Thought this was interesting.
I didn't know that Barry Diller was the one who gave the greenlight to the movie!
Cliff Robertson turned down a role in the movie, saying he'd rather play Hitler!
The First Gay TV Movie: The Battle Over "That Certain Summer"
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| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 13, 2023 7:33 AM |
It was a good movie
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 29, 2023 7:46 PM |
Good docu. Hilarious censors thought blowing on a daffodil could be interpreted as oral sex!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 30, 2023 12:20 AM |
R2, that part made me laugh out loud.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 30, 2023 12:31 AM |
Bump
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 30, 2023 8:12 PM |
If that's true Robertson sounds like a homophobic cunt. To think he won an undeserved Oscar for crapfest "Charly" over Peter O'Toole in "The Lion In Winter" and Alan Bates in "The Fixer"!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 30, 2023 8:17 PM |
No one even watches Charly anymore
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 30, 2023 8:28 PM |
I watched this movie last week. It looks like it's supposed to be: an early 70s TV movie. The production is very basic and the script needed some polishment, not to mention extra time. Having said that, I think it accomplishes its role. It's well cast (Martin Sheen looks more comfortable here than in Grace & Frankie), and the plot is realistic in a positive way. It certainly set the template for dozens of gay movies that would be released in later years.
I hope it gets a home video/streaming re-release someday.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 13, 2023 1:09 AM |
R7, where did you see the movie? Is it streaming somewhere?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 13, 2023 2:17 AM |
r2 A daffodil was put to good, and comic, use in the British film "Carry On, Nurse."
I can never look at Wilfrid Hyde-White without thinking of that scene. What a trouper.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 13, 2023 2:28 AM |
R8 I found it on Ok.ru. Not a high quality print, but it's watchable.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 13, 2023 2:41 AM |
The young Martin Sheen was a beautiful creature..
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 13, 2023 2:54 AM |
Hal Holbrook looks like he could've played Quentin Crisp. LOL.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 13, 2023 3:47 AM |
I still stand by Cliff Robertson. He was never better than in Charly and Autumn Leaves.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 13, 2023 3:53 AM |
Mark Twain was into Latino twinks! Who knew?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 13, 2023 3:56 AM |
Why is Mark Twain in this?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 13, 2023 3:59 AM |
He's SO cute!
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 13, 2023 6:33 AM |
I have a hard time watching films with gay characters in the '70s, knowing what was about to befall them in a few years.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 13, 2023 6:36 AM |
Scott Jacoby's best part until he got the coveted role of Michael Zbornak.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 13, 2023 6:50 AM |
Jacoby's best part was Bad Ronald.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 13, 2023 6:53 AM |
[quote]Jacoby's best part was Bad Ronald.
Bad Ronald is SO overrated...by kids of the 70s.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 13, 2023 7:17 AM |
Don't ask John Lithgow about Cliff Robertson.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 13, 2023 7:33 AM |