Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies Contributor(s): Horrigan, Patrick E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299161641 ISBN-13: 9780299161644 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 98017528 |
Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.88" W x 8.82" (0.73 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1973, a sweet-tempered, ferociously imaginative ten-year-old boy named Patrick Horrigan saw the TV premiere of the film version of Hello, Dolly starring Barbra Streisand. His life would never be the same. Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies traces Horrigan's development from childhood to gay male adulthood through a series of visceral encounters with an unexpected handful of Hollywood movies from the 1960s and 1970s: Hello Dolly , The Sound of Music, The Poseidon Adventure, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Wiz. |