Postcards from America
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Steve Mclean
James Lyons
Michael Tighe
Olmo Tighe
Michael Imperioli
Michael Ringer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Not a biopic, but inspired by the poetic and autobiographical writings of artist David Wojnarowicz, POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA weaves together three fictional stories from the life of a young gay outsider named David. A violent suburban childhood spent with an abusive father in New Jersey in the 1960s is seen from a queer child's perspective; it moves to his years as a teenage hustler on the streets of New York, and eventually to his adult fascination with anonymous sex, the American desert and the open road.
Director
Steve Mclean
Cast
James Lyons
Michael Tighe
Olmo Tighe
Michael Imperioli
Michael Ringer
Maggie Low
John Ventimiglia
David Strickland
Brad Hunt
Jason Emard
Joe Marshall
Jeffrey Steele
Paul Germaine-brown
Dick Callahan
Dennie Carrig
John Corrigan
Steven Mark Friedman
Les Simpson
Dean Novotny
Tom Gilroy
St Sebastian
Bob Romano
Danny Urbino
Tony Urbino
Patti Dileo
Maureen Goldfedder
Prudence Wright Holmes
Coco Mcpherson
Oona Brangham-snell
Colin Blair Fisher
Rick Bolton
Lane Burgess
Zachary Asher Katz
Dimitry Stathas
Matthew Kuran
Joyce George
Jay Nickerson
Jonathan A Turner
Lea Gulino
Thom Milano
Crosby Romberger
Allyson Anne Buckley
Augustus Goertz
Todd Marsh
Philip Yenawine
Carol Morgan
Emily Spray
Sam Atkinson
Richard Sortomme
Crew
V S Brodie
John Bruce
Neil Danziger
Tim Dark
Tim Dark
Therese Deprez
Stephen Endelman
Jakki Fink
Elizabeth Gazzara
Christine Gee
Elizabeth Gill
Nan Goldin
Daniel Haughey
Shawn Haynes
Joel Hinman
Yasmeen Hoosenally
Chris Hoover
Derrick Karaos
Pamela Koffler
Pamela Koffler
Ellen Kuras
Ellen Kuras
Mandy Lyons
Mandy Lyons
Jan Mclaughlin
Steve Mclean
Steve Mclean
Mark Nash
Tim O'shea
Scott Pask
Craig Paull
Randall Poster
Nic Ratner
Olivier Renaud-clement
Barri Scinto
Barri Scinto
Sara Jane Slotnick
Jimmy Sommerville
Mark Taylor
Rose Troche
Christine Vachon
David Wojnarowicz
Julie Wolcott
Philip Yenswine
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1993
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States February 1995
Released in United States January 1995
Released in United States July 1995
Released in United States June 1994
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States November 1995
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1995
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum) February 9-20, 1995.
Shown at IMAGE & NATION gaie et lesbienne: festival international de cinema et de video de Montreal November 2-12, 1995.
Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (closing night) March 18-31, 1995.
Shown at Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival July 6-16, 1995.
Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Surprise Sneak Preview) June 9-19, 1994.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 8-17, 1994.
Shown at Verzaubert '95: 5th Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Munich and Cologne, Germany November 19-29, 1995.
Feature directorial debut for British music video helmer Steve McLean.
Began shooting November 1992.
Completed shooting September 8, 1993.
Normal Films is filmmaker Isaac Julien and singer Jimmy Somerville's production company.
Some delays took place during production, which resumed August 23, 1993. Additional photography took place mid-September 1993 in the desert outside of Los Angeles, following the wrap in New York City.
Performance artist and writer David Wojnarowicz died of complications related to AIDS in 1992.
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival May 18 - June 11, 1995.)
Released in United States 1993 (Shown as a "work-in-progress" at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) in New York City September 27 - October 4, 1993.)
Released in United States January 1995 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 19-29, 1995.)
Released in United States February 1995 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (International Forum) February 9-20, 1995.)
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (closing night) March 18-31, 1995.)
Released in United States June 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (Surprise Sneak Preview) June 9-19, 1994.)
Released in United States Summer July 21, 1995
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 8-17, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at IMAGE & NATION gaie et lesbienne: festival international de cinema et de video de Montreal November 2-12, 1995.)
Released in United States November 1995 (Shown at Verzaubert '95: 5th Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in Munich and Cologne, Germany November 19-29, 1995.)
Released in United States July 1995 (Shown at Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival July 6-16, 1995.)
