1985 (film)

2018 film directed by Yen Tan August 2018 1985 1985 poster.jpg Film poster Yen Tan Ash ChristianHutcH Yen Tan Yen TanHutcH Cory Michael SmithVirginia MadsenMichael ChiklisAidan LangfordJamie Chung Curtis Heath HutcHhttps://moveablefest.com/yen-tan-1985-review/ SXSW '18 Review: A Disease May Ravage the Body But Can't Touch the Soul of Yen Tan's Riveting "1985" Saito Stephen 2018-03-10 The Moveable Fest 2022-12-03 Yen TanHutcH Floren Shieh ProductionsMuseLessMime ProductionsRainMaker FilmsCranium Entertainment Wolfe ReleasingWolfe Releasing Acquires AIDS Drama '1985,' Eyes Awards Push for Star Cory Michael Smith https://www.thewrap.com/wolfe-releasing-acquires-aids-drama-1985-eyes-awards-push-star-cory-michael-smith/ TheWrap 3 December 2022 June 20, 2018 Peccadillo Pictures 2018 3 9 SXSW yes 85 minutes United States English 1985 is a 2018 American drama film directed by Yen Tan and starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, and Jamie Chung.https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/1985-review-sxsw-aids-cory-michael-smith-lgbt-1201937768/ '1985' Review: Yen Tan Revisits and Reinvents the AIDS Film, With Moving Results — SXSW Dry Jude 9 March 2018 IndieWire 25 April 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20180310045440/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/1985-review-sxsw-aids-cory-michael-smith-lgbt-1201937768/ 10 March 2018 The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016. Premise In 1985, advertising agent Adrian Lester returns home to Dallas to visit his conservative family for Christmas after several years of living in New York City. Adrian, a closeted gay man, has come to tell his family goodbye, but does not want to disclose to them that he is dying of AIDS.Harvey Dennis 28 June 2018 Film Review: '1985' https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/1985-review-1202860266/ live Variety https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233940/https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/1985-review-1202860266/ 8 August 2018 25 April 2022 Adrian's brother Andrew is initially resentful towards Adrian for not visiting in years. During Christmas, Adrian buys his family expensive gifts and travel tickets, much to his father's surprise. Adrian also reconnects with Carly, an old friend of his who has since become a stand-up comedian. She is hurt and leaves him after he rejects her advances, but returns and apologizes. Adrian reveals to her that he's dying of AIDS, and that several of his friends and one of his roommates have also died. He also reveals that he's working in a restaurant to make ends meet, as someone from his advertising firm discovered his sexuality and he was fired for that. Carly tries to encourage him, and makes him promise that he'll call her when his symptoms reach their onset. During a long talk, Adrian's father Dale admits that he knew Adrian was fired from his job, and that he discovered Adrian in a romantic embrace with another man during a surprise visit. Despite his implied beliefs about homosexuality, Dale does not reveal Adrian's sexuality to anyone else in the family, and offers his support for Adrian if he ever needs anything. Adrian's mother Eileen drops him off at the airport, where she reveals that she, too, knows he's gay. Adrian leaves Andrew a goodbye tape. The film ends with Adrian in the airport preparing to board his plane, while the voiceover of his tape message plays, encouraging Andrew and telling him that there will be both good and bad days ahead, and that Andrew will "find the right people", strongly implying that Andrew is gay. Cast Cory Michael Smith as Adrian Lester Virginia Madsen as Eileen Michael Chiklis as Dale Lester Jamie Chung as Carly Aidan Langford as Andrew Ryan Piers Williams as Marc Bryan Massey as Pastor John Production The film is a feature-length adaptation of a short film of the same name that was released in 2016.Khoo Guan-Soon September 2018 Looking deeply into the spirit: An in-depth interview with film director Yen Tan https://offscreen.com/view/interview-with-film-director-yen 2022-12-03 offscreen.com en Writer and director Yen Tan said the basis for the films were his experiences of interacting with people who were living with HIV and AIDS at his first job after graduating from college.Straube Trent 2018-03-15 Watch the Film Short That Became the New AIDS Movie "1985" https://www.poz.com/article/watch-film-short-became-new-aids-movie-1985 2022-12-03 POZ en The original short film, which starred Lindsay Pulsipher and Robert Sella, centered on a young man with AIDS preparing to move back in with his estranged mother. Unlike the short film, the feature is shot in black-and-white and in 16 mm.Knecht Lyndsay 2018-04-30 Why Texas Filmmaker Yen Tan Wants You To See 1985 In Black and White https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2018/04/why-texas-filmmaker-yen-tan-wants-you-to-see-1985-in-black-and-white/ 2022-12-03 D Magazine en-US Filming took place from May to June 2017. Release The film premiered in March 2018 at SXSW.Rooney David 9 March 2018 '1985': Film Review SXSW 