Making the Boys (2011)
Broadway Hollywood Success Betrayal Sex Death Redemption
90 min
Before Prop 8, Milk or Will & Grace, before the AIDS epidemic, gay pride parades or the Stonewall uprising, "The Boys in the Band" changed everything. "Making the Boys" explores the drama, struggle and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers, as well as perspectives by legendary figures from stage and screen, it traces the behind-the-scenes drama and lasting legacy of this cultural milestone.
- Release date
- March 11, 2011
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $33,833
Cast
- Edward Albee as Self - Playwright, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Joe Allen as Self - Investor, The Boys in the Band
- Matt Baney as Self - Dir. of HIV Services, St. Vincent's Hospital
- David Carter as Self - Historian
- Candis Cayne as Self - Actor, Dirty, Sexy, Money
- Andy Cohen as Self - Bravo
- Mart Crowley as Self - Playwright, The Boys in the Band
- Michael Cunningham as Self - Author, The Hours
- Dominick Dunne as Self
- David Ehrenstein as Self - Author, Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928-2000
Crew
- Crayton Robey · Director
- Susan Bedusa · Producer
- Crayton Robey · Producer
- Douglas Tirola · Producer
- Peitor Angell · Composer
- Francis Minarik · Composer
- Lucian Piane · Composer
- Eric Daniel Metzgar · Cinematographer
- Charles Poekel · Cinematographer
- Robert Greene · Editor
- Seth Hurlbert · Editor