Dead Boys' Club (The)
- Director: Mark Christopher
- Writer: Mark Christopher
- Producer: Mary Weisgerber Meyer
CGiii Comment
Mark Christopher's debut, following it up with the rather bizarre Alkali, Iowa - and then, the disappointing '54' - from humble beginnings...to big budgets...and back into obscurity.
Dead Boys' Club is a clumsy, sentimental mess.
Reading the blurb beforehand may give an insight as to what this auteur was trying to achieve.
Without reading the blurb, you will be lost in stereotypes and dismal acting.
No trailer...there was a trailer but it has since disappeared!
The(ir) Blurb...
The Dead Boys' Club is the story of a young man in a world haunted by the absence of an entire generation of men that have gone before him: a generation that he should have known but, because of AIDS, is a generation that he can only imagine.
Awkward and shy, Toby is visiting his New York cousin Packard, who gives him a pair of shoes previously owned by Packard's recently deceased lover. When Toby dons the shoes, he is transported to the pre-AIDS 1970s world of promiscuity, hot guys and glitter balls. The Dead Boys' Club is an evocative, sexy and humorous exploration of a young man's coming out, and an homage to the generation that paved the way - some with their lives - before him.
Cast & Characters
Nat DeWolf as Toby;
Erik Van Der Wilden as Packard;
Matt Decker as Dick;
Ari Benjamin as Charles;
Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Street Vendor;
Greg Fox as Boy at Street Vendor;
John R. as Boy in Visions;
Robert Hartsell as Boy in Visions;
Greg Nacozy as Boy in Visions;
Paul Sutherland as Boy in Visions;
Paul O'Shea as Boy in Visions;
Gustavo Motta as Boy in Visions;
Kevin Gayer as Boy in Visions;
Jeff Fennelly as Boy in Visions;
Carlos Cordero as Boy in Visions