"Somewhere in DesMoines or San Antonio, there's a young gay person, who all of a sudden realizes that he or she is gay. Knows that if the parents find out they'll be tossed out of the house. The classmates will taunt the child and the Anita Bryant's and John Brigg's are doing their bits on TV and that child has several options. Staying in the closet...suicide...Then one day, that child may open a paper and it says 'Homosexual Elected In San Fransisco' and there are two new options...The option is to go to California...or stay in San Antonio and fight.
Two days after I was elected I got a phone call and the voice was quite young.
It was from Altuna, Pennsylvania and the person said 'thanks'.
And you've got to elect gay people so that that young child and the thousands upon thousands like that child know that there's hope for a better world. There's hope for a better tomorrow. Without hope, there only gays.
But those blacks and Asians, the disabled and seniors...the us'es...the us'es...without hope, the us'es give up.
I know that you cannot live on hope alone but without it, life is not worth living.
And you...and you...and you...gotta give em hope.
Thank you."
~ Harvey Milk
(May 22, 1930 - November 17, 1978)
Released November 1st in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Harvey Milk was a small business owner, living in San Francisco.
Nothing out of the norm was his life, although he was a homosexual man, living in a very prominent homosexual area of town.
He stood up for many issues that he felt were freedoms of choice and when he became a supervisor to the town's mayor, he broke some very large boundaries.
Harvey was an inspirational character who held the hearts of his suporters and loved ones in the palms of his hands.
It was a sad day when a disgruntled ex board member took it upon himself to change this hopeful course of history.
Stars Harvey Milk , Anne Kronenberg , Tory Hartmann , Tom Ammiano , Jim Elliot , Henry Der , Jeannine Yeomans , Bill Kraus , Sally M. Gearhart , John Briggs , Jerry Brown , Jimmy Carter , Dianne Feinstein , David Fowler , George Moscone , Dan White
, Harvey Fierstein (voice)
Directed by (and story written) Rob Epstein
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Released October 17th in the US.
Filmed in New York and New Jersey.
The story: April is a young woman, estranged from her non-comprehensive family, trying to live her life the right way.
April has invited her family, for the first time ever, to her home for Thanksgiving dinner.
Although April doesn't know the first thing about preparing a family dinner.
With help from April's boyfriend and some new friends, April does the job she set out to accomplish.
Stars Katie Holmes , Derek Luke , Oliver Platt , Patricia Clarkson , Alison Pill , John Gallagher Jr. , Alice Drummond , Lillias White , Isiah Whitlock Jr. , Sean Hayes , Sisqó
Directed by (and story written) Peter Hedges
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released June 13th in the US.
Filmed Texas, California and New York.
The story: Travis W. Redfish is the apple of everyone in his familys' eye.
He is very helpful and seems to be able to fix everyone's problems.
En route to work one regular morning, Travis comes across the girl of his dreams...Only he doesn't understand why.
Travis' love interest is a groupie hitching a ride with roadies for a rock N roll circus.
When Travis helps the roadies get back on track, they invite him along with them to help them out and he becomes somewhat of a permanent fixture on the roadie tour...because no one who knows about him can seem to do without him.
Stars Meatloaf , Kaki Hunter , Art Carney , Gailard Sartain , Don Cornelius , Rhonda Bates , Joe Spano , Jack Elliott , Roy Orbison , Hank Williams Jr. , Deborah Harry , Chris Stein , Clem Burke , Jimmy Destri , Nigel Harrison , Frank Infante , Ray Benson , Alice Cooper , Sheryl Cooper , Alvin Crow , Rick Crow , Shona Lay , Peter Frampton
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Rated PG
COMEDY/MUSICAL
Made for HBO.
Based on a documentary about Edith Beale Sr. and Jr...aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Released April 18th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story: Big and Little Edie live a very charmed life.
That is until years after big Edies marriage dissolves.
The two see their hopes and dreams fly out the window with the breeze while trying to survive at their beloved home Grey Gardens.
