1985 (film)
1985 | |
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Directed by | Yen Tan |
Screenplay by | Yen Tan |
Story by | Yen Tan Hutch |
Produced by | Ash Christian Hutch |
Starring | Cory Michael Smith Virginia Madsen Michael Chiklis Jamie Chung |
Cinematography | Hutch |
Edited by | Yen Tan Hutch |
Music by | Curtis Heath |
Production companies | Floren Shieh Productions MuseLessMime Productions RainMaker Films Cranium Entertainment |
Distributed by | Wolfe Releasing Peccadillo Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
1985 is a 2018 American drama film directed by Yen Tan and starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, and Jamie Chung.[1] The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016.
Premise[]
Set in Texas in 1985, the film stars Cory Michael Smith as Adrian Lester, a closeted gay man returning home to Dallas after several years living in New York City to tell his family goodbye, but not disclosing that he is dying of AIDS.[2] The cast also includes Michael Chiklis and Virginia Madsen as Adrian's parents, Aidan Langford as his younger brother Andrew, and Jamie Chung as his childhood friend Carly.[2]
Release[]
The film premiered in March 2018 at SXSW.[3] It subsequently screened at a number of LGBT and general-interest film festivals, including as the opening gala at the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival.[4] The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures,[5] and is planned to be released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.
Reception[]
1985 was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at ,[6] the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris,[7] the Grand Jury Award and the Best Screenwriting award at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival and the awards of: Best Feature Film, Best Writer for Yen Tan, Best Actor for Cory Michael Smith, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chiklis, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Chung at the .
References[]
- ^ "'1985' Review: Yen Tan Revisits and Reinvents the AIDS Film, With Moving Results — SXSW". Indiewire, March 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "Film Review: '1985'". Variety, June 28, 2018.
- ^ "'1985': Film Review | SXSW 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival". Vancouver Sun, August 8, 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ ""And the winners is… Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985"". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ “Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan.”
External links[]
- 1985 at IMDb
- 1985 at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2018 films
- English-language films
- 2018 drama films
- 2018 LGBT-related films
- American films
- American drama films
- American LGBT-related films
- 2010s English-language films
- Films directed by Yen Tan
- Films set in Texas
- Films set in 1985
- Gay-related films
- HIV/AIDS in American films
- LGBT-related drama films
- LGBT-related drama film stubs