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Simon Shore manages the transition from television and documentary to feature filmmaking with great assurance in his debut, the captivating, gay comedy Get Real, based on Patrick Wilde's stage success, What's Wrong with Anger? Shore recounts an appealing tale of a teenaged schoolboy coming to grips with his emerging sexuality. Sixteen-year-old Steven is just another teenager: He listens to the latest music, plays computer games, hangs out with friends. But Steven has a secret: He's in love with the school's top athlete, the devastatingly handsome John Dixon. Not surprisingly, Dixon is dating a model and is the object of every girl's attention. Steven certainly can't tell his parents, and none of his friends know he's gay; he can only confide in his best pal, the overweight, feisty Linda, who wants a romance of her own. As if this weren't complicated enough, Steven discovers that one of the girls at school has developed a crush on him. And then Dixon notices Steven's attention. Shore and his cast of youngsters do a wonderful job of capturing the secret lives of his teenage characters. He penetrates the hearts and minds of people trying to understand their complex sexual yearnings, while compensating for the expectations of parents, friends, and society. Fresh, youthful, and invigorating, Get Real establishes its moving tone from the beginning and doesn't let go; it takes an incisive voyage into the world of a gay teenager trying to tell the world that there's nothing wrong with being in love.

Production
Arts Council of England [gb]; British Screen Productions [gb]; Distant Horizons [gb]; Graphite Film Production;

Cast Names
Peter Barnes; Jack Hughes; Ben Silverstone; Brad Gorton; Charlotte Brittain; Stacy Hart; Kate McEnery; Patrick Nielsen; Tim Harris; James D. White; James Perkins; Nicholas Hunter; Jacquetta May; David Lumsden; David Elliot; Morgan Jones; Richard Hawley; Steven Mason; Charlotte Hanson; Alina Hazeldine; Louise J. Taylor; Steven Elder; Leonie Thomas; David Paul West; Andy Rashleigh; Ian Brimble; Judy Buxton; Dorothy Clark; Amy Redler; Martin Milman;

Box Office
USD 1,152,411

Release Date
1999-04-30
1999-05-20 (Boston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)

Genres
Drama; Romance;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for language and sexual content.

Running Time
1 hr. 48 min.

Director
Simon Shore

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