A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.A homosexual woman marries a gay male friend to prevent his deportation, but they soon fall in love.
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- TriviaMeg Foster has said that she loved everything about her Stella Cooke character in this film.
- Alternate versionsOriginally rated R in when released in 1978. Later that year the film was re-edited to secure a PG-rating. Current releases are the R-rated cut but still carry a PG-rating on the back.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Making of 'A Different Story' (2006)
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A truly lovely experience- DO pick this up if you can!
This is a film for entertainment; I did not think the world made social commentary from one small film. I personally find this film funny, audacious, and memorable. It is a fantasy not unlike a cinder girl becoming a Princess. This film was done very well I might add, in the 70's a time of the best experiments in film with being able to mention a person's sexuality. This movie is not about a person being homosexual or not, it is however about love, in all it's strange forms. This film does show some of the realities of being gay in the 70's in Hollywood, or in California. Pretty boys being looked after by older not so pretty men. Women who had to stay deeply locked in the emotional closet or risk not having a career. Bathhouses were an integral part of the gay community.
THEN the fantasy begins!! Let us mix a lesbian with a gay and add some liquor and what do we have? Well this movie, which in ANY way was better than that dismal redo "The Next Big Thing". Perhaps someone should have asked the entire crew to see this movie and then try to do better.
I enjoyed this movie when I saw it in the 70's and it still brings a smile to my lips now. I heartily advise anyone who wants a funny, tender movie- to curl up with some popcorn and have some fun. Some people need to lighten up!!! And this is the film you should do it with!
THEN the fantasy begins!! Let us mix a lesbian with a gay and add some liquor and what do we have? Well this movie, which in ANY way was better than that dismal redo "The Next Big Thing". Perhaps someone should have asked the entire crew to see this movie and then try to do better.
I enjoyed this movie when I saw it in the 70's and it still brings a smile to my lips now. I heartily advise anyone who wants a funny, tender movie- to curl up with some popcorn and have some fun. Some people need to lighten up!!! And this is the film you should do it with!
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- Apr 14, 2003
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