- Jeffrey (film)
Infobox Film | name =Jeffrey
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director =Christopher Ashley
producer =Mark Balsam
Mitchell Maxwell
Victoria Maxwell
writer =Paul Rudnick
starring =Steven Weber
Michael T. Weiss
Patrick Stewart
Bryan Batt
Sigourney Weaver
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released = 1995
runtime = 94 minutes
language = English
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imdb_id = |Jeffrey is a 1995 American
gay romantic comedy movie directed byChristopher Ashley . It is based on a play byPaul Rudnick , who also wrote the screenplay.Plot
The story takes place in
Manhattan during the height of theAIDS epidemic and revolves around the title character (Steven Weber), a gay man who has sworn off sex because of it. Almost immediately thereafter he meets Steve Howard (Michael T. Weiss ), a hunky, charmingHIV + man. He then experiences an emotional conflict as he must face his fear in order to accept love. The movie features cameos byOlympia Dukakis ,Victor Garber ,Gregory Jbara ,Robert Klein ,Nathan Lane ,Camryn Manheim ,Kathy Najimy ,Kevin Nealon ,Ethan Phillips andSigourney Weaver ;Christine Baranski has a small but memorable role as the socialite hostess of a fundraiser that (in Jeffrey's imagination) turns into a cater-waiter hoedown orgy. It co-starsPatrick Stewart as Sterling, an older gay decorator whose partner (Bryan Batt ) dies of AIDS complications.External links
*imdb title|id=0113464|title=Jeffrey
* [http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/movie.aspx?m=52823 MSN page for Jeffrey]
* [http://www.logoonline.com/movies/movie/93044/moviemain.jhtml Logo page for Jeffrey]
* [http://www.culturalianet.com/art/ver.php?art=3189 Spanish page for Jeffrey]
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19950818/REVIEWS/508180302/1023 Roger Ebert review]
* [http://gregoryjbara.com/jeffrey_ontheset.html On-set photos at GregoryJbara.com featuring Jbara, Weber, Dukakis, and Stewart]
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