Movie
The Boys in the Band
Overview
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-09-30
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Ryan Murphy Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jim Parsons as Michael
- Zachary Quinto as Harold
- Matt Bomer as Donald
- Andrew Rannells as Larry
- Michael Benjamin Washington as Bernard
- Robin de Jesús as Emory
- Tuc Watkins as Hank
- Charlie Carver as Cowboy Tex
- Brian Hutchison as Alan
- Brian Dole as Young Bohemian
- Marc Basil as Mover #2
- Jack A. O'Connell as Doorman
Crew
- Joe Mantello - Director
- Ned Martel - Screenplay
- Mart Crowley - Screenplay
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