Movie
Make the Yuletide Gay
Overview
The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?
Details
- Release date
- 2009-11-01
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Great House Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Keith Jordan as Olaf 'Gunn' Gunnunderson
- Wyatt Fenner as Thomas
- Hallee Hirsh as Abby Mancuso
- Kelly Keaton as Anya Gunnunderson
- Derek Long as Sven Gunnunderson
- Alison Arngrim as Heather Mancuso
- Adamo Ruggiero as Nathan Stanford
- Ian Buchanan as Peter Stanford
- Gates McFadden as Martha Stanford
- Massimo Quagliano as Diego
Crew
- Rob Williams - Director
- Rob Williams - Writer
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