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Gay-Interest Indies Kill Your Darlings & Dallas Buyers Club Get US Release Dates

June 8, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Two of the biggest gay interest movies of the year, the Daniel Radcliffe starred Kill Your Darlings and Matthew McConaughey’s Dallas Buyers Club, has just been given their US cinema release dates.

Sony Pictures Classics has set Kill Your Darlings for a limited theatrical run starting on October 18th, with plans to roll it out nationally after that. Focus Features meanwhile has given Dallas Buyers Club a prime Oscar slot, with a release planned for December 6th.

Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

Dallas Buyers Club sees McConaughey as real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1986, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live.

With the US still internally divided over how to combat the virus and restricting medications, Ron grabbed hold of non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, he established a “buyers club,” which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.

Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto (as a cross-dressing gay man), Steve Zahn, Dallas Robert and Griffin Dunne also star.

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ACTORS: Daniel Radcliffe, Matthew McConaughey FILMS: Kill Your Darlings, Dallas Buyers Club

Daniel Radcliffe Explains That Not All English People Are Gay

January 22, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Daniel Radciffe is at the Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of Kill Your Darlings, in which he plays gay poet Allen Ginsberg. He’s been asked a lot about the gay sex scenes andwhether he found them difficult, to which he’s generally answered that it isn’t and should be any different to straight love scenes and people just need to get over it.

Out talked to him about the fact many people find his innate comfort around all sexualities to be empowering, to which he gave an interesting answer, including the fact that a lot of American think all Brits are gay.

He says, ‘I had an interesting conversation with someone recently, because there was a wonderful moment on the opening night of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying when one of the male chorus of the show tried to set up my bisexual dresser, who’s a woman—and who had been with a woman for a long time at that point—with my gay English singing teacher, which was never going to work.

‘I said, “Did you not know Mark was gay?” And he said, “To be honest, all English people I meet seem gay, so I just assume none of you are.”

‘I was talking to someone about this and I said, “Why is it that when people meet English men in America they automatically think they’re gay?” and one of the girls explained to me it was because American men feel the need to in some way assert a sense of masculinity in everything they do, and British men don’t feel the same compulsion to do that all the time.

‘I think my attitude towards homosexuality is actually the prevalent one in my generation—it’s just unfortunate that in the world of the Internet sometimes the angriest voices are the ones we hear the loudest. But I can’t remember the last time I met somebody of my age who was bigoted. Obviously it exists, but I do think attitudes are changing.’

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Daniel Radcliffe Talks About His Gay Sex Scenes In Kill Your Darlings

January 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Daniel Radcliffe is in Utah for the premiere of Kill Your Darlings at the Sundance Film Festival, in which he plays gay poet Allan Ginsberg. TheImproper was at last night’s screening and managed to catch what the former Harry Potter had to say about his gay sex scenes in the film, which includes ‘oral sex, making out and getting naked for sex, all with men.’

“It was something new,” Radcliffe said. “But you know what, we shot that whole scene in maybe an hour and a half so it was incredibly fast-paced. I didn’t really have time to stop to think and worry about it.”

He also thinks getting to know his scene-mate helped. “We were able to hang out a little bit on set and get to know each other a little bit, which I think is important when you’re doing a scene so intimate. “You have to feel like you’re both in it together.”

The movie charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston). Indeed, Ginsberg later said that “Lou was the glue” that brought the beat poets and writers together.

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

Although Carr said the killing took place after he rejected Kammerer’s sexual advances and was assaulted as a result, many have suggested that Lucien wasn’t as heterosexual as he made out, and that he and Ginsberg had been lovers. The full truth of what happened may never be known. Whatever happened, it was a pivotal moment for Ginsberg, who had been exceptionally close to Carr whether they’d been lovers or not.

The film is said to look at all this, with many giving it good notices from its Sundance premiere.

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ACTORS: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan FILMS: Kill Your Darlings

First Pic Of Daniel Radcliffe & Dane Dehaan In Kill Your Darlings

December 18, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A few months ago we got a few set pics of Daniel Radcliffe playing gay poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings. Now we’ve got the first official pic, showing Radcliffe along Dane DeHaan, Jack Huston and Ben Foster (at least we think that’s who is on the left).

The movies charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Huston). Indeed, Ginsberg said that “Lou was the glue” that brought the beat poets and writers together.

Although Carr said the killing took place after he rejected Kammerer’s sexual advances and was assaulted as a result, many have suggested that Lucien wasn’t as heterosexual as he made out, and that he and Ginsberg had been lovers (something the earlier set pics suggest will also include). The full truth of what happened may never be known. Whatever happened, it was a pivotal moment for Ginsberg, who had been exceptionally close to Carr whether they’d been lovers or not.

The film premieres in January at Sundance and should hit cinemas in 2013.

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ACTORS: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Jack Huston, Ben Foster FILMS: Kill Your Darlings

Dan Radcliffe Talks Gay Sex Scenes In New Film

April 7, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

If you’ve ever wanted to see Daniel Radcliffe snogging another guy, your chance will come soon when Kill Your Darlings is released, which features the Harry Potter actor as gay poet Allen Ginsberg.

He’s been talking to People Magazine and touched on whether he found the gay sex scenes awkward. He known to be very gay friendly, but simulating gay sex may have been another matter. However he says, “There was no discomfort. There have been moments when Dane [DeHaan – Chronicle], the object of my affection in the film, and I did start giggling.”

