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| caption = Film poster
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Yen Tan]]
| director = [[Yen Tan]]
| producer = Ash Christian<br>Hutch
| producer = [[Ash Christian]]<br>HutcH
| screenplay = Yen Tan
| screenplay = Yen Tan
| story = Yen Tan<br>Hutch
| story = Yen Tan<br>HutcH
| starring = [[Cory Michael Smith]]<br>[[Virginia Madsen]]<br>[[Michael Chiklis]]<br>[[Aidan Langford]]<br>[[Jamie Chung]]
| starring = [[Cory Michael Smith]]<br>[[Virginia Madsen]]<br>[[Michael Chiklis]]<br>Aidan Langford<br>[[Jamie Chung]]
| music = Curtis Heath
| music = Curtis Heath
| cinematography = HutcH<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moveablefest.com/yen-tan-1985-review/ |title= SXSW '18 Review: A Disease May Ravage the Body But Can't Touch the Soul of Yen Tan's Riveting "1985" |last=Saito |first=Stephen |date=2018-03-10 |website=The Moveable Fest |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref>
| cinematography = Hutch
| editing = Yen Tan<br>Hutch
| editing = Yen Tan<br>HutcH
| studio = Floren Shieh Productions<br>MuseLessMime Productions<br>RainMaker Films<br>Cranium Entertainment
| studio = Floren Shieh Productions<br>MuseLessMime Productions<br>RainMaker Films<br>[[Cranium Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Wolfe Releasing]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Wolfe Releasing Acquires AIDS Drama '1985,' Eyes Awards Push for Star Cory Michael Smith |url=https://www.thewrap.com/wolfe-releasing-acquires-aids-drama-1985-eyes-awards-push-star-cory-michael-smith/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=3 December 2022 |date=June 20, 2018}}</ref> <br>[[Peccadillo Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Wolfe Releasing]] [[Peccadillo Pictures]]
| released = {{film date|2018|3|9|[[SXSW]]|df=yes}}
| released = {{film date|2018|3|9|[[SXSW]]|df=yes}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| runtime = 85 minutes
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'''''1985''''' is a 2018 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Yen Tan]] and starring [[Cory Michael Smith]], [[Virginia Madsen]], [[Michael Chiklis]], Aidan Langford, and [[Jamie Chung]].<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/1985-review-sxsw-aids-cory-michael-smith-lgbt-1201937768/ "'1985' Review: Yen Tan Revisits and Reinvents the AIDS Film, With Moving Results — SXSW"]. ''[[Indiewire]]'', March 9, 2018.</ref> The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016.
'''''1985''''' is a 2018 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Yen Tan]] and starring [[Cory Michael Smith]], [[Virginia Madsen]], [[Michael Chiklis]], Aidan Langford, and [[Jamie Chung]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/1985-review-sxsw-aids-cory-michael-smith-lgbt-1201937768/ |title='1985' Review: Yen Tan Revisits and Reinvents the AIDS Film, With Moving Results — SXSW |last=Dry |first=Jude |date=9 March 2018 |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=25 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310045440/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/1985-review-sxsw-aids-cory-michael-smith-lgbt-1201937768/ |archive-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> The film is an expansion of an earlier [[short film]] of the same name that Tan released in 2016.


==Premise==
==Premise==
Set in [[Texas]] in 1985, the film stars [[Cory Michael Smith]] as Adrian Lester, a closeted [[gay]] man returning home to [[Dallas]] after several years living in [[New York City]] to tell his family goodbye, but not disclosing that he is dying of [[AIDS]].<ref name=variety>[https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/1985-review-1202860266/ "Film Review: '1985'"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', June 28, 2018.</ref> The cast also includes [[Michael Chiklis]] and [[Virginia Madsen]] as Adrian's parents, Aidan Langford as his younger brother Andrew, and [[Jamie Chung]] as his childhood friend Carly.<ref name=variety/>
In 1985, advertising agent Adrian Lester returns home to [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]] to visit his conservative family for Christmas after several years of living in [[New York City]]. Adrian, a closeted [[gay]] man, has come to tell his family goodbye, but does not want to disclose to them that he is dying of [[AIDS]].<ref name="variety">{{cite magazine |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=28 June 2018 |title=Film Review: '1985' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/1985-review-1202860266/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233940/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/1985-review-1202860266/ |archive-date=8 August 2018 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> Adrian's brother Andrew is initially resentful towards Adrian for not visiting in years. During Christmas, Adrian buys his family expensive gifts and travel tickets, much to his father's surprise. Adrian also reconnects with Carly, an old friend of his who has since become a stand-up comedian. She is hurt and leaves him after he rejects her advances, but returns and apologizes. Adrian reveals to her that he’s dying of AIDS, and that several of his friends and one of his roommates have also died. He also reveals that he’s working in a restaurant to make ends meet, as someone from his advertising firm discovered his sexuality and he was fired for that. Carly tries to encourage him, and makes him promise that he'll call her when his symptoms reach their onset.

