkin, 1970, versions: OR,SS, languages: eng

Director: William Friedkin

Eight friends organize a birthday party. They’re ordinary folks, mostly living completely ordinary lives, not standing out in any particular way – except their sexual orientation. When they’re together, they can be themselves, and so the gathering starts in an air of laid-back fun. As the evening progresses, however, things take a turn towards the unexpected. First among the “mistakes” made by Michael, the host, is to invite Alan, a straight friend of his. In his second slip-up, the strapping young Tex, a gift for birthday boy Harold, arrives too soon, ruining what was supposed to be a joke about a “midnight cowboy”. The mood grows tense, eventually culminating in a showing of true colours the likes of which no one expected… Highly provocative upon its release, William Friedkin’s cinematic adaptation of a Mart Crowley play was one of the first films to openly depict gay themes and feature a nearly all-gay cast.

Length: 118 min

Year: 1970

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Language version:

OR - Original version (english)
SS - Slovak subtitles

Director: William Friedkin

Eight friends organize a birthday party. They’re ordinary folks, mostly living completely ordinary lives, not standing out in any particular way – except their sexual orientation. When they’re together, they can be themselves, and so the gathering starts in an air of laid-back fun. As the evening progresses, however, things take a turn towards the unexpected. First among the “mistakes” made by Michael, the host, is to invite Alan, a straight friend of his. In his second slip-up, the strapping young Tex, a gift for birthday boy Harold, arrives too soon, ruining what was supposed to be a joke about a “midnight cowboy”. The mood grows tense, eventually culminating in a showing of true colours the likes of which no one expected… Highly provocative upon its release, William Friedkin’s cinematic adaptation of a Mart Crowley play was one of the first films to openly depict gay themes and feature a nearly all-gay cast.

Year: 1970

Country of origin:

  • United states of America

Language version:

OR - Original version (english)
SS - Slovak subtitles