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Record Nr.

UNINA9910666634303321

Autore

Horrigan Patrick E

Titolo

Widescreen dreams : growing up gay at the movies / / Patrick E. Horrigan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1999

ISBN

9786613655042

9780299161699

0299161692

9781280678110

1280678119

9780299161637

0299161633

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Living out

Disciplina

305.38/9664

Soggetti

Gay men - United States

Gay men - United States - Psychology

Motion pictures - United States - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's dissertation (Columbia University).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.225-227).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Happiest Family in All the World! -- Outtakes I -- 2. Love Barbra -- Outtakes II -- 3. The Wreck of the Family -- Outtakes III -- 4. Like Home -- Outtakes IV -- 5. Coming Out, with Al Pacino -- Outtakes V -- Notes -- Works Cited.

Sommario/riassunto

In 1973, a sweet-tempered, ferociously imaginative ten-year-old boy named Patrick Horrigan saw the TV premiere of the film version of Hello, Dolly! starring Barbra Streisand. His life would never be the same. Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies traces Horrigan's development from childhood to gay male adulthood through a series of visceral encounters with an unexpected handful of Hollywood movies from the 1960s and 1970s: Hello Dolly!, The Sound of Music, The Poseidon Adventure, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Wiz.