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Boys Life (1995)

Boys Life poster
Directed by
Raoul O'Connell, Brian Sloan, Robert Lee King
Genre
LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film collects three stories about gay American men. A teenager finds romance while working at a pool. A college freshman hopes his roommate is gay. A young man deals with heartbreak after a fling with a tennis player turns sour.

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What happens

Boys Life is a compilation of three 30-minute short subject films about being gay in America. Pool Days (1993, directed by Brian Sloan; starring Josh Philip Weinstein and Nick Kokotakis): a high school student in finds excitement in his health club job. A Friend of Dorothy (1994; directed by Raoul O'Connell; starring Raoul O'Connell and Kevin McClatchy): a college freshman hopes his handsome roommate is also gay. The Disco Years (1991; directed by Robert Lee King; starring Matt Nolan and Russell Scott Lewis): Tom is crushed when the tennis player with whom he had a fling leaves him for a girl and joins an openly homophobic crowd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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