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Stonewall

Stonewall

1995Movie⏱️ 1h 39mR
ComedyDramaRomance
7.1
IMDB Rating
1,851 votes

A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Director
Nigel Finch
Writers
Rikki Beadle Blair, Martin Duberman
Stars
Guillermo Diaz, Frederick Weller, Brendan Corbalis
Release Date
September 3, 1996
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 16
Reviews
📋 2.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Guillermo Diaz
Guillermo Diaz
as La Miranda
Frederick Weller
Frederick Weller
as Matty Dean
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Brendan Corbalis
as Ethan
Duane Boutte
Duane Boutte
as Bostonia
👤
Bruce MacVittie
as Vinnie
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Peter Ratray
as Burt
Matthew Faber
Matthew Faber
as Mizz Moxie
Michael McElroy
Michael McElroy
as Princess Ernestine
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán
as Vito
Joey Dedio
Joey Dedio
as Angelo

💰 Box Office

$692,400
Worldwide Gross
$692,400
Domestic Gross
$74,052
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby
Color
Color
Filming Location
Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Arena, Killer Films

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

The spirit is right; the details are wrong
by BookWorm-21998-09-26
7/10

"I have a great deal of admiration for this engaging effort to explain the roots of the modern gay rights movement, produced on a shoe-string by a director with an admirable sense of style, pacing, and resourcefulness. Though filtered through a distinctly British class-consciousness, it does a highly respectable job of catching the main trends in gay America from my not-quite-misspent youth. Furthermore, it is candidly presented as a subjective, fictional account, mooting complaints like "the bus is too old," "no New York apartment is that big" and "the Stonewall bar n..."

💡 Did You Know?

Director Nigel Finch died of AIDS shortly after completing this, his last film.

📖 Synopsis

A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.