2006-10-19 10:41:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I found a few movie plots that claim to have the homosexual characters, or lifestyle!
It all depends on weather you are looking for main stream or independent films.
2006-10-19 10:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by crissymm5 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Samiracat's answer the best.
But, I did want to add that there is was a special about Broadway, and in there, they tell that La Cage aux folles ("Birds of a Feather') was the first homosexual broadway show to make money! I believe that was around 1985 when I saw it. The Birdcage was based on this show (same writers/producers), but I believe the show is based on a much older French movie called La Cage aux folles from 1978.
2006-10-19 18:17:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be interested in Richard Barrios' book _Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood From Edison to Stonewall_ (Routledge Press: NY, 2003).
The author points out that a lot of early film was lost, but it LOOKS like a 1912 film called "Algie, the Miner" might be the first one to portray a "gay" seeming character---he's got a girlfriend, but apparently is camping it up like crazy as a really effeminate character....
The book is a good read, with fairly decent references.
2006-10-19 17:53:52 · answer #3 · answered by samiracat 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There have been quite a few with prominent homosexuality, long before Brokeback Mtn.
Victor/Victoria
Personal Best
Making Love
2006-10-19 17:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by northernbornsoutherner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This page -
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/celluloid/misc/history.html
- gives a lot of insight to when and how homosexuality showed up in film, and it looks as if it was a very long time ago.
Makes sense - because homosexuality has been around longer than movies!
2006-10-19 19:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by liddabet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earliest I can remember was Midnight Cowboy... won some awards if I recall. Had Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight.
2006-10-19 22:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Mike S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe Deliverance. When the hillbilly mounted up on Ned Beatty
and told him to squeal like a piggy?
2006-10-19 17:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by Uhookah2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earliest that I can remember is Midnight Cowboy from the 60s.
2006-10-19 18:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by KC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bird cage with robin williams is kind of old very good movie
2006-10-19 18:11:51 · answer #9 · answered by wkdwchofwest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg i have no idea... but the first movie to come to my mind reading this question was ALEXANDER (with Collin Farol in it) that was the gayest movie i have ever seen! (litterally speaking it was)
2006-10-19 17:45:58 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Tyson Ritter♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