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Revision as of 18:45, 14 September 2020
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Based on | Counterplay novel by Ann Snyder |
Written by | Craig Storper |
Directed by | Paul Shapiro |
Starring | Scott Baio Peter Spence |
Music by | Fred Mollin |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | John Brunton (for Insight Productions) Jane Startz, John Matoian (for Scholastic Productions) Martin Harbury |
Production location | Oshawa, Ontario |
Running time | 48 minutes |
Production companies | Insight Productions Scholastic Productions |
Original release | |
Release | 1986 |
The Truth About Alex is a 1986 Canadian-American short television film based on the book Counterplay by Ann Snyder and starring Scott Baio as Brad and Peter Spence as Alex.
Plot
The Truth About Alex tells the story of Alex Prager, a high school student who is inadvertently outed as gay and the difficulty his best friend Brad has in coming to terms with it.
The film is a Canadian-American co-production, airing on Canadian television in 1986 and in the United States on HBO as a presentation of HBO Family Playhouse on February 9, 1987. The Truth About Alex received a 1987 Gemini Award for Best Short Drama and one for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series and was nominated for two additional awards. The film also received a CINE Golden Eagle Award.[1]
Cast
- Scott Baio as Brad Stevens
- Peter Spence as Alex Prager
- Jessica Steen as Kay
- Ivan Beaulieu as Billy
- Tim Burd as Bartender
- Donald Burda as Robin
- J. Winston Carroll as Coach McAveely
- Barry Greene as Truck Driver
- Elva Mai Hoover as Mrs. Prager
- Polli Magaro as Marsha
- Peter Millard as Sheriff
- Jeremy Ratchford as Dutch
- Michael J. Reynolds as Major Stevens
- Kelly Rowan as Ellie Sanders
- Robin Ward as Mr. Prager
References
- ^ "CINE Award winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-01.
External links
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- Films based on American novels
- 1986 television films
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