The Boys in the Band

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American film drama film film

The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking 1970 American drama film adapted from Mart Crowley’s play, notable for its candid and early portrayal of gay men’s lives and relationships in New York City.

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The Boys in the Band canonical 12
The Boys in the Band (1970 film) 1
The Boys in the Band (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
adaptationType stage-to-screen adaptation ⓘ
basedOn The Boys in the Band self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Boys in the Band (play)
castMember Cliff Gorman ⓘ
Frederick Combs ⓘ
Keith Prentice ⓘ
Kenneth Nelson ⓘ
Laurence Luckinbill ⓘ
Leonard Frey ⓘ
Peter White ⓘ
Reuben Greene ⓘ
Robert La Tourneaux ⓘ
cinematographyBy Arthur J. Ornitz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dialogueStyle stage-like ensemble dialogue ⓘ
director William Friedkin ⓘ
distributor National General Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gerald B. Greenberg ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
filmingStyle largely single-apartment setting ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
historicalContext pre-Stonewall gay representation in film ⓘ
leadActor Kenneth Nelson ⓘ
MPAARating R ⓘ
musicBy Billy Byers ⓘ
narrativeFocus gay men’s lives and relationships ⓘ
notableFor adaptation of a groundbreaking off-Broadway play ⓘ
early candid portrayal of gay men in American cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwrightOfSource Mart Crowley ⓘ
producer Dominick Dunne ⓘ
productionCompany Cinema Center Films ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-03-17 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 118 ⓘ
screenwriter Mart Crowley ⓘ
settingLocation Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sourceMedium stage play ⓘ
thematicFocus friendship among gay men ⓘ
internalized homophobia ⓘ
social stigma toward homosexuality ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 1960s ⓘ

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William Friedkin → directed → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Jim Parsons → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Matt Bomer → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Joe Mantello → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Joe Mantello → directed → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Joe Mantello → actedIn → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Andrew Rannells → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
David Stone → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Mark Gatiss → theatreWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Arthur J. Ornitz → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
The Boys in the Band → basedOn → The Boys in the Band self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Boys in the Band (play)
Laurence Luckinbill → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
Leonard Frey → appearedIn → The Boys in the Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Boys in the Band (1970 film)
Jack Noseworthy → notableWork → The Boys in the Band ⓘ