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The Boys in the Band

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

Director

Joe Mantello

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Ryan Murphy Television

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81000365

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Michael

Harold

Donald

Larry

Andrew Rannells

Cowboy

Emory

Alan

Brian Hutchison

Bernard

Michael Benjamin Washington

Hank

Young Bohemian

Young Peter Dahlbeck

Mark Thomas Young

Young Bernard

Mover #1

Paul Douglas Anderson

Mover #2

Doorman

Hotel Manager

Knitting Woman

Handsome Preppy Man

Parking Attendant

Female Neighbor

Male Neighbor

Cake Delivery Boy

Hank's Stranger

Taxi Driver

Derrick Simmons

Taxi Driver #2

Luke

Pedestrian

Catholic Priest

Upper East Side Pedestrian

Florist

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♪ Don't you ever feel sad ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ Don't you ever feel sad ♪

♪ Lean on me when times are bad ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ Lean on me when times are bad ♪

♪ And you're down ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ And you're down ♪

♪ Don't have to suffer, baby
'Cause I was here ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ Don't have to suffer, baby 'Cause I was here ♪...

♪ Don't you ever feel sad ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ Don't you ever feel sad ♪

Listen, what do you recommend
for a catatonic fit in a parking garage? - The Boys in the Band

Listen, what do you recommend for a catatonic fit in a parki...

That's why I'm calling. He just canceled. - The Boys in the Band

That's why I'm calling. He just canceled.

Why don't you tell him
you're sicker than he is? - The Boys in the Band

Why don't you tell him you're sicker than he is?

Okay, Donald, come on over,
but bring a bag of ice. - The Boys in the Band

Okay, Donald, come on over, but bring a bag of ice.

Please do not give me any responsibility. - The Boys in the Band

Please do not give me any responsibility.

If you want a cold martini when
you get here, you'll cope with some ice. - The Boys in the Band

If you want a cold martini when you get here, you'll co...

Coming! Jesus Christ. - The Boys in the Band

Coming! Jesus Christ.

-How did you get inside?
-The street door was open. - The Boys in the Band

-How did you get inside? -The street door was open.

I'm gonna try to relax
and enjoy something. - The Boys in the Band

I'm gonna try to relax and enjoy something.

Christ, no.
I was depressed long before I got there. - The Boys in the Band

Christ, no. I was depressed long before I got there.

I went shopping today,
and I bought all sorts of goodies. Look. - The Boys in the Band

I went shopping today, and I bought all sorts of goodies. Lo...

Oh! Your very own toothbrush, - The Boys in the Band

Oh! Your very own toothbrush,

-How do you think I feel?
-You've had worse things in your mouth. - The Boys in the Band

-How do you think I feel? -You've had worse things in y...

Oh, also for you,
something called "Control." - The Boys in the Band

Oh, also for you, something called "Control."

Well, it's still hairspray,
no matter if they call it "balls." - The Boys in the Band

Well, it's still hairspray, no matter if they call it &...

I still get very itchy
when I'm in this town too long. - The Boys in the Band

I still get very itchy when I'm in this town too long.

Who ever heard of an analyst - The Boys in the Band

Who ever heard of an analyst

Besides, I had to come in town
for a birthday party anyway, right? - The Boys in the Band

Besides, I had to come in town for a birthday party anyway, ...

God, if there is one thing
I'm not ready for, - The Boys in the Band

God, if there is one thing I'm not ready for,

I mean, the same old tired fairies
you've seen around since day one. - The Boys in the Band

I mean, the same old tired fairies you've seen around s...

There will be six tired,
screaming fairy queens - The Boys in the Band

There will be six tired, screaming fairy queens

I'll be out of your way in a second.
I've only got one more thing to do. - The Boys in the Band

I'll be out of your way in a second. I've only got...

I've got to comb my hair
for the 37th time. - The Boys in the Band

I've got to comb my hair for the 37th time.

My hair, without exaggeration,
is clearly falling on the floor. - The Boys in the Band

My hair, without exaggeration, is clearly falling on the flo...

No, what you see before you
is a masterpiece of deception. - The Boys in the Band

No, what you see before you is a masterpiece of deception.

- It's called getting old. - The Boys in the Band

- It's called getting old.

Oh, well.
One thing you can say for masturbation: - The Boys in the Band

Oh, well. One thing you can say for masturbation:

So what are you so depressed about?
I mean, other than the usual everything? - The Boys in the Band

So what are you so depressed about? I mean, other than the u...

Well, Donald,
if you're not going to tell me, - The Boys in the Band

Well, Donald, if you're not going to tell me,

It's just that today I finally realized
I was raised to be a failure. - The Boys in the Band

It's just that today I finally realized I was raised to...

Oh, Christ. How sick analysts must get - The Boys in the Band

Oh, Christ. How sick analysts must get

Today I finally began to see - The Boys in the Band

Today I finally began to see

I realize it was always when I failed
that Evelyn loved me the most. - The Boys in the Band

I realize it was always when I failed that Evelyn loved me t...

Because it displeased Walt,
who wanted perfection. - The Boys in the Band

Because it displeased Walt, who wanted perfection.

Failure is the only thing
with which I feel at home - The Boys in the Band

Failure is the only thing with which I feel at home

♪ You better chase all the blues away ♪ - The Boys in the Band

♪ You better chase all the blues away ♪

Oh, this clever little shop
on the Right Bank called Hermès. - The Boys in the Band

Oh, this clever little shop on the Right Bank called Hermès....

