Entertainment News
2006-08-12
TLA buys Boy Culture
TLA Releasing has
acquired all North American, United Kingdom,
Australian, and New Zealand theatrical and home
entertainment distribution
TLA Releasing has
acquired all North American, United Kingdom,
Australian, and New Zealand theatrical and home
entertainment distribution rights to Boy
Culture. The film is directed by Q. Allan
Brocka, who is a contributing writer for The Advocate
and recently wrote and directed Eating
Out. He is also currently working on Logo
Television’s upcoming series Rick &
Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World.
"Boy Culture is a fresh, playful film brimming
with strong performances, a charismatic cast, and a witty,
incisive voice,” said Raymond Murray, president of
TLA Releasing. “We’ve always been strong
supporters of Q. Allan Brocka’s work, and his newest
film shows an invigorating, sleek style; very similar to a
major studio film, in fact. He is a talented filmmaker
and definitely someone who’s going to continue
creating amazing work.”
Based on the
critically acclaimed novel by Matthew Rettenmund and adapted
to film by Brocka and Philip Pierce, Boy
Culture is the candid confession of “X”
(Derek Magyar), a male escort who gets romantically
entangled with his two roommates, Joey (Jonathon
Trent) and Andrew (Darryl Stephens of Noah’s
Arc and Another Gay Movie), and a
reclusive, elderly client, Gregory (Patrick Bauchau of
Panic Room). But before Gregory will agree to
sex, he tells an unsettling love story spanning 50 years and
dares “X” to try something he hasn't
felt in years: emotion.
Producer Stephen
Israel (Swimming With Sharks) said, "I'm
delighted about our collaboration with TLA Releasing.
Their dedication and passion in distributing films like
Latter Days and Another Gay Movie
shows that they are a company who knows how to handle a
film like Boy Culture and will go the
extra mile to make it a success.”
Boy Culture won the Jury Award for Best
Feature at the 2006 Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival and the Jury Award for Best Screenplay at
2006 Outfest in Los Angeles.
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