- Broadway Damage
Infobox Film
name = Broadway Damage
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director =Victor Mignatti
producer =David Topel
eproducer =
aproducer =Bruce Lang Keith Lewis Paul Scoles
writer =Victor Mignatti
starring =Mara Hobel
Michael LucasHugh Panaro
Aaron Williams
music =Elliot Sokolov
cinematography =Michael Mayers
editing =Victor Mignatti
distributor =Jour de Fête Films Wolfe Video
released =August 26 1997
runtime = 110 min
country =United States
awards =
language = English
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imdb_id = 0118780Broadway Damage is a
1997 gay -themedromantic comedy -drama . Directed byVictor Mignatti , the film starsMara Hobel , Michael Lucas,Hugh Panaro and Aaron Williams.Plot summary
Cynthia (Hobel), Marc (Lucas) and Robert (Williams) are young friends in
New York City . Marc is a struggling actor, Robert is an actor/songwriter and Cynthia is desperately trying to attract the attention ofTina Brown to break into magazine publishing. Cynthia and Marc find an apartment together inGreenwich Village . Robert is secretly in love with Marc, who's oblivious.Marc falls into a relationship with David (Panaro), an aspiring musician who lives with his boyfriend across the alley from Marc's apartment. David's boyfriend throws him out and David moves in with Marc.
Robert, trying to get over Marc, becomes interested in a man who works in a local card and gift shop (Marc and Robert refer to him as "Zola"). Taking Marc's advice to "make the grand gesture," he sends Cynthia in with a gift from him as a secret admirer. "Zola" turns down the gesture, and Marc is humiliated.
Marc and Robert discover that David supports himself as a hustler and Marc breaks up with him and throws him out. Robert makes "the grand gesture" for Marc by singing a song he's written for him. Before Marc can respond, Cynthia, whose attempts to get through to Tina Brown have become increasingly bizarre, has a
nervous breakdown . She returns to her parents' home onLong Island .In the end, Marc and Robert visit Cynthia on Long Island. Free from the drama of his relationship with David, Marc realizes that he has feelings for Robert and Cynthia gets a call from Tina Brown's assistant, setting up a meeting for the following day.
Awards and nominations
* Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Mission Award - Victor Mignatti (winner)
* L.A.Outfest Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Feature (winner)
* Verzaubert International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Rosebud Award for Best Film (nominated)DVD release
"Broadway Damage" was released on Region 1
DVD onNovember 23 ,1999 .
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