I work my ass off - The Boys in the Band

I work my ass off

Nobody holds a gun to your head
to be a charwoman. - The Boys in the Band

Nobody holds a gun to your head to be a charwoman.

Besides, just because
I wear expensive clothes, - The Boys in the Band

Besides, just because I wear expensive clothes,

That is, how you say, your neurosis. - The Boys in the Band

That is, how you say, your neurosis.

However, thanks to the silver screen,
your neurosis has got style. - The Boys in the Band

However, thanks to the silver screen, your neurosis has got ...

It takes a certain flair to squander
one's unemployment check at Joe Allen. - The Boys in the Band

It takes a certain flair to squander one's unemployment...

What's so snappy
about being head over heels in debt? - The Boys in the Band

What's so snappy about being head over heels in debt?

The only thing smart about it - The Boys in the Band

The only thing smart about it

Yep, come to think of it, - The Boys in the Band

Yep, come to think of it,

Oh, and you, Donald,
you are a credit to the homosexual. - The Boys in the Band

Oh, and you, Donald, you are a credit to the homosexual.

You're a reliable, hard-working,
floor-scrubbing, bill-paying fag - The Boys in the Band

You're a reliable, hard-working, floor-scrubbing, bill-...

You think it's just nifty - The Boys in the Band

You think it's just nifty

I'm here to tell you
the only place in all those miles, - The Boys in the Band

I'm here to tell you the only place in all those miles,

Run, buy, borrow, make, spend. - The Boys in the Band

Run, buy, borrow, make, spend.

Run, squander, beg. - The Boys in the Band

Run, squander, beg.

Run, run, run. Waste, waste… - The Boys in the Band

Run, run, run. Waste, waste…

Oh, there's nothing quite as good
as feeling sorry for yourself, is there? - The Boys in the Band

Oh, there's nothing quite as good as feeling sorry for ...

Backstage, Funny Girl. - The Boys in the Band

Backstage, Funny Girl.

Oh, my God. - The Boys in the Band

Oh, I'm tied up tonight.
Alan, tonight's no good for me. - The Boys in the Band

Oh, I'm tied up tonight. Alan, tonight's no good f...

Oh, I'm tied up, too, but I thought
I might just drop by for a drink. - The Boys in the Band

Oh, I'm tied up, too, but I thought I might just drop b...

It is a friend's birthday,
and I am having a few people in. - The Boys in the Band

It is a friend's birthday, and I am having a few people...

-Oh.
-And I'm sorry - The Boys in the Band

-Oh. -And I'm sorry

And I'd hate to just see you
for ten minutes - The Boys in the Band

And I'd hate to just see you for ten minutes

-Mickey?
-Alan… - The Boys in the Band

-Mickey? -Alan…

Just come on over, have a quick drink, - The Boys in the Band

Just come on over, have a quick drink,

Well… - The Boys in the Band

Your grapes are, how you say, sour.
Where's my drink? - The Boys in the Band

Your grapes are, how you say, sour. Where's my drink?

He's up here from Washington
on business or something, - The Boys in the Band

He's up here from Washington on business or something,

I hope he knows
the lyrics to "Happy Birthday." - The Boys in the Band

I hope he knows the lyrics to "Happy Birthday."

What'll he feel about this freak show
I've got booked for dinner? - The Boys in the Band

What'll he feel about this freak show I've got boo...

Alan's so goddamned pulled together, - The Boys in the Band

Alan's so goddamned pulled together,

Donald, you are the only person I know
of whom I am truly ashamed. - The Boys in the Band

Donald, you are the only person I know of whom I am truly as...

Some people have different standards
from yours and mine, you know? - The Boys in the Band

Some people have different standards from yours and mine, yo...

And if we don't acknowledge them, - The Boys in the Band

And if we don't acknowledge them,

How could you ever have been friends
with a bore like that? - The Boys in the Band

How could you ever have been friends with a bore like that?

Well, believe it or not,
there was a time in my life - The Boys in the Band

Well, believe it or not, there was a time in my life

That must have been
before speech replaced sign language. - The Boys in the Band

That must have been before speech replaced sign language.

Don't give me any static on that score.
I didn't come out until I left college. - The Boys in the Band

Don't give me any static on that score. I didn't c...

Seems to me
that the first time we tricked, - The Boys in the Band

Seems to me that the first time we tricked,

I could always tell
when you were getting high. One way. - The Boys in the Band

I could always tell when you were getting high. One way.

Oh. He certainly had a lot to do with it. - The Boys in the Band

Oh. He certainly had a lot to do with it.

Mainly I didn't think I could get through
another morning-after ick attack. - The Boys in the Band

Mainly I didn't think I could get through another morni...

Icks! Anxiety, guilt, unfathomable guilt. - The Boys in the Band

Icks! Anxiety, guilt, unfathomable guilt.

From the second
your eyes open and you say, - The Boys in the Band

From the second your eyes open and you say,

And then that struggle
to survive till lunch… - The Boys in the Band

And then that struggle to survive till lunch…

And then you're half pissed again
and useless for the rest of the afternoon. - The Boys in the Band

And then you're half pissed again and useless for the r...

So you hang on till cocktail time, - The Boys in the Band

So you hang on till cocktail time,

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At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Joe Mantello

Writer: Mart Crowley, Ned Martel

Production: Ryan Murphy Television

Genre: drama

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 70/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Sep 2020

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81000365

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