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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> |
'''''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. |
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==Premise== |
==Premise== |
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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> |
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>{{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> 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/> |
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==Release== |
==Release== |
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Revision as of 23:02, 25 April 2022
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Yen Tan |
| Screenplay by | Yen Tan |
| Story by | Yen Tan Hutch |
| Produced by | Ash Christian Hutch |
| Starring | Cory Michael Smith Virginia Madsen Michael Chiklis Aidan Langford Jamie Chung |
| Cinematography | Hutch |
| Edited by | Yen Tan Hutch |
| Music by | Curtis Heath |
Production companies | Floren Shieh Productions MuseLessMime Productions RainMaker Films Cranium Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Wolfe Releasing Peccadillo Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.[1] The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016.
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.[2] 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.[2]
Release
The film premiered in March 2018 at SXSW.[3] 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.[4] The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures,[5] and is planned to be released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany.
Reception
1985 was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at FIRE!! Mostra,[6] the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris,[7] 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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Harvey, Dennis (28 June 2018). "Film Review: '1985'". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "'1985': Film Review | SXSW 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, March 9, 2018.
- ^ "Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival". Vancouver Sun, August 8, 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ""And the winners is… Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985"". Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ “Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan.”
External links
- 1985 at IMDb
- 1985 at Rotten Tomatoes
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