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TechnoTV - Save Me - Theatrical Cover
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List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $18.99
Your Save: $ 5.96 ( 24% )
Availability: Not yet released
Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Starring: Judith Light, Chad Allen, Robert Gant, Stephen Lang
Directed By: Robert Cary
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0720229913591
Format: Color
Label: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Manufacturer: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2009-01-20
Running Time: 96
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: A must see!
Comment: I had read a review of the movie in one of the local Atlanta gay magazines early last year, which gave it a really good review. I had been waiting and waiting for it to be released in one of the local theatres so I could check it out, since I also really like Chad Allen and Robert Gant. Finally, it came here a couple of months ago and I went and saw it. I was definately not dissapointed! You can read some of the other reviews or the plot summary up top to see what the movie is about. I just wanted to say how wonderful the movie really is and what a terriffic job Chad and Robert (along with Judith Light and the rest of the cast) did. It was not overly dramatic or sappy, and the acting was totally professional, not over the top or amateurish like could be the case with a lower budget movie like this. The story itself was very well done and the pacing was just right- before I knew it, it was over.
I also read in the initial review that Allen and Gant have started thier own production company. If this is an example of what they plan on doing, I can't wait to see the next movie. I have enjoyed both of thier work for a while and am very glad they made the decision they did to come out. Do yourself a favor- rent or buy this when it comes out. It'll be worth it!
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Summary: From Genesis to Revelations
Comment: I literally just got back from seeing this movie not more than fifteen minutes ago at a local film festival; the fact that my first order of business is to write a review is a testament to how much it impressed me. I heard it mentioned only in passing some time ago and decided to look into it, and since the showing happened to be on a day when I had little else to do, I thought, well, why not? Good choice on my part.
I confess: I thought that I knew what to expect from this film. I mean, it's about a misguided gay man being sent to a Christian reformation program to cure him of his "sexual brokenness." Clearly lots of horrible things were going to happen! However, I was very much surprised for the better. I laughed, I found myself with watery eyes, and the audience even collectively gasped at one point. There are no "bad" people in this movie. Each character is weighed fairly and fleshed out into real, believable, understandable human beings, and I sympathized with each of them in a different way. And even though the film opens with contrasting images of a sex scene and an evangelical church congregation singing a hymn, this movie is by no means about gratuitous sex or pitching ideologies against one another with the aim of making one side look terrible.
I would have appreciated more attention being given to Mark's actual transformation inside "Genesis House"--the transition from him as a confrontational, unstable wreck to a well-manned and well-groomed member of the group happens abruptly and largely without explanation--but the film could only contain so much, and the great attention that was given to the exploration of human interaction and relationships made up for it.
"Save Me" has claimed a very early spot on my Wish List. I can't wait for it to be released.
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Summary: "The Cure"
Comment: "Save Me"
"The Cure"
Amos Lassen
"Save Me" is the story of a sex and drug-addicted guy who is forced into a Christian ministry in an attempt "to cure" him of his homosexuality. While undergoing "the cure", he faces who he is really is and listens to his heart and spirit.
We meet Mark (Chad Allen) while he is in the midst of a drug and casual sex binge and contemplating suicide--not for the first time, it seems. His conservative family has had enough of him and he is lost. He has nowhere to go and no one to turn to. He ends up being placed at Genesis House, a 12 step recovery facility which specializes in sexual brokenness. Mark claims to be fine with his sexuality but, nevertheless, stays because he has nowhere else. Genesis House is run by a married couple, Gayle (Judith Light) and her second husband, Ted (Stephen Lang). Gayle's son from her first marriage is also there and he is also lost and he is the reason that his mother takes such an interest in Mark.
Mark manages to stick with the program. He embraces Christ and begins to think that he not only able to but thinks he can renounce his gayness. There is a problem for him, however. A fellow resident, Scott (Robert Gant), and Mark become close friends and both men struggle with their attraction for each other.
The movie offers no surprises but the acting raises this film high above what could have been a mediocre film. The timing for the film is perfect as it hits theaters shortly after the Ted Haggard scandal. We get a sensitive exploration of the motivations behind those who conduct the "saving therapies" as well of those who attempt to be saved from the "deviant lifestyle".
Gayle and Ted honestly believe they are doing G-d's work but they are unrealistic in their expectations that they can change someone's sexual orientation. Gayle knows her limitations and she is aware of the sexual attraction between her clients.
There is a lot of melodrama here and at times it is rather soap opera like but as I said earlier the acting is so good that it is possible to overlook those faults. The movie unfolds with a sense of deliberateness and it is possible to guess each turn in the plot. Still this is a film to be seen and should be mandatory viewing for those who think that we can be changed.
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Editorial Reviews:
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When Mark--a young gay man addicted to sex and drugs--hits bottom, his concerned brother checks him into a Christian retreat in the New Mexico desert. Run by a compassionate husband and wife team, Gayle and Ted have made it their life's mission to cure young men of their 'gay affliction' through spiritual guidance. At first, Mark resists, but soon takes the message to heart. As Mark's fellowship with his fellow Ex-Gays grow stronger, however, he finds himself powerfully drawn to Scott, another young man battling family demons of his own. As their friendship begins to develop into romance, Mark and Scott are forced to confront their true selves.
Featuring powerful performances and even-handed direction, this acclaimed drama is a subtly nuanced and deeply sympathetic look at both sides of one of the most polarizing debates in America: the conflict and possible reconciliation between homosexuality and Christianity.
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