2018 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/1985-review-sxsw-2018-1090369 live The Hollywood Reporter https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110502/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/1985-review-sxsw-2018-1090369/ 11 January 2022 26 April 2022 It subsequently screened at a number of LGBT and general-interest film festivals, including as the opening gala at the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival.Gee Dana 8 August 2018 Yen Tan's moving 1985 opens 30th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/yen-tans-moving-1985-opens-30th-annual-vancouver-queer-film-festival live Vancouver Sun https://web.archive.org/web/20180810015454/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/festivals/yen-tans-moving-1985-opens-30th-annual-vancouver-queer-film-festival 10 August 2018 26 April 2022 The movie's DVD and digital release was in December 2018. It also was released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures,http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2019/vito-screening-of-1985-2018/ 3 February 2019 Cinemamuseum VITO screening of 1985 (2018) 26 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20210121054123/http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/2019/vito-screening-of-1985-2018/ 21 January 2021 live and was released in Australia, New Zealand and Germany. Reception On review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, 1985 has an approval rating of 96% based on 52 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "1985 pays tribute to a generation of lost lives with a powerfully made look at how HIV and the social attitudes surrounding homosexuality affect one man's choices."1985 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1985_2018 2022-12-01 Rotten Tomatoes Glenn Kenny of The New York Times wrote, "Cory Michael Smith’s performance as Adrian is a quiet marvel in a movie that’s superbly acted all around. The film’s intimate consideration of still-enormous issues is intelligent, surprising and emotionally resonant."Kenny Glenn Review: In '1985,' a Young Man Hides a Plague From His Family https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/movies/1985-film-review-cory-michael-smith.html 3 December 2022 The New York Times October 25, 2018 ABC News also reviewed the film positively, writing, "Most of the scenes are staged between Adrian and one other person, and this decision to draw out the intimacy of the pair in the frame accentuates the poignancy of things not said."Masukor Sarinah 2019-04-24 1985 is a new kind of AIDS film with nothing to prove en-AU ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-25/1985-review-yen-tan-offers-new-approach-to-aids-film/11038074 2022-12-03 1985 was given multiple prizes like the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW Texas Competition, the Festival Best Feature at FIRE!! Mostra,http://www.mostrafire.com/news_eng.html 2018 Winners Here the winning films of the 2018 edition of the FIRE !! Best Feature Film: 1985 Mostrafire 1 January 2019 6 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190406012415/http://www.mostrafire.com/news_eng.html dead the Audience Award and the Student Jury Prize at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival in Paris,http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/en/2018-awards/ 2018 Awards Champselyseesfilmfestival fr 27 April 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100511/http://www.champselyseesfilmfestival.com/2018/en/2018-awards/ 1 January 2019 Prix du Public du Film Américain Indépendant : 1985 de Yen Tan the Grand Jury Award and the Best Screenwriting award at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival and the awards of: Best Feature Film, Best Writer for Yen Tan, Best Actor for Cory Michael Smith, Best Supporting Actor for Michael Chiklis, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Chung at the Queen Palm International Film Festival.USA, San Joaquin International Film Festival: 1985 by Yen Tan Screening in California https://www.queerlion.it/en/usa-san-joaquin-international-film-festival-1985-by-yen-tan-screening-in-california/ Queer Lion 3 December 2022 December 6, 2018 References External links 6411590 1985_2018 Home for Christmas an interview with Yen Tan at Eye for Film Category:2018 films Category:2018 independent films Category:2018 drama films Category:2018 LGBTQ-related films Category:American drama films Category:American Christmas drama films Category:American gay-related films Category:2018 English-language films Category:2010s Christmas drama films Category:Films directed by Yen Tan Category:Films set in Texas Category:Films set in 1985 Category:HIV/AIDS in American films Category:2010s LGBTQ-related drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films shot in 16 mm film Category:Features based on short films Category:2018 American films Category:English-language independent films Category:English-language Christmas drama films Category:Gay-related independent films Category:Works of fiction named after a year Category:2018 black-and-white films