Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

  • Director: Paul Bogart
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Hebrew
  • Release date: December 14, 1988
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Das Kuckucksei
  • "Torch Song Trilogy" is a feature film directed by Paul Bogart and starring Harvey Fierstein , Anne Bancroft , Brian Kerwin and others. The film was released in the United States on December 14, 1988.
    The film is adapted from the stage play of the same name and tells the story of love and family relationships experienced by the gay man Arnold who is a drag queen by profession   .

    Details

    • Release date December 14, 1988
    • Filming locations Denville, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies New Line Cinema, Howard Gottfried/Ronald K. Fierstein Production

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $4,865,997

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $70,022

    Gross worldwide

    $4,870,903

    Movie reviews

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    • By Anais 2022-01-20 08:04:30

      "Same-sex three-parties" mixed with various flavors

      The protagonist lineup is quite eye-catching, a group of handsome pots. Allen: A tender and tender big boy, Ed: A typical European and American handsome blond boy, Arnold: He is also a beautiful man (personally feels his voice is too hoarse), David: A lively little angel. (For those who haven't read it, go to my profile to find resources)

      Arnold is a drag queen. At the beginning of the movie, Arnold...

    • By Elenora 2022-01-20 08:04:30

      Talking about the plot

      Adapted from a Broadway stage play, not only the music is quite jazzy, but the scene switching is also a stage play.
      Although there are similar plots to many movies of this type-entanglements between lovers, family conflicts, ice melting journey, parting and memories, the disputes between mother and child are indeed quite exciting and give a lot of information, including The mother’s contempt for homosexual son’s love affair, the sadness of her son’s failure to tell the cause of his...

    • By Tristin 2022-01-20 08:04:30

      [Film Review] Torch Song Trilogy (1988) 7.9/10

      For its sheer audacity, TV stalwart Paul Bogart's final theatrical movie TORCH SONG TRILOGY is legitimately a landmark in American queer cinema, an unapologetic gay testimony which forthrightly demands respect and equality, and the one who rightfully hogs the limelight is its writer-cum-star Harvey Fierstein.

      Adapting his own Tony-winning, long-running, eponymous...

    • By Roslyn 2022-01-20 08:04:30

      When is the super word count X?

      I often say that I can cook and sew by myself, and I can do it myself except for the function of giving birth. What I want is that 1➕1 is greater than or equal to 2, and the result is often less than 1. This is why someone knocks on the door and wants to come in but I don't want to open it.

      “There’s one thing you’d better understand: I can teach myself sewing, cooking and repairing furniture. I can even comfort myself when I need it. So I don’t ask anyone for anything. I don’t need...

    • By Sam 2022-01-20 08:04:30

      Same-sex three-part pro-love

      Commentary copy :

      The actor who performed the anti-crowd show in the nightclub: "Thick voice"

      Ever since I was a child, I like to secretly put on my mother’s lipstick,

      Stole wearing mother's clothes and jewelry.

      When he grows up, he is also full of personality,

      "Cross voice" in life has feminine tenderness...

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    • By Nadia 2023-09-07 22:46:16

      A great country must have made such a great movie. Crying too much must have affected many, many...

    • By Aida 2023-09-05 00:48:49

      "At least you had your lover at ease, you lost your husband in a clean hospital, and I lost mine in a dirty street, they killed him in the street, died at 27 On the street, being beaten to death with a baseball bat by a group of kids who think like you, because everyone knows that a queer is nothing, they don't deserve love, and we deserve it all..." Some jokes , looks...

    • By Jimmy 2023-08-11 17:33:47

      After pondering for a long time, the unfinished aftertaste of the moment never thought it would be so long. The role of Arnold is a highly condensed and generalized image of homosexuality in the secular society. The flesh is plump and delicate, hidden but not deliberately concealed. A Good Celluloid Wardrobe on the Current State of Gay Characters in Film: We're not trying to create an "ideal" gay image, but a "real" gay image. Think how Harvey Fierstein could have written a script like...

    • By Watson 2023-05-21 02:52:34

      In order to see the male protagonist that spring is not a reading day, he plays Alan in it. It tells the story of Arnold's life. I think it's still pretty miserable, but it's slowly getting better, and there are also funny moments in the middle. But overall I think it's pretty serious. There are a lot of golden sentences in it, and I saw a film review that fully demonstrated the relationship with my mother. Yes, their conversation was wonderful. It's still okay to see little Alan, he's so...

    • By Alessia 2023-05-07 08:20:21

      Lovers, children, and parental support are the lifelong pursuit of a comrade and an ordinary...

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    "Torch Song Trilogy" systematically shows the life and feelings of homosexuality, and expounds the importance of acceptance and respect in the film. As a   film in the 1990s , this film is in the era when the sexual minorities urgently need to understand. It provides a positive description for the sexual minorities   and is of milestone significance. The film is simple and clear, and more targeted at mainstream audiences. It itself is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ed: Care to talk about it?

      Arnold: I am upset, I am uptight, I am up to my nipples in Southern Comfort, and you're trying to take advantage of me.

      [He sprawls in Ed's lap]

      Arnold: Fine!

    • Ma: After all, a problem is never as permanent as a solution!

    • Arnold: I think my biggest problem is being young and beautiful. It's my biggest problem because I've never been young and beautiful. Oh, I've been beautiful, and God knows I've been young, but never the twain have met.