Dorian Blues

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Dorian Blues

Directed by	Tennyson Bardwell
Written by	Tennyson Bardwell
Starring	Michael McMillian Lea Coco Steve Fletcher Mo Quigley
Distributed by	TLA Releasing
Release date(s)	2004
Running time	88 min
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Dorian Blues is a 2004 comedy film about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity in upstate New York. The film was written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell and is loosely based on Bardwell's college roommate^{[citation needed]}.

1 Synopsis
2 Critical reception
3 Filming Locations
4 Cast
5 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Dorian realises he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. The latter teaches him how to fight and tries to have him spend a night with a prostitute, to make him become straight, to no avail. Dorian then decides to come out to his father; he gets kicked out of the house. He moves to New York City and finds a boyfriend, but he gets dumped after two months. His brother visits him and they learn their father has died of a heart attack. At the funeral, his mother tells him she regrets not stop his father from being angry with him.

[edit] Critical reception

Dorian Blues won eight awards at the first nine film festivals it screened at and has just won its fourteenth award.

Dorian Blues won the AUDIENCE AWARD and the EMERGING MAVERICK DIRECTOR'S AWARD at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose where it had its World Premiere. Dorian Blues won a SPECIAL JURY AWARD at the Ft. Laurderdale Film Festival, the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Lake Placid Film Festival and BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD at NewFest in New York City, which was sponsored by the Writers Guild East. Dorian Blues won the AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST FIRST FEATURE at OutFest which included a $5,000 cash award sponsored HBO. Dorian Blues also won the AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE FILM at the Long Island International Film Forum and the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. At the Bahamas International Film Festival Dorian Blues won the TORCHLIGHT BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD sponsored by New York University. Dorian Blues just won is the AUDIENCE AWARD the 2005 Out Far! Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in Pheniox Arizona. In Turino Italy AUDIENCE and BEST FILM AWARD were awarded to Dorian Blues. And most recently the AUDIENCE AWARD at film festival in Copanhagen, Denmark,

[edit] Filming Locations

Some of the film took place in Delmar, New York and Glenmont, New York. Some scenes were filmed in Bethlehem Central High School.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Michael McMillian	Dorian Lagatos
Lea Coco	Nicky Lagatos
Charles Fletcher	Tom Lagatos
Mo Quigley	Maria Lagatos
Austin Basis	Spooky
Ryan Kelly Berkowitz	Tiffany
Chris Dallman	Andrew
Carl Danna	priest
Leslie Elliard	therapist
Sian Heder	Ellie
Cody Nickell	Ben