The Truth About Alex

The Truth About Alex

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Directed by Paul Shapiro
Produced by John Brunton (executive producer for Insight Productions)
Jane Startz, John Matoian (executive producers for Scholastic Productions)
Martin Harbury
Written by Craig Storper
Starring Scott Baio
Peter Spence
Production
company
Insight Productions
Scholastic Productions
Release dates
1986
Running time
48 min
Country United States
Canada
Language English

The Truth About Alex is a 1986 short made-for-television film. Based on the book Counterplay by Ann Snyder, The Truth About Alex tells the story of Alex Prager, a high school student who is inadvertently outed as gay and the difficulty his best friend Brad has in coming to terms with it. The telefilm stars Scott Baio as Brad and Peter Spence as Alex.

The film is a Canadian-American co-production, airing in the United States on HBO. The Truth About Alex received a 1987 Gemini Award for Best Short Drama and one for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series and was nominated for two additional awards. The film also received a CINE Golden Eagle Award.[1]

Cast

References

  1. "CINE Award winners" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-02-01.

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