The Boys in The Band

The first mainstream Hollywood film to offer a serious look at gay life, director William Friedkin's adaptation of the Mart Crowley play depicts a New York man's birthday party where casual exchanges of self-loathing by the guests devolves into bouts of merciless and uncomfortable truth-telling. Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, and Peter White star in this controversial serio-comedy. 119 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary by Friedkin; interviews; video essay; documentary; more. Two-disc set.