Stonewall
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nigel Finch
Luis Guzman
Matthew Faber
Gabriel Mann
Guillermo Diaz
Duane Boutte
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It's summer 1969 in New York City. Matty Dean arrives on a Greyhound bus. Young, gay and full of dreams, Matty heads downtown. It's the time of the Vietnam War and the Apollo Moon Walk; homosexuality is still illegal. It's the summer of love--but not if you're gay. When Matty finds the Stonewall Inn, wild haunt of fabulous diva drag queens and hangout of the defiant and outspoken street queen Miranda, he experiences a gay life he never knew before. Witnessing the harrassment and butalitiy inflicted on the queers of the Stonewall Inn by the local cops, Matty soon realizes the impossibility of a "safe" gay life and the limitations of fighting for social acceptance from within the system. On the eve of Judy Garland's death, the Stonewall Inn is raided yet again. Harrassed to their limit, the queens of the bar finally fight force with force, invoking a full fledged riot. Pushed to his own crisis of conscience, Matty kicks off his penny-loafers and joins the fight for his right to love openly.
Director
Nigel Finch
Cast
Luis Guzman
Matthew Faber
Gabriel Mann
Guillermo Diaz
Duane Boutte
Brendan Corbalis
Bruce Macvittie
Dwight Ewell
Frederick Weller
Crew
Kerry Barden
Rikki Beadle-blair
Ruth Caleb
Michael Clancy
Therese Deprez
Martin Duberman
George Faber
Billy Hopkins
Michael Kamen
Stephen Mcglaughlin
Randall Poster
John Richards
Chris Seager
Suzanne Smith
Christine Vachon
Anthony Wall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Released in United States January 1996
Released in United States July 1996
Released in United States June 1996
Released in United States May 1995
Released in United States November 1995
Released in United States on Video May 13, 1997
Released in United States September 1995
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1996.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 17-28, 1995.
Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival March 21 - April 4, 1996.
Shown at MIFED in Milan, Italy, November 5-10, 1995.
Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Opening Night) June 6-16, 1996.
Shown at Outfest '96: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21 1996.
Shown at Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21, 1996.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Closing Night) June 21-30, 1996.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (First Cinema) September 7-16, 1995.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Window on Images) August 30 - September 9, 1995.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival March 21 - April 4, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (market) February 15-26, 1996.)
Broadcast in United Kingdom over BBC-TV June 1995.
Feature directorial debut for British TV helmer Nigel Finch who died while the film was being finished of an AIDS-related illness on February 14, 1995. He was 45.
Completed shooting December 9, 1994.
Released in United States July 1996 (Shown at Outfest '96: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21 1996.)
Released in United States May 1995 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 17-28, 1995.)
Released in United States September 1995 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (First Cinema) September 7-16, 1995.)
Began shooting October 27, 1994.
Film will be released theatrically in the United States and broadcast over BBC-TV in the United Kingdom.
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown at New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Opening Night) June 6-16, 1996.)
Released in United States July 1996 (Shown at Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 11-21, 1996.)
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Released in United States on Video May 13, 1997
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at MIFED in Milan, Italy, November 5-10, 1995.)
Released in United States June 1996 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Closing Night) June 21-30, 1996.)