But without any staff and no real means of a regular income, the two find themselves living in squaller and being threatened of losing everything they've ever owned.
Niece Jacqueline gets word of what has become of her aunt and cousin and out of guilt steps in to help save their home.
Stars Drew Barrymore , Jessica Lange , Ken Howard , Daniel Baldwin , Ben Carlson , Joshua Peace , Arye Gross , Justin Louis , Kenneth Welsh
Directed by Michael Sucsy
Rated PG
DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY
Released February 12th in the US.
Filmed in England.
The story: Girly and Sonny are brother and sister.
They live in a very large old house, in the middle of nowhere, with their "mumsy" and "nanny".
Everything is peachy keen at their house, but they do get bored from time to time with no one to play with but each other.
That is why the two are allowed to go out to the zoo and the local playground to see if they cant gather up and bring home some new friends for playmates.
...It's just that their new friends are not ever allowed to leave.
Stars Vanessa Howard , Howard Trevor , Ursula Howells , Pat Heywood , Michael Bryant , Imogen Hassall , Michael Ripper , Hugh Armstrong
Directed by Freddie Francis
Not Rated
MYSTERY/DARK COMEDY
Released November 23rd in the US.
This is a made-for-TV movie.
Filmed entirely in France.
The story: In the mid-60s, Beate is a young German woman who moved to France for school.
Almost instantly she meets a Jewish man, whom she falls for.
Her new love teaches her all about what the Nazis and what they had done to the Jews.
Something the naive' Beate was completely unaware of.
Beate finds herself fighting the good fight in an effort to extract any and all of the last cowardness Nazis living and hiding in Germany.
Stars Farrah Fawcett , Tom Conti , Geraldine Page , Hélène Vallier , Catherine Allégret , Féodor Atkine , Vincent Gauthier , Claude Vernier , Jacques Vincey , Eric Prat , László Szabó , Pascale de Boysson , Jacques Alric , Arno Klarsfeld
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Not Rated
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA
Released April 30th in the US.
Filmed in Illinois , Indiana and California.
The story: Many teens, all friends, find themselves experiencing the same recurrent nightmare.
Not knowing why they are having the nightmare, or who the evil disfigured man who stars in the nightmare is, the friends continuously make an effort to go into their nightmares.
After some time, they all get word of who the spook is and why the hell he's after their hides.
Stars Rooney Mara , Kyle Gallner , Katie Cassidy , Thomas Dekker , Kellan Lutz , Jackie Earle Haley , Connie Britton , Clancy Brown , Julianna Damm
Directed by Samuel Bayer
Rated R
REMAKE/HORROR
Released only in the US, May 9th.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story: Phoebe, Vivia, and Jennifer are all young, fun college students pledging the hard pledge for a sorority they think is the best thing in the world.
Vivia is into practical jokes and is very good at pulling them off.
The sorority is having an April Fools party and asks Vivia to once again impress the lot with something up her sleeve.
But the house....that the party is held at, has a history...
It seems, 20 something years before, a student had been mysteriously killed during a prank gone wrong.
Everyone whos anyone knows that the infamous house has a so-called bad luck legend involved with.
But no one seems to care, until its too late.
Stars Elaine Wilkes , Sherry Willis-Burch , Joanna Johnson , Ralph Seymour , Paul Bartel , Alicia Fleer , Woody Brown , Martin Hewitt , Terri Hawkes, Deborah Hancock
Directed by William Fruet
Rated R
HORROR
Released October 8th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Connecticut.
The story: In this small town, there is an old tale of a serial killer who is said to have future plans to kill a group of kids all born on the same night as he was killed...
Even though none of the kids believe that they will fall victim to this legend, one by one they see their demise.
Stars Max Thieriot , John Magaro , Denzel Whitaker , Zena Grey , Nick Lashaway , Paulina Olszynski , Emily Meade , Jessica Hecht , Frank Grillo , Danai Gurira , Harris Yulin , Shareeka Epps , Elena Hurst , Dennis Boutsikaris
Directed by (& story written) Wes Craven
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY
