| The Journey of Jared Price | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Dustin Lance Black |
| Produced by | Dustin Lance Black |
| Written by | Dustin Lance Black |
| Starring | Corey Spears Josh Jacobson Rocki Cragg actor Steve Tyler |
| Music by | Damon Intrabartolo |
| Studio | 10% Productions |
| Distributed by | Alluvial Filmworks |
| Release date(s) | December 31, 2000 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Journey of Jared Price is a gay-themed coming-of-age 2000 film written, produced and directed by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black. Black won the Oscar award for Best Original Screenplay in 2008 for Milk. The Journey of Jared Price was Black's first feature film.
Jared (Corey Spears), arrives in Los Angeles at 19 years of age. He left his small town in Georgia seeking a different life. When he arrives in L.A., he rents a room in a youth hostel that's furnished with bunk beds and already has one occupant, a male prostitute who needs to use their room to have sex with his clients some times. Jared of course doesn't like this arrangement but it's all he has at the moment.
Jared finally lands a job as a sitter and caregiver to the blind Mrs. Haines (Rocki Cragg). He is hired by her son Matthew (Steve Tyler), who is a movie executive, because he wants someone to spend time with his mother so he won't have to.
Jared meets Robert (Josh Jacobson) at the hostel. Robert is an openly gay teen who soon shows his attraction to Jared. Robert is very comfortable being gay, which leaves Jared feeling the opposite about his own sexual orientation.
The film takes a further twist when Matthew asks Jared to move in with his mother, Mrs. Haines, so that he can also look after her at night. Because of the living situation at the hostel with his prostitute room mate, Jared agrees to move into Mrs. Haines' home. Soon after Jared moving in, it doesn't take long before Matthew gets Jared drunk and the two have sex. After Matthew decides not to give Jared a telephone message from Robert, and after Matthew fails to mention anything about his lover at home, Andrew (Bryan Shyne), to Jared, Jared is faced with a difficult decision. Should he continue his relationship with Matthew or should he leave, ultimately being either homeless and jobless again?