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C.O.G. debuted at Sundance and more recently is was the opening movie at LA’s gay film festival, Outfest, but it’s only now that it’s bearing up for a September US release.

It’s the first tale by cult queer author David Sedaris’ to be turned into a movie (it’s based on an autobiographical short published in the 1998 collection Naked), and stars Jonathan Groff as a young man who plans a summer in the Northwest with his friend Jennifer (Troian Avery Bellisario). The plot thickens when Jennifer suddenly ditches him, causing him to go on a series of strange adventures. Corey Stoll, Dale Dickey, Denis O’Hare and Dean Stockwell co-star.

As you might guess, the take doesn’t hide away from issues of sexuality. It’ll be in US cinemas and iTunes on Sepetember 20th. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Jonathan Groff, Corey Stoll FILMS: C.O.G.

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The opening night film of this year’s LA Outfest has been announced, with C.O.G. getting the honour when the world’s leading LGBT film festival kicks off on July 11.

The movie stars out actors Jonathan Groff and Denis O’Hare, alongside Corey Stoll, Dean Stockwell, Casey Wilson and Troian Bellisario. Directed by 29-year-old Kyle Patrick Alvarez and based on the writings of David Sedaris, C.O.G. (which stand for Children Of God) follows recent college graduate David (Groff), who decides to get close to nature, and the working class, by spending a summer picking apples in Oregon with his friend Jennifer.

Even after she blows him off, he charges ahead on a picaresque journey that takes him from orchard to processing plant to an arts and crafts workshop, guided along the way by an increasingly eccentric and motley bunch of mentors. Whether trying to interpret the possible flirtations of co-worker Curly (Stoll) or resisting the religious hard-sell from Bible-thumping Jon (O’Hare), David finds himself on the most complicated path of all — figuring out who he is and what he wants.

Outfest has also revealed it’s going to hand its 17th annual Achievement Award to writer/director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry, Stop-Loss, Carrie). The Achievement Award is Outfest’s highest honour and is presented in recognition of a body of work that has made a significant contribution to LGBT film and media.

It will be given to Pierce at the Outfest Opening Night Gala at The Orpheum, Los Angeles. The rest of the Outfest programme will be revealed in June.