Movie
Get Real
Overview
Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-08-16
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Graphite Film Production (GB)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ben Silverstone as Steven Carter
- Brad Gorton as John Dixon
- Charlotte Brittain as Linda
- Stacy Hart as Jessica
- Kate McEnery as Wendy
- Patrick Nielsen as Mark Watkins
- Tim Harris as Kevin Grainger
- James D. White as Dave
- James Perkins as Young Steve
- Nicholas Hunter as Young Mark
- Jacquetta May as Steven's Mother
- David Lumsden as Steven's Father
Crew
- Simon Shore - Director
- Patrick Wilde - Writer
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