As for whether Harry Potter fans will mind him playing gay, he says, “Well, they were comfortable with Equus, and that had me simulating sex on the back of a horse, so this is a walk in the park.”

Kill Your Darlings speculates around real-life events involving beat generation legends Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs. They were all brought together by Columbia University student Lucien Carr, who was implicated in (and served time for) the murder of David Kammerer, who was found dead in Hudson River in 1944. Carr claimed the death was an accident after Kammerer made an unwanted sexual advance, although they had known each other for several years (and it has been claimed they were lovers). The events surrounding the death are said to have had a massive impact on the beat circle, and tempered the idealism they had felt beforehand.

The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Cross and Kyra Sedgwick, and should be in cinemas later this year. (Quotes via Out)

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ACTORS: Daniel Radcliffe DIRECTORS: John Krokidas FILMS: Kill Your Darlings

First Look At Daniel Radcliffe As Gay Poet Allen Ginsberg

March 20, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Dan Radcliffe is busy playing gay at the moment, as Allen Ginsberg in the movie Kill your Darlings. Now the first set pics of him in costume has shown up over at Huffpo. You can see one of them above, then click below to enlarge some more, alongside a pic of the real Ginsberg.

The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Cross, and Kyra Sedgwick and should be in cinemas later this year.

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Daniel Radcliffe Defends Casting As Gay Poet Allen Ginsberg

January 23, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Daniel Radcliffe in The Woman In Black

A few weeks ago it was revealed that Daniel Radcliffe was set to play gay poet Allen Ginsberg in a movie called Kill Your Darlings. The film about a murder case that united three of the most important figures of the beat era – Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs – before any of them made their name.

Ginsberg, famed for his poem Howl, is best known from images of him when he was in his 30s. At that point he had a huge bushy beard and receding hairline, leading to accusations that Radcliffe is the wrong person to play him. This is despite the fact the rather dashing and beardless James Franco played him only a couple of years ago in Howl.

The popular image of a slightly older Allen Ginsberg

Now Radcliffe has been defending his casting, telling the BBC, “Any criticism of me not looking right for the part – well, James Franco is way too good-looking to play Allen Ginsberg.”

Radcliffe added, “This is a 19-year old Ginsberg. I remember somebody saying to me, ‘Are you going to grow a beard?’ No, l’m not playing him at 40. That would be weird, they wouldn’t have cast me. He’s 19, clean shaven and has just got into Columbia University.”

Kill Your Darlings is about Columbia University student Lucien Carr, who was implicated in (and served time for) the murder of David Kammerer, who was found dead in Hudson River in 1944. The events surrounding the death are said to have had a massive impact on the beat circle – including Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs – who all became involved in the case, with it tempering the idealism they had felt beforehand.

Shooting is due to begin in March. Radcliffe will next be seen in The Woman In Black, which opens in the UK on February 10th.

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Elizabeth Olsen & Jack Huston Want To Kill Your Darlings

January 13, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago Daniel Radcliffe signed up to play gay poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill your Darlings. Now he’s got some company as Variety reports that Elizabeth Olsen, Jack Huston and Dane DeHaan have joined the movie.

The based on a true story thriller is based around how a murder at Columbia University in 1944 brought together the young writers who would spark the Beat Revolution. Elizabeth Olsen is set to play Edie Parker, the wealthy art-student girlfriend of Jack Kerouac, who will be played by Jack Huston.

Dane DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, a classmate of Ginsberg’s for whom he develops feelings. Carr was implicated in (and served time for) the murder of David Kammerer, who was found dead in Hudson River in 1944. The events surrounding the death are said to have had a massive impact on the beat circle, and tempered the idealism they had felt beforehand.

After a tricky development period, which has seen the film lose one cast (Chris Evans, Jesse Eisenberg and Ben Whishaw were once due to star), the film is due to start shooting in March, with John Krokidas directing.

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ACTORS: Elizabeth Olsen, Jack Huston, Dane DeHaan, Daniel Radcliffe DIRECTORS: John Krokidas FILMS: Kill Your Darlings

Daniel Radcliffe May Play Gay Poet Allen Ginsberg

November 30, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

Although it doesn’t look like anything’s completely firmed up yet, it appears Daniel Radcliffe is eyeing a role as famed (and famously gay) beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings, according to Twitch. The film is a thriller that speculated around events involving beat generation legends Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S Burroughs.

They were all brought together by Columbia University student Lucien Carr, who was implicated in (and served time for) the murder of David Kammerer, who was found dead in Hudson River in 1944. Carr claimed the death was an accident after Kammerer made an unwanted sexual advance, although they had known each other for several years (and it has been claimed they were lovers). The events surrounding the death are said to have had a massive impact on the beat circle, and tempered the idealism they had felt beforehand.

When the film was first announced in 2009, Chris Evans, Jesse Eisenberg and Ben Whishaw were attached to play Kerouac, Ginsberg and Carr, respectively. It’s unknown if Evans or Whishaw are still involved at all, but it seems Radcliffe has taken over Eisenberg’s part. If Daniel does take on the gay poet, he’ll follow in the footsteps of James Franco, who played Ginsberg in Howl.

John Krokidas will direct with hopes that shooting will start next summer.

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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