The Truth About Alex

*The Truth About Alex*
The Truth About Alex
Based on	Counterplay novel by Ann Snyder
Written by	Craig Storper
Directed by	Paul Shapiro
Starring	Scott Baio; Peter Spence
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
Production
Producers	John Brunton (executive producer for Insight Productions) ; Jane Startz, John Matoian (executive producers for Scholastic Productions) ; Martin Harbury
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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

The Truth About Alex at the Internet Movie Database

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[1] "CINE Award winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-01. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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