Holding the Man behind the scenes gags

2022-04-04 08:01

Holding the Man in the title of the film is actually a football term, which means pulling a person to block a foul.
Based on a true story, the film is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by Australian author, actor and activist Timothy Conigrave. Timothy died on the tenth day of writing the book at the age of 34.
"Holding The Man" was published in 1995 and won the UN Human Rights Award that year. In 2003 the book was voted one of Australia's top 100 favorite books. It was adapted into a stage play in 2006 and was very popular.
At the end of the film, Tim says "Ci vedremo lassù, angelo" in Italian, which translates to "I'll see you there again, my angel".
The film's accolades include the Australian Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (Ryan Cole) and second place at the Melbourne International Film Festival Feature Film Audience Choice Award, with numerous nominations.
Teenager Tim calls John on the same phone used by the original Timothy Conigrave, from Conigrave's childhood bedroom, provided to the crew by his sister Anna Davison.

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Tremaine 2022-04-04 09:01:08

I've seen a lot of this subject, and the actors are not eye-catching enough, so I'm a little weak. The first man with short hair is barely okay, but the uncles forcefully act as students when they curl their hair, really...
Theodore 2022-04-05 09:01:07

If it weren't for the adaptation of a real story, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to give it three stars. I don't know how the director and screenwriter thought about the composition of the film. The plot is extremely fragmented, and every paragraph, every era and every turning point is inorganic. As blunt and lifeless, even the transmission of feelings depends on the audience's brain to infer the attitude and behavior of the characters... Some lines can glimpse the wonderfulness of the original work, but the adaptation of the film is really frustrating.