During a long talk, Adrian's father Dale admits that he knew Adrian was fired from his job, and that he discovered Adrian in a romantic embrace with another man during a surprise visit. Despite his implied beliefs about homosexuality, Dale does not reveal Adrian's sexuality to anyone else in the family, and offers his support for Adrian if he ever needs anything. Adrian's mother Eileen drops him off at the airport, where she reveals that she, too, knows he’s gay. Adrian leaves Andrew a goodbye tape. The film ends with Adrian in the airport preparing to board his place, while the voiceover of his tape message plays, encouraging Andrew and telling him that there will be both good and bad days ahead, and that Andrew will "find the right people", strongly implying that Andrew is gay.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Cory Michael Smith]] as Adrian Lester
*[[Virginia Madsen]] as Eileen
*[[Michael Chiklis]] as Dale Lester
*[[Jamie Chung]] as Carly
*[[Aidan Langford]] as Andrew
*[[Ryan Piers Williams]] as Marc
*[[Bryan Massey]] as Pastor John
}}

== Production ==
The film is a feature-length adaptation of a short film of the same name that was released in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khoo |first=Guan-Soon |date=September 2018 |title=Looking deeply into the spirit: An in-depth interview with film director Yen Tan |url=https://offscreen.com/view/interview-with-film-director-yen |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=offscreen.com |language=en}}</ref> Writer and director Yen Tan said the basis for the films were his experiences of interacting with people who were living with HIV and AIDS at his first job after graduating from college.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Straube |first=Trent |date=2018-03-15 |title=Watch the Film Short That Became the New AIDS Movie "1985" |url=https://www.poz.com/article/watch-film-short-became-new-aids-movie-1985 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=POZ |language=en}}</ref>

The original short film, which starred [[Lindsay Pulsipher]] and Robert Sella, centered on a young man with AIDS preparing to move back in with his estranged mother.<ref name=":0" /> Unlike the short film, the feature is shot in [[Black and white|black-and-white]] and in [[16 mm film|16 mm]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Knecht |first=Lyndsay |date=2018-04-30 |title=Why Texas Filmmaker Yen Tan Wants You To See 1985 In Black and White |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2018/04/why-texas-filmmaker-yen-tan-wants-you-to-see-1985-in-black-and-white/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Filming took place from May to June 2017.<ref name=":1" />


==Release==
==Release==
The film premiered in March 2018 at [[SXSW]].<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/1985-review-sxsw-2018-1090369 "'1985': Film Review | SXSW 2018"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', March 9, 2018.</ref> It subsequently screened at a number of LGBT and general interest film festivals, including as the opening gala at the 2018 [[Out On Screen|Vancouver Queer Film Festival]].<ref>[https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/yen-tans-moving-1985-opens-30th-annual-vancouver-queer-film-festival "Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival"]. ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', August 8, 2018.</ref> The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by [[Peccadillo Pictures]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.peccadillocinema.com/1985screenings |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051655/https://www.peccadillocinema.com/1985screenings |archive-date=1 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is planned to be released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.
The film premiered in March 2018 at [[SXSW]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rooney |first=David |date=9 March 2018 |title='1985': Film Review {{!}} SXSW 2018 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/1985-review-sxsw-2018-1090369 |url-status=live |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110502/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/1985-review-sxsw-2018-1090369/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> It subsequently screened at a number of LGBT and general-interest film festivals, including as the opening gala at the 2018 [[Out On Screen|Vancouver Queer Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Gee |first=Dana |date=8 August 2018 |title=Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival |url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/yen-tans-moving-1985-opens-30th-annual-vancouver-queer-film-festival |url-status=live |work=[[Vancouver Sun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810015454/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/yen-tans-moving-1985-opens-30th-annual-vancouver-queer-film-festival |archive-date=10 August 2018 |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by [[Peccadillo Pictures]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2019/vito-screening-of-1985-2018/ |date=3 February 2019 |website=[[Cinema Museum (London)|Cinemamuseum]] |title=VITO screening of 1985 (2018) |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121054123/http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2019/vito-screening-of-1985-2018/ |archive-date=21 January 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and was released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.


