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Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Kelly Jake
- Boyd
- (as Jack Kelly)
Emma Griffiths Malin
- Carol
- (as Emma Griffiths-Malin)
Elias McConnell
- Young Hippy Boy
- (as Elias Comfort)
Roya Zargar
- Young Hippy Girl
- (as Roja Zargar)
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Did you know
- TriviaReportedly, lead actor Layke Anderson refused to promote the film. He isn't featured in any interviews, nor attended any screenings.
- Crazy creditsfor Frankie (1967-1995)
- Alternate versionsAn extended version of the film (121 minutes) features more explicit material cut from the 117 minute theatrical release, including a short orgy scene between extras in a dark room, and a brief shot of Jake masturbating in front of a client. It also includes more scenes with Frank and Carol traveling in Morocco.
- ConnectionsFeatures Imitation of Life (1959)
- SoundtracksWake Up
Composed by Laurent Garnier, Performed by Laurent Garnier
© Basic Groove
© Wagram Music (Original Master Recording owner)
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Frenetic, phony, annoying and totally unbelievable
Unlike some other reviewers, I watch movies for the quality of the entertainment, not for the quality of the preaching. If I want to learn about AIDS, about the history or symptoms or progression or politics of the disease, I'll look it up - I won't watch a movie. I watch movies ONLY to be entertained, never to be educated.
The big problem with this movie is that it's stupid, boring and totally, totally unbelievable. It starts out like a farce, with cartoon good kids and cartoon bullies and cartoon bad parents all interacting frenetically; and the thirtysomething high school kid pumping his thing behind his unlocked door right when Mom and Dad and Little Sis noisily come home - but does he hear them before they barge in and catch him full-handed? Of course not! Or even like a high school musical (the painfully contrived, amateur Fame-esque dance that bursts out of nowhere on the high school steps as the opening credits roll?) Or God only knows what - except that it turns into a maudlin, preachy, soapy tragedy long before the end.
This is a TERRIBLE movie, in which Luxembourgers talk like Cockneys and the Dutch talk like Americans and everybody always looks like they just stepped out of the shower... and it's all just a crazy, mixed-up, phony mess that's as annoying as gnats swarming around your face. I hated it.
The big problem with this movie is that it's stupid, boring and totally, totally unbelievable. It starts out like a farce, with cartoon good kids and cartoon bullies and cartoon bad parents all interacting frenetically; and the thirtysomething high school kid pumping his thing behind his unlocked door right when Mom and Dad and Little Sis noisily come home - but does he hear them before they barge in and catch him full-handed? Of course not! Or even like a high school musical (the painfully contrived, amateur Fame-esque dance that bursts out of nowhere on the high school steps as the opening credits roll?) Or God only knows what - except that it turns into a maudlin, preachy, soapy tragedy long before the end.
This is a TERRIBLE movie, in which Luxembourgers talk like Cockneys and the Dutch talk like Americans and everybody always looks like they just stepped out of the shower... and it's all just a crazy, mixed-up, phony mess that's as annoying as gnats swarming around your face. I hated it.
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- Дом мальчиков
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- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands(House of Boys and Cockring exterior scenes.)
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- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
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