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| ACTORS: | Sean Hayes, Brad Rowe |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Tommy O'Haver |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 July, 1998 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Vidmark/Trimark |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 031398690030 |
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Tommy's Hollywood Screen Gem Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (BHKS) is a movie that deals with the ubiquitous gay theme of unrequited love. Most gay men will identify with falling in love with someone and for whatever reason that person turns out to be Mr Wrong.This is the theme that BHKS handles extremely well.
Billy (played by Will and Grace's Sean Hayes) is an out of work LA based photographer with a perchant for polariods who falls for an out of work bass player and current waiter Gabriel (Brad Rowe). The problem is that Billy is uncertain which way Gabriel 'swings', and Gabriel doesn't seem to be able to provide any answers himself. Is he or isn't he??? And if he is, why isn't he interested in Billy????
We never truely get the answer to those questions, but the journey we travel with Billy and Gabriel brings up some lovely (and some confronting) themes that gay men everywhere can relate too.
When the film first starts you know you're in for a treat - stills of polariod photographs are used to illustrate various storyline movements and Billy's dream sequences are nothing short of brilliant - drag queens miming beautiful songs such as 'This is my song' by Petula Clark provide the backdrop for those dream sequences, with Billy and Gabriel interacting in a tender, romantic way that is reminiscent of the MGM musicals of yesteryear.
Speaking of the MGM musical influence, BHSK does not exactly imitate those movies, but rather takes elements from them to create something truely unique - right down to the musical sequences and the bold, bright colours used in the sets of the movie.
For those who are only familar with Sean Hayes as 'Jack' on Will and Grace are in for a complete surprise. He has the wonderful ability to show the disappointed that comes with unrequited love in a very effective and subtle way. He really is a good actor and hopefully we will see more of him in future film roles.
A special mention needs to made of the opening title sequence - this alone is worthy of an oscar!!! It is a very funny drag queen sequence that immediately gives the film a vibrant, original feel.
The DVD itself has the movie plus a trailer and a promo for the soundtrack. The only other extra is the audio commentary by the director Tommy O'Haver. Tommy is very entertaining on the commentary and provides us with an indepth discussion of making a film on a low budget. Hopefully we will be seeing more quality film from Tommy in the future.
BHSK is a lovely little movie that deals with the often traumatic theme of unrequited love in the gay world. Though the ending isn't exactly upbeat, we are left with a positive feeling of true love being just around the corner. It may not be to everyone's liking, but if you like arthouse movies that stir the emotions and leave you with a positive glow, make sure you watch BHSK.
Lovely romantic kitch!
"Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" offers gay and straight film audiences something quite unique. It is a kitchy romantic love story with a gay twist, and all the trappings of a goofy romance. Sean Hayes absolutely shines as the boy-next-door, hopeless romantic photographer pre- "Will and Grace" days. Beware: Billy is not "Jack", and you will come to love his character just the same! A great supporting cast adds flavor, and the nice twist at the end just peppers a wonderful story overall. This film is creative, inventive, and wildly funny, and it made my personal "Top Ten" list for 1998. And DVD owners watch out! The commentary by director Tommy O'Haver absolutely adds to the magic of the behind the scenes of making this film. Don't miss it!
Inoffensive fluff, no more or less
BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS (USA 1998): An LA photographer (Sean Hayes) falls madly in lust with an aspiring model (Brad Rowe) who's been hired to pose in a series of pictures inspired by old-time Hollywood movies. But Hayes receives mixed signals from the object of his desire - is he gay, or isn't he? - which leads to complications of the heart...
Described during the closing credits as a 'trifle' by writer-director Tommy O'Haver (ELLA ENCHANTED), this unassuming confection asks little more of its audience than to enjoy the scenery (both geographical and human!) and to pine along with its luckless protagonist as he pursues the hunk of his dreams. Those familiar with Hayes' outrageous turn in TV's "Will & Grace" may be disappointed by his restraint as a bland, scatterbrained idealist who learns the hard way that the course of true love never ran smoothly, especially in LA. Spiced with dream sequences that recreate moments from Hollywood's 'golden age' (most impressively, an Astaire-Rogers dance routine between Hayes and Rowe to the strains of Petula Clark, with drag queens on backing vocals!), the film pays affectionate tribute to the movies of a bygone era, movies which inspire the leading character on his never-ending quest for perfect happiness. Watch out for the magical scene in which Hayes and Rowe share a bed for purely platonic reasons, only to end up touching each other by 'accident'...
Though fluffy and inconsequential, the film is rescued from anonymity by an excellent supporting cast, including Meredith Scott Lynn (STANDING ON FISHES) and Richard Ganoung (PARTING GLANCES) as Hayes' best friends, Paul Bartel (EATING RAOUL) as a veteran photographer who lures Rowe into his professional circle, Carmine D. Giovinazzo (IN ENEMY HANDS) as a stoner who offers Hayes and Lynn a place to stay on his yacht after they pursue Rowe to Bartel's photo-shoot in Catalina (Giovinazzo's rear-view nude scene is funny and sexy, all at the same time!), and Warhol 'superstar' Holly Woodlawn (WOMEN IN REVOLT) as a musical attraction at the gayest party in town! Filmed in vivid color and widescreen Panavision, cinematographer Mark Mervis (HELLBENT) uses every inch of the scope frame in a painterly fashion, though his beautiful panoramic compositions were resisted by the film's nervous backers, according to O'Haver's fascinating DVD audio commentary. Sadly, for his next film (GET OVER IT), the director opted for Super 35, which isn't the same thing at all...
Aside from the aforementioned commentary, Trimark's unambitious DVD offers animated menus and a heavily cropped trailer, and that's it. The main feature's lack of anamorphic encoding is a drawback, but otherwise, picture quality is OK, and the soundtrack serves its purpose.
92m 24s
2.39:1 (Panavision) / Letterboxed
Dolby Surround 2.0
Dolby Stereo [theatrical]
Closed captions
All regions