==Reception==
==Reception==
On review aggregate website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''1985'' has an approval rating of 96% based on 52 reviews. The site’s critics consensus reads, "''1985'' pays tribute to a generation of lost lives with a powerfully made look at how HIV and the social attitudes surrounding homosexuality affect one man's choices."<ref>{{Cite web |title=1985 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1985_2018 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
''1985'' was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the [[SXSW]] Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at [[FIRE!! Mostra]],<ref>[http://www.mostrafire.com/news_eng.html “And the winners is… Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985”]</ref> the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the [[Champs-Élysées Film Festival]] in Paris,<ref>[http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/en/2018-awards/ “Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan.”]</ref> the Grand Jury Award and the Best Screenwriting award at the [[Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival]] and the awards of: Best Feature Film, Best Writer for [[Yen Tan]], Best Actor for [[Cory Michael Smith]], Best Supporting Actor for [[Michael Chiklis]], Best Supporting Actress for [[Jamie Chung]] at the [[Queen Palm International Film Festival]].

[[Glenn Kenny]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Cory Michael Smith’s performance as Adrian is a quiet marvel in a movie that’s superbly acted all around. The film’s intimate consideration of still-enormous issues is intelligent, surprising and emotionally resonant."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kenny |first1=Glenn |title=Review: In '1985,' a Young Man Hides a Plague From His Family |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/movies/1985-film-review-cory-michael-smith.html |access-date=3 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> [[ABC News (Australia)|''ABC News'']] also reviewed the film positively, writing, "Most of the scenes are staged between Adrian and one other person, and this decision to draw out the intimacy of the pair in the frame accentuates the poignancy of things not said."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Masukor |first=Sarinah |date=2019-04-24 |title=1985 is a new kind of AIDS film with nothing to prove |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-25/1985-review-yen-tan-offers-new-approach-to-aids-film/11038074 |access-date=2022-12-03}}</ref>

''1985'' was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the [[SXSW]] Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at FIRE!! Mostra,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mostrafire.com/news_eng.html |title=2018 Winners |quote=Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985 |website=Mostrafire |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406012415/http://www.mostrafire.com/news_eng.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the [[Champs-Élysées Film Festival]] in Paris,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/en/2018-awards/ |title=2018 Awards |website=Champselyseesfilmfestival |language=fr |access-date=27 April 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100511/http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/en/2018-awards/ |archive-date=1 January 2019 |quote=Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan}}</ref> the Grand Jury Award and the Best Screenwriting award at the [[Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival]] and the awards of: Best Feature Film, Best Writer for [[Yen Tan]], Best Actor for [[Cory Michael Smith]], Best Supporting Actor for [[Michael Chiklis]], Best Supporting Actress for [[Jamie Chung]] at the Queen Palm International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=USA, San Joaquin International Film Festival: 1985 by Yen Tan Screening in California |url=https://www.queerlion.it/en/usa-san-joaquin-international-film-festival-1985-by-yen-tan-screening-in-california/ |website=Queer Lion |access-date=3 December 2022 |date=December 6, 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* ''[https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2018-12-11-interview-with-yen-tan-about-1985-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode Home for Christmas]'' an interview with [[Yen Tan]] at ''Eye for Film''


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1985
Film poster
Directed byYen Tan
Screenplay byYen Tan
Story byYen Tan
HutcH
Produced byAsh Christian
HutcH
StarringCory Michael Smith
Virginia Madsen
Michael Chiklis
Aidan Langford
Jamie Chung
CinematographyHutcH[1]
Edited byYen Tan
HutcH
Music byCurtis Heath
Production
companies
Floren Shieh Productions
MuseLessMime Productions
RainMaker Films
Cranium Entertainment
Distributed byWolfe Releasing[2]
Peccadillo Pictures
Release date
  • 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) (SXSW)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

1985 is a 2018 American drama film directed by Yen Tan and starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, and Jamie Chung.[3] The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016.

Premise

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In 1985, advertising agent Adrian Lester returns home to Dallas to visit his conservative family for Christmas after several years of living in New York City. Adrian, a closeted gay man, has come to tell his family goodbye, but does not want to disclose to them that he is dying of AIDS.[4] Adrian's brother Andrew is initially resentful towards Adrian for not visiting in years. During Christmas, Adrian buys his family expensive gifts and travel tickets, much to his father's surprise. Adrian also reconnects with Carly, an old friend of his who has since become a stand-up comedian. She is hurt and leaves him after he rejects her advances, but returns and apologizes. Adrian reveals to her that he’s dying of AIDS, and that several of his friends and one of his roommates have also died. He also reveals that he’s working in a restaurant to make ends meet, as someone from his advertising firm discovered his sexuality and he was fired for that. Carly tries to encourage him, and makes him promise that he'll call her when his symptoms reach their onset.

