Straight-Jacket (2004)
- Directed by
- Richard Day
- Genre
- romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In the 1950s, a popular actor hides his homosexuality to protect his Hollywood career. A gossip columnist threatens to expose him, so he pretends to date a woman to keep up appearances.
lightheartednostalgiccampyplayfulbreezycomicalwhimsical
What happens
Straight-Jacket is a 2004 comedy film written and directed by Richard Day, based on his play. Done as a pastiche of the Rock Hudson-Doris Day romantic comedy films, Straight-Jacket tells the story of Guy Stone, a closeted gay actor in the 1950s who is modeled on Hudson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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