Yhe gay deceivers

Iconic and an absolute cult classic. What we have here is a comedy about two very handsome guys who pretend to be boyfriends to dodge the draft and end up having to move in together and actually live like gays so that Uncle Sam doesn't find out their dirty little secret the dirty little secret being that they're boring straight people.

Synopsis Is he? The Gay Deceivers is a American comedy film written by Jerome Wish and directed by Bruce Kessler. Sure, a bunch of the characters do but the movie does not. During the entire course of the movie I was trying really hard to figure out what the point of the….

Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it. Elliot reminds me of that Andrew Garfield thing where he says he's "straight but open to any impulses that arise within him at any time.

Kevin Coughlin Lawrence P. Joe Solomon Paul Rapp. Richard C. Robert A. Donald H. Archie J. Raymond Boltz Jr. Phill Norman. Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps.

Directed by Bruce Kessler. With Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris. Renn Reynolds Reg Browne. Succeeds not because of its silly storyline or either of its two leads, but because of the openly gay Michael Greer's hand in reshaping the script and giving a performance that's comically swishy, yet not degrading.

Or isn't he? Where to watch Trailer. It doesn't have any overt pro-gay messages, necessarily, but as a movie it also doesn't denounce homosexuality as evil either. Stu Phillips. The fact that this comedy was even made in blows my mind. Cast Kevin Coughlin Lawrence P.

Director Director Bruce Kessler. Dad I swear I'm not gay it's just a prank to avoid the draft! While it's clear that none of the characters in this really learn anything, it's admirable that Kessler and Co. Some really great production design and lighting, too. Fifty-five years ago this month, New York City police raided Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn, kicking off a multi-day protest that came to symbolize both discrimination and violence against LGBTQ Americans and the nascent gay rights movement that was challenging such trends.

The film focuses on Danny Devlin (Kevin Coughlin) and Elliot Crane (Lawrence P. Casey), two straight men who attempt to evade the draft by pretending to be gay men. You could never make this movie today because the straight guys would willingly kiss with tongue at even the vaguest suggestion of being drafted.

Abe Polsky Gil Lasky. Jerome Wish. Two men try to avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they must act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it. The Gay Deceivers: Directed by Bruce Kessler. Pearl Kempton. Film from about men pretending to be a Gay couple to avoid joing the military.