During a long talk, Adrian's father Dale admits that he knew Adrian was fired from his job, and that he discovered Adrian in a romantic embrace with another man during a surprise visit. Despite his implied beliefs about homosexuality, Dale does not reveal Adrian's sexuality to anyone else in the family, and offers his support for Adrian if he ever needs anything. Adrian's mother Eileen drops him off at the airport, where she reveals that she, too, knows he’s gay. Adrian leaves Andrew a goodbye tape. The film ends with Adrian in the airport preparing to board his place, while the voiceover of his tape message plays, encouraging Andrew and telling him that there will be both good and bad days ahead, and that Andrew will "find the right people", strongly implying that Andrew is gay.

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

The film is a feature-length adaptation of a short film of the same name that was released in 2016.[5] Writer and director Yen Tan said the basis for the films were his experiences of interacting with people who were living with HIV and AIDS at his first job after graduating from college.[6]

The original short film, which starred Lindsay Pulsipher and Robert Sella, centered on a young man with AIDS preparing to move back in with his estranged mother.[6] Unlike the short film, the feature is shot in black-and-white and in 16 mm.[7] Filming took place from May to June 2017.[7]

Release

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The film premiered in March 2018 at SXSW.[8] It subsequently screened at a number of LGBT and general-interest film festivals, including as the opening gala at the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival.[9] The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures,[10] and was released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.

Reception

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On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, 1985 has an approval rating of 96% based on 52 reviews. The site’s critics consensus reads, "1985 pays tribute to a generation of lost lives with a powerfully made look at how HIV and the social attitudes surrounding homosexuality affect one man's choices."[11]

Glenn Kenny of The New York Times wrote, "Cory Michael Smith’s performance as Adrian is a quiet marvel in a movie that’s superbly acted all around. The film’s intimate consideration of still-enormous issues is intelligent, surprising and emotionally resonant."[12] ABC News also reviewed the film positively, writing, "Most of the scenes are staged between Adrian and one other person, and this decision to draw out the intimacy of the pair in the frame accentuates the poignancy of things not said."[13]

1985 was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at FIRE!! Mostra,[14] the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris,[15] the Grand Jury Award and the Best Screenwriting award at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival and the awards of: Best Feature Film, Best Writer for Yen Tan, Best Actor for Cory Michael Smith, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chiklis, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Chung at the Queen Palm International Film Festival.[16]

References

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  1. ^ Saito, Stephen (10 March 2018). "SXSW '18 Review: A Disease May Ravage the Body But Can't Touch the Soul of Yen Tan's Riveting "1985"". The Moveable Fest. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Wolfe Releasing Acquires AIDS Drama '1985,' Eyes Awards Push for Star Cory Michael Smith". TheWrap. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ Dry, Jude (9 March 2018). "'1985' Review: Yen Tan Revisits and Reinvents the AIDS Film, With Moving Results — SXSW". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ^ Harvey, Dennis (28 June 2018). "Film Review: '1985'". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ Khoo, Guan-Soon (September 2018). "Looking deeply into the spirit: An in-depth interview with film director Yen Tan". offscreen.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Straube, Trent (15 March 2018). "Watch the Film Short That Became the New AIDS Movie "1985"". POZ. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b Knecht, Lyndsay (30 April 2018). "Why Texas Filmmaker Yen Tan Wants You To See 1985 In Black and White". D Magazine. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  8. ^ Rooney, David (9 March 2018). "'1985': Film Review | SXSW 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  9. ^ Gee, Dana (8 August 2018). "Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  10. ^ "VITO screening of 1985 (2018)". Cinemamuseum. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  11. ^ "1985". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  12. ^ Kenny, Glenn (25 October 2018). "Review: In '1985,' a Young Man Hides a Plague From His Family". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  13. ^ Masukor, Sarinah (24 April 2019). "1985 is a new kind of AIDS film with nothing to prove". ABC News. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  14. ^ "2018 Winners". Mostrafire. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019. Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985
  15. ^ "2018 Awards". Champselyseesfilmfestival (in French). Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022. Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan
  16. ^ "USA, San Joaquin International Film Festival: 1985 by Yen Tan Screening in California". Queer Lion. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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