My Gentleman Friends

*My Gentleman Friends*
My Gentleman Friends
Written by	Moze Mossanen
Directed by	Moze Mossanen
Starring	Aron Tager; David Gardner; François Klanfer; Christina Collins
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Moze Mossanen; Anna Newallo
Cinematography	John Marsonet
Editors	John Marsonet; Moze Mossanen
Running time	75 minutes
Original release
Network	Bravo
Release	April 7, 1999

My Gentleman Friends is a Canadian docudrama television film, directed by Moze Mossanen and released in 1999.^[1] The film centres on Victor (Aron Tager), Gordon (David Gardner) and Luigi (François Klanfer), three older gay men who were all once dancers with a ballet company, and are being interviewed about their lives by documentary filmmaker Margaret (Christina Collins).^[2]

The cast also includes David Dunbar, Greg Spottiswood and Brigitte Gall as production staff assisting Margaret.

Although the main trio of actors was not literally playing themselves, many of their characters' reminiscences in the film were true stories gathered by Mossanen from interviews with real older gay men who had worked in performing arts as actors, musicians, or dancers.^[1]

The film premiered on Bravo on April 7, 1999.^[2] Mossanen received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 14th Gemini Awards.^[3]

The film was subsequently rebroadcast on Bravo in 2004 as part of a retrospective series of Mossanen's works, alongside The Rings of Saturn, The Year of the Lion and his new From Time to Time.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Katrina Onstad, "Grey gay men provide colour to an invisible era : My Gentleman Friends tells the stories of ageing former dancers". National Post, April 5, 1999.
^ ^a ^b John Allemang, "With friends like these, who needs Friends?". The Globe and Mail, April 7, 1999.
^ Doug Saunders, "Private networks close in on public TV in Gemini race: CBC still dominates awards, but faces more competition this year than ever before in the event's 14-year history". The Globe and Mail, September 22, 1999.
^ Gordon Bowness, "Light in the loafers: A rare TV tribute". Daily Xtra, February 18, 2004.

External links

My Gentleman Friends at IMDb

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[onstad-1] Katrina Onstad, "Grey gay men provide colour to an invisible era : My Gentleman Friends tells the stories of ageing former dancers". National Post, April 5, 1999.

[allemang-2] John Allemang, "With friends like these, who needs Friends?". The Globe and Mail, April 7, 1999.

[3] Doug Saunders, "Private networks close in on public TV in Gemini race: CBC still dominates awards, but faces more competition this year than ever before in the event's 14-year history". The Globe and Mail, September 22, 1999.

[4] Gordon Bowness, "Light in the loafers: A rare TV tribute". Daily Xtra, February 18, 2004.

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