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Torch Song Trilogy
It takes a lot of guts and a helluva sense of humor to live life in Arnold's shoe's.
It takes a lot of guts and a helluva sense of humor to live life in A...
Comedy, Drama, Romance - 1988
7.7
74%
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A very personal story that is both funny and poignant, TORCH SONG TRILOGY chronicles a New Yorker's search for love, respect and tradition in a world that seems not especially made for him.
Director:
Torch Song Trilogy
Marlowe
(1969)
Los Angeles private-eye Philip Marlowe is trying to locate the brother of his new client, a woman named Orfamay Quest. The trail leads to two men who deny any knowledge of the brother's existence. Both are soon killed by an ice pick, so Marlowe deduces that there's much more to this than a simple missing-person case. Marlowe's path cro...
Torch Song Trilogy
Skin Game
(1971)
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into ...
Torch Song Trilogy
Oh, God! You Devil
(1984)
George Burns is back as God, but oops, here he is as Satan, too. A young rock star is ready to sell his soul to Satan, and Satan is all too happy to oblige. Oops! Seems the fellow was watched over by God as a baby, so now the almighty and his nemesis have to duke it out over the soul.
Torch Song Trilogy
The House Without a Christmas Tree
(1972)
A young girl named Addie, living in Nebraska in 1946 wants nothing more for the holidays than a Christmas tree, but her widowed father, is bitter and refuses due to events from the family's past.
Torch Song Trilogy
The Canterville Ghost
(1986)
A young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
1 Jan 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$4,865,997
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
I have not seen anyone quite like Fierstein in the movies, and the fact that he is a specific individual gives this material a charm and weight it might have lacked if an interchangeable actor had played the role.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The themes are universal, and Arnold is an Everyperson who wants to be loved not for what others want him to be, but for what he really is -- "a person, a valuable person."
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Greatly shortened from Mr. Fierstein's long-running, Tony Award-winning play, the film version emphasizes the lovable at every turn, but the surprise is that it does this entertainingly and well.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
A straightforward, very funny love story which glows with fulfilment and promise.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Bracing in its frank depiction of gay sex life, both promiscuous and committed.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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