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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Struck By Lightning (DVD)

October 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Chris Colfer, Allison Janney, Rebel Wilson, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney
Director: Brian Dannelly
Running Time: 86 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: September 30th 2013

Chris Colfer made his name as Kurt on Glee. While that keeps him pretty busy, he’s found time to write some children’s books and also the screenplay for Struck By Lightning. The fact he’s still only 23 is quite sickening.

He also takes the lead role here as Carson Phillips, who in the first few seconds of the movie is hit by lightning and killed. The film then flashes back to see how he got to that point. Carson is a senior in high school with dreams of becoming a journalist. He knows where he wants to work and what university he intends to go to – and he’s determined to get there. [Read more…]

Chris Colfer’s Struck By Lightning To Close Outfest

June 5, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Young gay actor Chris Colfer has gained a huge legion of fans playing Kurt in Glee, but he’s more recently been showing he’s a bit of a writer too, as he penned the screenplay for Struck By Lightning, which he also stars in. It’s now been announced that the film will close Outfest, LA’s major LGBT film festival.

The film sees Colfer as a young man who, after being struck and killed by lightning, recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow high school classmates into contributing to his literary magazine. Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney and Allison Janney also star.

As we reported a couple of weeks ago, Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary Vito will open Outfest on July 10th, which is about Vito Russo, one of the founding fathers of the gay liberation movement and a vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s (and probably best known as the author of The Celluloid Closet). Struck By Lightning closes the festival on July 22nd.

Colfer’s film is one of 147 films from 24 countries that will play at the festival. Other movies that will screen include Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis’ Cloudburst; Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt’s Any Day Now; Lance Bass’ Mississippi, I Am; Michael Urie’s Thank You for Judging; and Thora Birch, Christine Lahti and Brittany Snow in Petunia.

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ACTORS: Chris Colfer  DIRECTORS: Brian Dannelly  FILMS: Struck By Lightning  

Struck By Lightning Trailer

February 21, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Chris Colfer made a huge splash playing the camp and loveable Kurt on Glee, and now despite only being 21, he’s showing off a whole new talent by not only starring in Struck By Lightning, but writing the script too. Christina Hendricks and Dermot Mulroney also star in the indie flick, which sees Colfer as a young man who, after being struck and killed by lightning, recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Chris Colfer, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney  DIRECTORS: Brian Dannelly  FILMS: Struck By Lightning  

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