The Dead Boys' Club (1992)
It's the 1990s. Toby, just out of college in Wisconsin, comes to Manhattan to spend the summer with his older cousin, Packard, a gay man whose lover John R. has just died of AIDS. Toby is shy, the openly-gay society around him makes him nervous. Packard gives Toby a pair of John R.'s shoes; when Toby puts them on, he has powerful visions of the pre-AIDS scene in the 1970s, as if he's there. He also takes on a different personality when he wears the shoes, more sure of himself, able to express his interest in men. Wearing the shoes, Toby goes to a bar, hooks up with Dick, and wakes up in Dick's bed. How will he handle it? And what will happen to the shoes?
Director:
Mark Christopher
Writer:
Mark Christopher
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Nat DeWolf as Toby |
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Erik Van Der Wilden as Packard |
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Matt Decker as Dick |
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Ari Benjamin as Charles |
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Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Street Vendor |
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Erik Estrada as Man at Gym |
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Greg Fox as Boy at Street Vendor |
| Directing | Mark Christopher | Director |
| Writing | Mark Christopher | Screenplay |
| Production | Mike Muffoletto | Producer |
| Camera | Jamie Silverstein | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ed Askinazi | Editor |
| Production | Mary Weisgerber Meyer | Co-Producer |
| Art | Ed Check | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | James Schuette | Wardrobe Intern |
| Sound | Julian Harris | Music |
| Sound | James Joughin | Music |
| Production | Paul Kelly | Production Manager |
| Production | Christine Gee | Associate Producer |
| Directing | David Graham | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Richard Brause | Sound |
| Lighting | Mark H. Weingartner | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Bobby Gentileuomo | Gaffer |
| Camera | Rocco Palmieri | Key Grip |
| Camera | Kermit Cole | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Gee | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Christine Gee | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | David Lawson | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Perry Wolberger | Electrician |
| Camera | Jonathan Kovel | Grip |
| Camera | Tom Poppola | Grip |