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Actor: Plotnick, RuccoloBrand: AVAILABLE MEN (DVD MOVIE)
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Wolfe Video
Movie Reviews of Available Men
Movie Review: Not worth the effort to watch.
Summary: 2 Stars
"Available Men" is a Wolf Video compilation of seven supposedly "sexy short gay films." The number is correct, and they are short (ranging from 6 to 30 minutes). One doesn't even have a gay subject, and the word "sexy" has no business being in the description for at least six of the seven. I'll rate each one individually.
The compilation starts off with "Available Men", a rather amusing farce in which two gay males on a blind date are to meet at a certain hotel, at the same time that a high powered Hollywood agent is supposed to meet with an in-demand but somewhat nasty new screenwriter. You can guess the mixup, and predict the laughs, but it is rather funny and the only one of the shorts that doesn't go on too long. 4 stars out of 5.
"Straight Boys" is the story of two male college roommates, one of whom has a crush on the other. Of course, the straight best female friend of the gay boy helps him to see the light. 3 stars out of 5.
"Hello Thanks" touches on the experience of running personals ads, and how the ad is tweaked to find the elusive "Mr. Right." 2 stars out of 5 (Notice a trend with the ratings?)
"Tumbleweed Town" is a "Brokeback"-wannabe, using toy cowboy figurines and stop-action photography to tell a "love story" that seems much longer than the 8 minutes it actually lasts. 0 stars out of 5.
Most of us probably know someone like "The Underminer," a friend who is so self-centered that he will throw a depressed friend into a deeper funk with his insensitivity. Nothing worth telling. 1 out of 5.
"Irene Williams, Queen of Lincoln Rd" is a sweet story (by a gay filmmaker) about a colorful senior citizen living in Miami Beach. What it is doing on this particular compilation is a mystery. 3 stars out of 5.
You may have seen "Sissy Frenchfry" on LOGO, where it has been on rotation on their "shorts" program. Relatively big budget film, lasting a full 30 minutes (seems longer), telling the story of a rather strange high school presided over by a fey principal (Leslie Jordan) and an openly gay student body president. You know the ending five minutes into the film. 3 stars out of 5.
Summary of Available Men
Wolfe Video has gathered some wonderful festival hit short films in one collection for the boys! Included are: Available Men Straight Boys Hello Thanks The Underminer Sissy French Fry Tumbleweed Town Irene Williams Queen of Lincoln Rd.Available Men -- (US 2006 15 min David Dean Bottrell)A desperate Hollywood agent named Rob goes to an L.A. hotel to meet Stephen a young writer with a hot new screenplay. Meanwhile a mild mannered artist named Steve goes to the same hotel to meet a shy young accountant named Rob on a blind date. Who can tell what's going to happen?Hello Thanks -- (US 2006 8 min Andy Blubaugh)Andy is having quite a year in the personal ads. An official selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Hello Thanks is an amusing and bittersweet look at the fine art of writing personal ads to summarize yourself and attract others.Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road -- (US 2005 23 min Eric Smith)Winner of the 2005 PlanetOut Award for Best Documentary and Toronto's 2005 InsideOut Audience Award for Best Short this is an entertaining portait of a extraordinary Miami Beach eccentric with unique fashion style and flare.Sissy French Fry (US 2005 28 min JC Oliva)The annual student body president election at the wildly eclectic and diverse West Beach High School pits the quirky much-beloved incumbent Sissy Frenchfry against a handsome charismatic and socially intolerant transfer student with a devious plan to restore the status quo. Boys (US 2006 15 min Dave O Brien)Ben thinks he s found true love in his straight college roommate Morgan (Nick Bartzen of The Conrad Boys). Being honest with Morgan may be Ben s straightest path to happiness regardless of the outcome.Tumbleweed Town (US 1999 8 min Samara Halperin)In this animated cowboy tale produced in 1999 (Six years before the film adaptation of Brokeback Mountain!) Todd hitchhikes through the Texas desert seeking true love. Winner First Prize PlanetOut Short Movie Awards.The Underminer (Comedy DVD Video
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