Another Gay Movie
| Another Gay Movie | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Todd Stephens |
| Written by | Todd Stephens |
| Produced by | Todd Stephens Jesse Adams Jonah Blechman |
| Starring | Michael Carbonaro Jonah Blechman Jonathan Chase Mitch Morris Ashlie Atkinson Scott Thompson Stephanie McVay |
| Cinematography | Carl Bartels |
| Edited by | Jeremy Stulberg |
| Music by | Marty Beller Nancy Sinatra (song) |
| Distributed by | TLA Releasing |
Release dates | April 28, 2006 |
Running time | 93 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
| Box office | $745,327 |
Another Gay Movie is a 2006 comedy film, directed by Todd Stephens, which humorously and satirically explores gay coming of age through the lives of four gay male friends. Its plot is largely a parody of American Pie.
The film follows four gay friends, Andy, Jarod, Nico and Griff, who vow upon graduating high school that they will all lose their "anal virginity" before their friend Muffler's big Labor Day party. Each of the boys botches various opportunities to fulfill the pact, until the night of the party, when each guy successfully does the deed.
Plot
We are introduced to four gay friends, all of whom have recently graduated from high school. Andy (Michael Carbonaro) is somewhat geeky and very sex-crazed, Jarod (Jonathan Chase) is handsome but insecure, Griff (Mitch Morris) is bookish and conservative, and Nico (Jonah Blechman) is flamboyant and effeminate. Disappointed at their lack of sex lives, the four friends decide to make a pact to have sex by the end of the summer.
Each boy proceeds to pursue sex in different ways, with tragic and comedic results. Nico tries to secure an online date (Matthew Rush), Andy pursues his long-time crush, the math teacher (Graham Norton), Jarod seeks out fellow jocks including a rival baseball team's pitcher (James Getzlaff), and Griff tries to earn the affection of a male stripper (Darryl Stephens). Much of the humor comes from how awkward each boy is at romance, and how naive they are about sex. Each plot backfires horribly, until the boys finally begin to change their attitudes towards sex.
Cast
- Michael Carbonaro as Andy Wilson
- Jonah Blechman as Nico Hunter
- Jonathan Chase as Jarod
- Mitch Morris as Griff
- Ashlie Atkinson as Dawn Muffler
- Scott Thompson as Mr. Wilson
- Graham Norton as Mr. Puckov
- Stephanie McVay as Bonnie Hunter
- Lypsinka as Mrs. Wilson
- James Getzlaff as Beau
- Angela Oh as Tiki
- Darryl Stephens as Angel
- Richard Hatch as Himself
- George Marcy as Grandpa Muffler
- Megan Saraceni as Mini-Muff
- Matthew Rush as Ryder
- Mink Stole as Sloppi Seconds (deleted scenes)
Parodies
This film pays homage to a number of movies, with particular emphasis on the entire genre of gay coming out movies.
- Entire scene with Richard Hatch and an unfortunately-timed bowel movement.
- The boys make a pact to have sex.
- Nico morosely says "Unfortunately, our lives aren't coming of age films where we all magically get laid by the climax. This isn't American Pie!"
- Andy has sex with freshly made warm quiche after being told by "Jarod" that getting to third base feels like a warm quiche lorraine, reminiscent of the sex with an apple pie scene in American Pie.
- Andy's father makes several attempts to educate Andy on sex, including bringing him sex toys and a guide to Anal Sex instead of porn in the infamous 'safer than a tube sock' scene.
- The sexy foreign exchange student that the protagonist is drooling over has been replaced with a foreign exchange teacher. Muffler and the other three friends watch via webcam as Andy is humiliated by his math teacher in "Rodzilla's interactive dungeon," reminiscent of the webcam scene in American Pie.
- The experienced friend is named Muffler instead of Stifler. This character is complete with a younger teen version and a large, expensive house like Stifler.
- In one scene, three cheerleaders were admiring a portrait of Muffler's grandfather, much like how two guys admired a portrait of Stifler's mother.
- In that same scene, one of the cheerleaders coined an acronym: G.I.L.W.A.D. (although her acronym did not have enough letters to correspond to its supposed meaning). This is parallel to the scene that popularized the acronym MILF.
- Instead of having sex with Muffler's mom, a character - Jonah Blechman as Nico - has sex with her grandfather.
- In a scene parodying Finch's run to the girls restroom, Nico has an extreme bowel movement due to having used three enemas.
- Mini-Muff comes in the room and starts jumping up and down on the bed saying "butt fuckers", just like Stifler's little brother.
- The dancing scene during the final credits is a direct reference to the last scene of Beautiful Thing.
- Entire softball scene including the batter, "Jarod" in this film, flirting with and eventually dating a member of the opposing team. In Broken Hearts Club, the character was played by Dean Cain.
- The wet dream in the film is a shot-for-shot parody of the infamous prom scene, with the pigs blood being replaced with semen.
- Actress Stephanie McVay reprises her role as the clueless mother from Edge of Seventeen and a poster from the film is on prominent display in her video store.
- Public restroom glory hole scene
- Swimming pool scene
- At the beginning of the film, Lypsinka goes to a closet and sees a wire hanger, cringes, then gains her composure.
- Later, Lypsinka paraphrases a famous line from Mommie Dearest, "I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the crumbs!", and starts shaking the bleach disinfectant cleanser everywhere.
- The photograph/note left with the quiche is signed, "Mommie Dearest."
- Andy says "Queer as Folk, eat your fucking heart out!"
- Stephanie McVay comes out dressed as Sharon Gless' Queer as Folk character.
- Spying on hapless victims through a hidden camera where instead of watching 'hair pie', they're looking at male bush.
- The characters are graduating from San Torum High School. This is a reference to Dan Savage's coinage of the word santorum in his sex-advice column Savage Love to mean "that frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex."
- A deleted scene featuring an alcoholic, post-op transsexual- Sloppi Seconds (played by Mink Stole) - talking to Griff at a urinal is taken from Trick.
Soundtrack
- Another Gay Sunshine Day - Nancy Sinatra
- I Know What Boys Like - Amanda Lepore
- Everything Makes Me Think About Sex - Barcelona
- Clap (See the Stars) - The Myrmidons
- Vamos a la Playa - United States of Electronica
- Dirty Boy - IQU
- Hot Stuff - The Specimen
- Fuego - Naty Botero
- All Over Your Face - Cazwell
- Pleasure Boy - Seelenluft
- This Is Love - Self
- Peterbilt Angel - Morel
- Another Ray of Sunshine - Nancy Sinatra
- Let the Music Play - Shannon
- I Was Born This Way - Craig C. featuring Jimmy Somerville
Sequels
A sequel for the movie, entitled Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild was reference in the last minutes of the first film when all the cast members said "TO THE SEQUEL" thus signally a sequel, "Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild" premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco on June 28, 2008. However, the new film features few of the original cast members from the first film according to the Internet Movie Database.[1] After the events of the 2nd film it has been confirmed that a 3rd chapter will be made and will be titled "Another Gay Trilogy", this is also reference in the 2nd film that a trilogy will be made by the character Niko. As of right now, no confirmed date when filming will start as of yet.
References
- ^ "'Another Gay Movie' review". Los Angeles Times. 2006-07-28. Retrieved 2007-02-16.