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Encyclopedia > Threesome (film)
Threesome

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Andrew Fleming
Produced by Brad Krevoy
Written by Andrew Fleming
Starring Lara Flynn Boyle
Stephen Baldwin
Josh Charles
Alexis Arquette
Martha Gehman
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography Alexander Gruszynski
Editing by William C. Carruth
Distributed by TriStar
Release date(s) April 8, 1994
Running time 93 min
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Threesome is a 1994 film, written and directed by Andrew Fleming. The film is an autobiographical comedy mixed in with some social commentary, and is based on the college memories of Fleming. It was given an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. Andrew Fleming was the director of the movie The Craft and currently is president of the Directors Guild of America. ... Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress born in Davenport, Iowa, of mostly Irish descent and raised in the working-class suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. ... Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an absolute walleper and he kills kangaroo puppies for a living. ... Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... Alexis Arquette (born July 28, 1969) is an American male-to-female transgender actress, musician, and cabaret drag performer. ... Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film score composer. ... The TriStar Pictures logo from 1993 to the present TriStar redirects here. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1994 in film involved some significant events. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Andrew Fleming was the director of the movie The Craft and currently is president of the Directors Guild of America. ... MPAA redirects here. ...

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Plot

The film starts out with two college students, the shy and intellectual Eddy (Josh Charles) and the All-American jock Stuart (Stephen Baldwin), ending up with a female roommate. The university thought that Alex (Lara Flynn Boyle) was a man (based on her name) and thus the three students are forced to live with each other until the university can move Alex to a female residence hall. Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American stage, film and television actor. ... An All-America team is a sports team composed of star players. ... Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an absolute walleper and he kills kangaroo puppies for a living. ... Lara Flynn Boyle Lara Flynn Boyle (born March 24, 1970) is an American actress born in Davenport, Iowa, of mostly Irish descent and raised in the working-class suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. ...


Alex falls in love and tries unsuccessfully to seduce Eddy; Stuart is in love with Alex, and Eddy falls in love with Stuart. The trio become good friends and scare off anyone who tries to seduce the other. Eventually, Alex, Stuart and Eddy agree to have an actual threesome and that seems to destroy the friendship, and raises the possibility that Alex might have become pregnant. For the 1994 film, see Threesome (film). ...


After the threesome they start to drift apart. Three weeks later the semester ends and Alex is finally moved to a female dorm. The next year Eddy got a single dorm with no roommate and the three continue to drift apart. Eddy (who acts as the film's narrator) eventually finds a boyfriend, Stuart finds happiness in a monogamous relationship with a woman and Alex remains single. While they drifted apart, only to see each other for lunch occasionally, they do not seem to regret the friendship they had while in college. The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ...


Criticism

Upon release, the film received mixed reviews. Critics such as Roger Ebert felt that film was unfunny, and that "Like many kids their age, these three are more bold in talk than action, and the movie sounds right; it sounds like undergraduate human dialogue, intended to shock, to liberate, to amuse."[1] Yet, even Peter Travers' review for Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "We're supposed to get all teary when kinkiness threatens to break up a friendship that was hard to swallow in the first place. There's lots of glossy cinematography, courtesy of Alexander Gruszynski, as the three lovers wander the campus separately, looking contemplative. Now there's a laugh. Eddy, a film student, actually makes reference to François Truffaut's ménage à trois classic, Jules and Jim. Eddy, you wish." [2] Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ... Peter Travers is the film critic for Rolling Stone magazine. ... This article is about the magazine. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Jules et Jim is a 1962 film by François Truffaut based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché. Truffaut described the book as a perfect hymn to love and perhaps to life. He came across it during the mid 1950s whilst browsing through some secondhand books in Paris and...


Post-Threesome

The film has been viewed in a new light as one of a group of films marketed at Generation X, that were released in the early 1990s and which helped to pave the way for more openness in American cinema about human sexuality and more positive portrayals of gay characters. For other uses, see Generation X (disambiguation). ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...


In the years after the film, Baldwin became a born-again Christian, a member of the Republican Party, and occasionally makes public appearances with Republican officials.[3] He has distanced himself from the film in interviews and has stated that he is not bisexual or interested in threesomes. Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... GOP redirects here. ... In human sexuality, bisexuality describes a man or woman having a sexual orientation to persons of either or both sexes (a man or woman who sexually likes both sexes; people who are sexually and/or romantically attracted to both males and females). ...


DVD

In 2001, a DVD version of the film was released with some special features; a director's audio commentary, an alternate ending, various language subtitles and cast talent files. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ...


References

  1. ^ :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Threesome (xhtml)
  2. ^ Threesome : Review : Rolling Stone
  3. ^ "BUSH: Nothing Says Happy Easter Like Stephen Baldwin", The Hotline, National Journal, 2007-04-09. Retrieved on 2007-04-09. "Families "braved freezing weather" this weekend to get tickets to the WH Egg Roll. As of 8 a.m. today, the south lawn of the WH "will turn into a playground for little kids pushing eggs with wooden spoons." [...] Among the other guests on hand: Olympic medalist Kerri Strug and "Sex Monster"/"Threesome" star Stephen Baldwin."  (subscription required)

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

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Threesome (1016 words)
Sometimes the threesome deliberately seems to encourage this through their public actions, but most of the time they seem oblivious to everyone else around them.
But ultimately the threesome has to resolve what their true feelings and goals are as individuals.
The film does have a message, which it delivers to the audience at the end, but you will have to judge for yourself what its significance or validity actually is.
Threesome (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (974 words)
Threesome is a 1994 film, written and directed by Andrew Fleming.
Eventually, Alex, Stuart and Eddy agree to have an actual threesome and that seems to destroy the friendship, and raises the possibility that Alex might have become pregnant (suggesting that condoms were not used).
The film has also been viewed in a new light as one of a group of films marketed at Generation X, that were released in the early 1990s and which helped to pave the way for more openness in American cinema about human sexuality and more positive portrayals of gay characters.
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