The Boys in the Band
1970
Often considered one of the most polarizing movies in the queer film canon, this adaptation of Mart Crowley’s witty, heartbreaking off-Broadway play depicts a birthday party attended by a close group of gay friends. The play was the first to deal honestly with gay urban life, and the film was the first movie with openly homosexual characters to receive a R-rating as opposed to an X-rating by the MPAA. A 2011 documentary called Making the Boys explores the production of the play and film in the context of its era.
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