Filmes de Interés Gay

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"Unrequited love . . .
and who ain't
been there! . ."

The poor sound and lighting quality often inherent to low budget Indie's and the tedious plot set up have you just about to reach for the stop button when all of a sudden those low budget flaws become minor distractions when the story suddenly grips you and keeps you involved to the very last frame. And what a compelling story it is. Unrequited love and who ain't been there!

In small-town America, Troy (Lee Rumohr) and Merrick's (Matt Austin) sexual relationship functions on the premise that "as long as we don't kiss, we're not gay." But Troy, having come to terms with his homosexuality, finally realizes he needs more than just sex with Merrick - he needs the intimacy and emotional connection of a mature, honest relationship, a relationship symbolized by the ever elusive kiss.

A more apt name for this film would be 'Denial' for that is the emotional state of Merrick as well as Troy's fellow-jock Fowler, who, in a late night chance encounter with Troy in the school yard waxes with innuendo that he has had a long-term infatuation with Troy then flees in terror after realizing the scope of his revelation when Troy asks whether he feels he might be gay.

Troy, was the high school heart-throb, and has come out of the closet much to the chagrin of his small town circle of friends. Soon after his admittance, Merrick, his life long friend, breaks up with his girlfriend (Sara Kanter), and under the guise of friendship moves into Troys' one bedroom apartment. This new proximity including sharing a bed ignites buried emotions of desire in the two friends, emotions that they can no longer ignore or keep repressed.

A bizarre love triangle ensues, enveloping everyone surrounding Troy. As accusations, late night "sessions", and mixed signals fuel the inferno of self destruction, it becomes very difficult to determine who will survive this downward spiral to end up together, or ultimately be, denied.

This was Canadian actor Lee Rumohr's feature film debut. He has since developed a successful career in film, television and voice. His work has included the CBS mini-series "The Hades Factor", as a guest star on WB'S Emmy award winning show "Smallville". He has acted and performed stunt work on "1-800-Missing" with Vivica A. Fox, and had a recurring role on Show Time's "Queer As Folk" as Troy. Lee also made a guest star appearance on "Mutant X" as Lucian, directed by one of his favorite directors, the award winner Stacey S. Curtis and Disney's show "The Famous Jett Jackson".

FILM INFORMATION: 'Denied'

Web: Cast, Bios and Additional Details at IMDb
Director: David Scott
Writer: David Scott
Cast, Crew & Credits: Full Cast, Crew & Credits
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 96 min
Spoken Language: English

FILM CLIP: 'Denied'