Boys Life

Boys Life

Three Tales of Love, Lust & Liberation

Part of Boys Life Collection

1994•1h 31m•4.6/10

Drama

Ratings

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4.6/10(13)

Each of the three short films in this collection presents a young gay man at the threshold of adulthood. In "Pool Days," Justin is a 17-year old Bethesda lad, hired as the evening life guard at a fitness center. In the course of the summer, he realizes and embraces that he's gay. In "A Friend of Dorothy," Winston arrives from upstate for his freshman year at NYU. He has to figure out, with some help from Anne, a hometown friend, how to build a social life as a young gay man in the city. In "The Disco Years," Tom looks back on 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet after one joyful and several painful encounters

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Production

Strand Releasing, Strand Home Video

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

James Andrews

Waiter (Pool Days)

Mary Beth Aylesworth

Kissing Couple (Pool Days)

Mike Barbour

Weightlifter (Pool Days)

Steve Bilich

Steve Bilich

Shower Guy (Pool Days)

Wendy Brokaw

Nadia (The Disco Years)

BoJesse Christopher

BoJesse Christopher

Bryan (The Disco Years)

Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher

Mr. Reese (The Disco Years)

Adrian Davey

Steamroom Guy (Pool Days)

Kimberly Flynn

Kimberly Flynn

Vicky (Pool Days)

Richard Foster

Dad (Pool Days)

Will Gorgess

Steamroom Guy (Pool Days)

Terry Herrington

Weightlifter (Pool Days)

Nick Kokotakis

Nick Kokotakis

Russell Williams

Russell Scott Lewis

Matt Wesson ("The Disco Years")

Matt Nolan

Matt Nolan

Tom Peters ("The Disco Years")

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