| Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo Dolby Digital stereo rda |
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video file DVD video region A rda |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player, Dolby Digital stereo, Region A. |
| Cast |
Leonard Frey, Kenneth Nelson. |
| Note |
Based on the off-Broadway play of the same name, by Mart Crowley. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1970. |
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Special features include: "Act one: the play" featurette; "Act two: the film" featurette; "Act three: 40 years of Boys in the band" featurette; feature-length audio commentary by William Friedkin. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R |
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Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A: Mature theme, language may offend. |
| Summary |
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game unleashes dormant and unspoken emotions. |
| Subject |
Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Male homosexuality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Birthday parties -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Male friendship -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Prank telephone calls -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Homosexuality -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Crowley, Mart, 1935- -- Film adaptations.
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New York (State) -- New York -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Drama.
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Film adaptations.
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Blu-ray disc.
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| Added Author |
Crowley, Mart, 1935- producer.
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Friedkin, William, director.
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Frey, Leonard, 1938-1988, actor.
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Nelson, Kenneth, 1930- actor.
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Crowley, Mart, 1935-
Boys in the band.
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Leo Productions.
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National General Pictures.
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Cinema Center Films.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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CBS DVD (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Mart Crowley's the Boys in the band |
| Standard No. |
738329176525 |
| Music No. |
88785 Paramount Home Entertainment |
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