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LIZ SMITH'S COLUMN
"WHEN DID this business get so mean?"
STRAIGHT-JACKET
"When it began."
So goes one of the incisive exchanges in a quirkily amusing and oddly moving
little film, "Straight-Jacket." Produced by Michael Warwick, written and
directed by Richard Day, this is a loose take on Rock Hudson's plight — a film
idol marrying briefly to cover his homosexuality. The lead actors — Matt
Letscher, Carrie Preston and Adam Greer — are unknown to me, but they throw
themselves into this parody with high spirits and unexpected emotional
commitment. The one "name" is Veronica Cartwright, the former child star, who
plays a withering press rep to the closeted star. She is a riot.
- LA WEEKLY
- STRAIGHT-JACKET
New Recommended
“What’s the point of being famous if you can’t use it to get laid?” An
inarguable point, raised by 1950s movie star Guy Stone (Matt Letscher),
dreamboat hero of millions and a closeted, happily promiscuous homosexual.
When the tabloids get wind of his secret, Guy’s
agent (the great Veronica Cartwright) persuades him to propose to Sally
(Carrie Preston), a starry-eyed studio secretary who will instantly lose her
new husband to a hunky, long-lashed commie screenwriter (Adam Greer).
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LA TIMES - Movie Review - Kevin
Thomas
...his tough, shrewd, highly
protective manager, Jerry (Veronica Cartwright, the film's strongest
presence) urges him to be more discreet, but Guy counters by asking
what's the point of being a movie star if you can't get sex?
- SRO PICTURES, HERE! FILMS AND
REGENT RELEASING PROUDLY PRESENT:
STRAIGHT-JACKET
"A quirkily amusing and oddly moving little film"
- LIZ SMITH
"One of the
highlights of the movie year."
- CHUCK WILSON - LA
Weekly
"A fey and frisky farce with a fabulous
fashion sense..."
- JOE LEYDON - Variety
"...delirious comedy..."
- KEVIN THOMAS - Los Angeles Times
"...filled with juicy, witty wisecracks..."
ANDY KLEIN - LA City Beat
"Straight Jacket" is a comedy set in 1950’s Hollywood
in which Guy Stone, a movie star, must marry a studio secretary (Sally)
in
order to conceal his homosexuality. Sally has no idea that the marriage is
a sham and turns Guy’s life upside-down.
Straight - Jacket was
written and directed by Richard Day (Girls
Will Be Girls) and produced by Michael Warwick (Girls
Will Be Girls).
The film stars Matt Letscher (Good Morning Miami),
Carrie Preston, Veronica Cartwright, Adam Greer, Jack Plotnick and Michael
Emerson.
Day’s Straight-Jacket was first produced as a play that ran
off-Broadway in 2000. Carrie Preston and Adam Greer recreate their roles
from the original production. Day made his feature film directing debut
with the critically acclaimed comedy, Girls Will Be Girls,
which was released in 2003 by IFC Films.
For more information go to http://www.straightjacket-themovie.com/
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