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Gale Harold,
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Russell Mulcahy,
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: Showtime Entertainment
: Gay & Lesbian
: 1205 min.
: English, Spanish
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The romantic misadventures of a handful of gay and lesbian friends living in a working-class section of Pittsburgh set the stage for this made-for-cable series, based on a popular (and controversial) British television serial. Brian (Gale Harold) is a professionally driven advertising executive whose take-charge attitude extends to his love life; he's looking for a good time and has little use for commitment. One of Brian's few close friends is Lindsay (Thea Gill), a photographer and art instructor he met in college; Lindsay and her longtime lover Melanie (Michelle Clunie), a lawyer, recently had a child using sperm donated by Brian. One of Brian's biggest admirers is Michael (Hal Sparks), a comic-book artist and bookstore manager who has known Brian since high school; Michael, however, has just entered into a relationship with David (Chris Potter), a sensible older doctor who has only been out of the closet for a few years (after divorcing his wife) and is looking for a stable, long-term relationship. Justin (Randy Harrison) is a 17-year-old high-school student who was picked up by Brian at a club; Justin is convinced he's in love, though Brian hardly feels the same way. Rounding out Brian's circle of acquaintances are Ted (Scott Lowell), a shy accountant who has had bad luck with relationships and spends too much time looking for lust on the Internet, and Emmet (Peter Paige), a flamboyant club maven and owner of a cutting-edge boutique. Queer As Folk kicked off with a two-hour movie on December 3, 2000, and subsequently aired as a series of one-hour episodes; the show's appearance on the premium cable network Showtime allowed the producers to approach the material in a much bolder fashion than any conventional network would allow. As a result, the series is recommended for adults only. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Please note that this is volume 1 of a 6 disc set. For the full first season of Queer as Folk, please rent the additional discs in this series.
This disc contains the following episodes:
Pilot
Episode 1
Episode 1 - special edition
Episode 2
Episode 3
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by bigredape
May 16, 2005 - 10:51 AM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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Soft core gay porn, lots of guys breathlessly picking up and having stylized gay sex with each other. Whoop de doo. Didn't finish the pilot.
If you like watching TV to see people being "trendy", and you are gay, and you want some porn, but not really, then this pilot has some promise. |
| Uh...nice-looking guys!
by Zenslinger
January 28, 2005 - 11:40 AM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| I could not finish the pilot. The advantages of this show seem to be two: incredibly attractive guys having sex with each other, and openness about gay themes. If you're already comfortable with gay themes but don't get too much of a thrill out of watching them undress, you might not get much out of this series. As far as I watched it, the writing was mostly bad and the acting spotty. Could not begin to get into it. |
| An Older Gay Man Who Loves this Series
by Frodo
October 8, 2002 - 8:47 AM PDT
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2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Sorry, but I guess I happen to fall into that "dreaded" category of "Older Gay Man". I really got involved in this series and loved it for it's outspokenness and fantastic surreal or sometimes far fetched moments. I enjoy the sexiness of the show, laugh at some of the ridiculous, exaggerated silliness of some of the plot lines. I can identify myself as well as friends then and now and can acknowledge how some of life?s moments are ridiculous as well as memorable. The show is far from perfect as few series are. Granted some may feel this type of show is 10 years too late, but so was "Boys in the Band" in its time. I also loved "The Broken Hearts Club" and own my own copy of "A Beautiful Thing" which is on the shelf next to "Queer as Folk" (Both British and American versions). Having been around the gay scene as well as straight society, I still find the same stereotypes that younger gay men always decry as passé and out dated. Different haircuts, uglier (trendier) clothes etc., etc. But the same types of gay men are still around. Perhaps I've become old and jaded and don't have the 2-second attention span of the younger generation, but I feel I've also achieved a little more wisdom and intelligence to appreciate the old as well as the new. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SERIES. |
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